Where to study UI/UX?

Question

User interface

Hello. I am a student of the 3rd year, Faculty of IT. I have been interested in IT since childhood. But only now, I realized what I want to study. I love the field of design. I set a goal to learn at least the basics of Figma, Adobe XD programs before the new year. And then, find an IT company and develop further. I mean, practice and internship, not for wages, but for further motivation in the circle of professionals. At the moment I know superficially these languages: python, c++, c#. See also: html, css. I have experience in website development through the WordPress engine and further connection to hosting.
Can you recommend courses, books and websites to learn all this (Figma, Adobe XD). I am a student (with a regular pocket) and I would like everything to be free, at least the basics. And in the future I will save up for paid courses, unless of course there are quality courses.
Thank you very much for your further advice. I will wait. And hope you can help. Have a good time everyone.

Answer 1

Knowing a tool doesn't make you a designer.
Do you know what you need to know to work with interfaces? How to draw a rectangle with a shadow/frame and how to add text and a photo. Modern design consists of 80% rectangles and text, 20% photos. Sometimes there are still circles, yes. In short, I do not think that any special course is needed here. Sketch / Figma are mastered in an hour. What are you going to learn here before the new year? Just open the damn Figma and draw something already.

Answer 2

1. Copy other people's work
2. Copy and modify
3. Invent your own
4. Look for someone who needs your services and do for them.
Congratulations, you are a freelancer :-)

Answer 3

I asked myself this question, but there are no normal courses, only through practice.
You constantly monitor dribbble, behance, for trends, save those that you like, review, then make a layout of some site that would solve some problem. Your business card, for example, or a blog, or a landing page. You take an existing design as a reference and compare it with your own. Over time, you will absorb the principles.
https://www.youtube.com/user/DesignCourse is the only channel you need. Trends, tools, design, front-end development. Everything is accessible and visible.

Answer 4

Figma and XD are great interface design tools. But without photoshop you will never, because. almost any graphics require some kind of processing.
1. Learn Photoshop. How? Basic course + repetition of any processing you like (if you find a lesson or a person who will explain to you how it is done), read articles on UX in parallel.
2. Once you have mastered Photoshop, go to BeHance and copy 30-50 works without changes (it is important that you already understand the UX of the layout you are repeating by this point).
3. Invent orders and TK for yourself, practice. It’s worth doing this until retirement :)
You yourself will understand when it starts to work out.