Mugtaba Garoot
Developer // Designer // Digital content creatorComputer science graduate who’s passionate about all things art. Mostly self-taught with experience in web development, website management, graphic design and social media management, and a lot of self-learning and trying things out.
Usually found consuming tonnes of media (especially animation), practicing the craft, gaming, and/or hanging out on a discord chat.
Development
Solid experience with HTML5, CSS3, some JS and TypeScript. Focused on frontend design & development with competence in the full stack.
Main stack currently: Nextjs + TailwindCSS/Chakra UI + Nodejs + Firebase
Currently working on a couple of personal and team-based projects to improve my skills and build a product. Exploring cross-platform development with React Native/Expo, and some backend SaaS. I also try to utilize Figma and similar tools for drafts, design and prototyping.
Design
Self-taught illustrator and designer doing freelancing and occasionally using content creation to improve my craft.
Favourite tools: Figma for vector graphics & prototyping, Blender for 3D, Affinity suite for print.
I aim to improve on a more modern set of visual arts skills and get into motion graphics and ideally animation.