Questions are allowed. Excuses are optional.
Everything you need to know about starting, unlocking prompts, catching up, saving work, daily brief emails, portfolio privacy, and exporting your final month.
Is 30 Days of Design really free?
Yes. You can create an account, start the challenge, move through all thirty briefs, save completed work, build your challenge portfolio, and unlock the final PDF export without paying to join.
Do I have to start on a specific date?
No. Your challenge begins when you press Start. Someone who begins next week or next month receives the same Day 1 through Day 30 sequence in the same order.
How do I create an account?
Sign up with Google or email and password. You do not need a WordPress account or a ChatGPT account.
Do I need a specific design program?
No. Use the tools that fit your workflow—Figma, Adobe apps, Affinity, Canva, Procreate, traditional methods, or something else.
Do I need to be an experienced graphic designer?
No. Students, beginners, practicing designers, and creative generalists can all use the challenge.
Can I see all thirty prompts before starting?
Yes. The public Prompt Library shows every title, category, and expected output. Full scenarios, goals, deliverables, and constraints unlock inside your personal schedule.
What if I miss a day?
Nothing resets. New prompts continue unlocking on your personal schedule, and every previously unlocked unfinished day remains available so you can catch up later.
Can I complete several days at once if I fall behind?
Yes. You can complete as many already-unlocked days as you want. Future briefs remain locked until their place in your schedule.
What counts as completing a day?
Finish a response and save the project in the app. You can add the title, reflection, process notes, tools, tags, time spent, image, and optional project link.
Is my portfolio public by default?
No. New profiles are private by default. A public portfolio appears only after you choose a username and turn public sharing on in Settings.
Can I customize my public portfolio?
Yes. You can customize your title, tagline, bio, website link, privacy, date visibility, theme, and accent color.
Can I get the daily brief by email?
Yes. Daily brief emails are optional. You can choose whether to receive them and set your preferred delivery time in Settings.
When can I download the PDF portfolio?
The final portfolio export becomes available after all thirty challenge projects are complete. The PDF Studio uses the work and project information you saved throughout the month.