Freelance & Business · Illustration · Web & Digital
Rachael Page's AI-native solo workflow: an app, two websites and Spoonflower patterns
A designer and tutor shows how she uses Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Figma and Adobe tools to design, build and market her own products solo.
Done withCCClaude CodeCCClaude CoworkFFigmaAIAdobe IllustratorAPAdobe Photoshop
Self-reported; the page promotes her book, newsletter and referral-linked tools
WHAT THEY DID
Designer and tutor Rachael Page wrote close to a hundred slides as a brief for her app TickLists, prototyped it live in code with Claude Code, then used it herself and with beta testers. She opened Figma only after the MVP, to compare three brand directions, and then built the design system in Claude Code.
STEP BY STEP
- App: big written brief → live prototyping in Claude Code → self-use and beta test → Figma for three brand directions → design system coded as living documentation → Firebase/Stripe, GitHub, localhost testing before release.
- Websites: Astro sites edited with Claude Code, version-controlled on GitHub, hosted on Netlify.
- Patterns: AI-generated monthly trend report → brief and Figma moodboard → hand-built repeat in Illustrator and Photoshop. Auto-generated .ase palettes go into Adobe apps to keep colourways consistent.
- Books: Claude Cowork for structural editing, gap-spotting and fact-checking, not for writing.
- Admin: Claude Cowork scheduled routine that plans her day at 6am.
HOW IT WENT
TickLists is live at ticklists.app. She edits two Astro sites with Claude Code and reports publishing a new article on artfuly.com in under thirty minutes, which took much longer on Webflow. For Spoonflower patterns she uses AI for trend research and ideas, then builds the repeat by hand in Illustrator and Photoshop.
Reported results: A live app (TickLists), two Astro sites and free tools at artfuly.com/tools. She reports that publishing an article now takes under 30 minutes.
WORTH KNOWING
It’s a self-reported workflow with no time or revenue figures beyond the 30-minute claim, and the page promotes her book, newsletter and recommended tools. She says AI pattern output isn’t good enough to upload directly. No build dates are given.
TRY IT
- For your own product, write a long brief (features, costs, marketing, screens) before opening a design tool, then prototype in code and learn from real use. She notes client work still starts with user research.
- Use AI for trend research and idea exploration, and keep the final repeat pattern as hand work in Illustrator and Photoshop; AI output wasn't good enough for her to upload directly.
- Compare two or three brand directions once the product works, then code the chosen one as a design system.
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Source: Rachael Page · ArtfulyOpen as a page
- Work done: not stated in the source
- Source published: Sep 4, 2026
- On 4TC: added Oct 27, 2026 · checked Oct 27, 2026
About this source
Type: First-person workflow · Firsthand report
- My AI-Native Design Workflow
Rachael Page · Artfuly · Published Sep 4, 2026 (from the byline and page metadata) · Checked Oct 27, 2026 - TickLists
Rachael Page · TickLists · Publication date not stated (live product site, undated) · Checked Oct 27, 2026
Source check: Reviewed by a 4TC editor on Oct 27, 2026. Claims, quotes and dates re-checked against the sources by Ella on 27 Oct 2026. Nobody at 4TC has tested this.
Claims and where they come from
- She wrote close to a hundred slides as a brief for TickLists, prototyped it live in code with Claude Code, then used it herself and with beta testers before finalising the MVP. (reported) [1]
- She opened Figma only after the MVP, to compare three brand directions, and then built the design system in Claude Code as living documentation. (reported) [1]
- She reports she can write and publish a new article on artfuly.com in under thirty minutes using Astro, GitHub, Netlify and Claude Code, which took much longer on her previous Webflow CMS. (reported) [1]
- For Spoonflower patterns she uses AI for trend research and idea exploration, but builds the final repeat by hand in Illustrator and Photoshop. She says AI output is not good enough to upload directly. (reported) [1]
- TickLists was live at ticklists.app when 4TC checked on 27 Oct 2026. (checked by 4TC) [2]
4TC interpretation
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One solo designer's full stack in one place, with a clear split: AI for briefs, code and research; hand craft in Illustrator and Photoshop for the sellable artwork.
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