Uses | Akib Sheikh

Development

I use Visual Studio Code as my text editor, with the Atom One Dark theme and Jetbrains Mono as my typeface of choice.
Firefox Development Edition is my main browser for both development and general use.
React is my front end Javascript library of choice. The component-centric mental model is the first thing that truly made sense to me as a designer.
For 3D effects and image shaders I use three.js. It has a bit of a learning curve but you can do some really powerful stuff with it.
For CSS I've used a myriad of pre-processors and css-in-js solutions like styled-components, but these days I'm using vanilla CSS with PostCSS to get upcoming CSS features today.
For Javascript animations I use Popmotion Pure 8, it's a great way to add spring animations to three.js. All other animations are CSS with React Transition Group for enter/exit transitions.

Figma is my primary tool for UI design these days. Made the switch from InVision in 2019 and haven't looked back.
Any motion graphics I create are created in Adobe After Effects. So far I haven't found a non-Adobe product that's as good. If anyone has suggestions please message me.
For any 3D models I use Blender. Since 2.8 it's become way simpler to use and in a lot of ways better than expensive paid tools like 3DS Max or Maya.