About | NatiFlux

Story

Designer, Developer & CS Graduate

I'm a computer science graduate based in Addis Ababa. With my team at Vtech, I build real things: apps, sites, systems. Design came later, self-taught, because I wanted what I shipped to look as considered as it functioned.

Lately I've been deep in motion graphics, teaching myself After Effects, moving the designs I already make. It's new, it's hard, and I'm genuinely enjoying it. Naruto got me here more than any design book ever did.

Build

Vtech & the screen

Vtech · NatiFlux

Computer science first. Then design, picked up on my own because the interfaces I was building deserved better. Now with Vtech we ship products end to end.

Late nights, coffee ceremonies, outdoor coding sessions. The work happens wherever the idea catches.

NatiFlux at a dual-monitor design and development setup — Design meets dev

NatiFlux coding at a Vtech workspace with dual monitors — Vtech workspace

NatiFlux working on Vtech portfolio code outdoors at night — Code anywhere

Now

What's on rotation

Motion · Vtech · Naruto

Teaching myself motion graphics, taking static designs and making them move. Still early, already hooked.

Learning

After Effects & motion, moving the designs I already make

Building

Products with Vtech · code, UI, ship

Designing

Brand systems & interfaces, mostly self-taught

Rewatching

Naruto. Still the best. Still teaching me things.

Roots

What shaped this

CS · Design · Naruto

Naruto illustration, a longtime creative influence — The blueprint. No debate.

Naruto taught perseverance before any mentor did.

Computer science gave me the logic. Design I figured out because I had to.

From: Computer science graduate · Self-taught designer · Vtech · we build & ship · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Keeps showing up: Naruto, the real one · Coffee ceremony patience · Motion graphics rabbit holes · Film cameras & late-night screens

Life