2017 - 2018
UI Faces began in 2017 as a web app featuring a custom-coded aggregator that collected images from stock photo websites. Utilizing AI from Microsoft’s Face API, the app analyzed and categorized these images by attributes such as age, emotion, and gender. This paved the way for building a Sketch plugin.
We got https://t.co/defdYV21h7 Morty. New adventures, you and me Morty! www dot uifaces dot co Morty. From @namedotcom for just $4.99 Morty.
— Mighty Alex (@mightyalex) August 31, 2017
Happiness overload: #AdobeMAX keynote is happening now and it's showing on stage a plugin that I have built for #AdobeXD 🤩 pic.twitter.com/fzsUNv5ioS
— Mighty Alex (@mightyalex) October 15, 2018
2018 - 2019
The project gained traction and caught Adobe’s attention, leading to a partnership and the development of the UI Faces plugin for Adobe XD. This venture positioned UI Faces as one of the earliest and most popular plugins for Adobe XD, a platform I had already embraced with enthusiasm, as evidenced in my early experiences with Adobe XD.
2019 - 2020
As UI Faces evolved, collaboration with Michael Reimer and J. de Freitas resulted in a complete overhaul of the Adobe XD plugin. We shifted from random photo insertions to a more refined user experience, offering a gallery for users to preview and select avatars, enhancing usability and choice.
We have a massive update to the https://t.co/defdYV21h7 plugin for @AdobeXD.
— Mighty Alex (@mightyalex) May 22, 2020
- Option to select avatars as an addition to the random
- Redesign and rebuild of the plugin in React
- Increased speed and multiple UI improvements
- New team @juniormfreitas and @michaelreimtime pic.twitter.com/XPYVcTq9d5
Finally UI Faces plugin is available for all the popular design tools (Sketch, Adobe XD and Figma). Here's a very subjective dev hobbyist experience (a tl;dr thread): 👇
— Mighty Alex (@mightyalex) December 6, 2019
2020 - Today
The journey continued with the Figma plugin, leveraging the same aggregator API. Over time, this version emerged as the most popular and widely used among the three plugins. In 2023, I took a significant step forward by transitioning the plugin's focus to AI-generated avatars, moving away from aggregating third-party content.
