Digital Crafters #3 — Alejandro Leon
In this episode, I'll be interviewing Alejandro Leon (twitter.com/alelepd) the founder and creator of spline.design. He's a very talented designer and developer passionate about 3D graphics, UX, and many other topics.
Spline Website and Twitter
https://spline.design
/ splinetool
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:00 Spline launch
00:05:48 Alejandro's upbringing and education
00:10:45 Dropping out of school
00:17:00 Introduction to startups
00:19:35 How Spline was born
00:22:00 Anticipating and preparing for Spline
00:28:32 Business mindset
00:32:36 Launching the Spline startup
00:37:20 What makes Spline different and getting into 3D graphics
00:41:34 Shadow careers and following your dreams
00:43:41 Motivation, discipline, and getting things done
00:53:34 Burnout
00:59:27 It takes time to get there
01:04:26 Godot and UI design
01:08:57 Working on Open Source Projects
01:15:54 Studio Ghibli and outro