Freakoverse on Nostr: Yes, but aside from funding, I think there's the issue of designers who are new to ...

Yes, but aside from funding, I think there's the issue of designers who are new to FOSS and don't necessarily know how to step up and step in to even contribute for free.

Coders know git, hub/tea, know their way around the environment, submitting proposals, issues, committing PRs, etc.

"how do I come in and help? how do I use these things? Should I use these things? do i just hit up one of the devs and send them a .jpg on #nostr?"

These are the questions, at least for me as a designer and not as a coder, that go through my mind (and perhaps it's an introversion thing as well tbh), when someone wants designers for their FOSS project, or if a designer wants to help a #FOSS project.

A reply with "submit a PR" or "submit an issue" might make sense to a coder, but it's a blocking statement for someone else. They're lost on what exactly is the next step from that statement and don't have a clear picture of what to do.

That's why, I think, there should be a guide post (written or video) that should be shared always when attempting to lure in designers, explaining how designers (with and/or without basic coding skills) can contribute to a FOSS project. You'd write that yourself or find guides and share it (and even if you write or find a guide that outlines the steps, it might not even be detailed, well explained, or detailed enough, well encompassing, to have designers understand what to do and have them take action.

From the POV of a designer, from that side of me at least, I'm completely lost.

Perhaps I can work on that type of guide in the future, in written and in video form (and If I'm feeling ambitious about it, in a site form), like a really detailed, complete, and hand-holding one, and have it up online so that FOSS projects can link to it, on their project and whenever they post online or replying to someone asking how they can contribute (instead of "submit a PR". It'd be better if a post or reply is "submit a PR. And if you don't know what that means or how you can help, check out this useful guide for designers").

Finding designers isn't the issue, IMO, communicating with them and guiding them is.

Hopefully, a couple of coders and designers, who are more experienced in FOSS, can produce this (or maybe it is already out there, I'm not sure), where after some time has passed and there isn't one yet, and I can make it, then sure I'd make it (I'd hit up a bunch of coders for notes, thoughts, reviewers, feedback, etc).

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We need more designers to work on FOSS projects if we want more ppl to use FOSS projects.

We need to fund designers to work on FOSS projects the same way we fund Devs to work on FOSS projects, if we want designers to work on FOSS projects.