My parent’s pickleball club in Arizona was looking for a t-shirt design and they asked if I could do one for them.
I came up with a quick logo with the yellow pickleball representing the Arizona sun, White Tank Mountianas (a local landmark) in the forground to anchor it , and a cactus with a pickleball paddle for fun.
It was a fun little project, but the part I was pleased with was how fast I was able to turn it around. My dad emailed me at noon, thought a bit about it in the back of my head at work . finished up work at about 5:45 went out for beers with a couple coworkers came home ate dinner and then started to draw out the shirt on my ipad while watching TV at about 8:45, and had it done before I went to bed. I am sure a graphic designer could bang something out like this very quickly, but before using the ipad for this type of thing, this would always take me way longer than i expected and turn into a real chore, and I would have had to sit at my desk instead of just laying on the couch.
its really nice that having the ipad pro with a stylist has allowed you to take on graphic design almost as a relaxing hobby. I doubt many people do graphic design as a way to relax. You are totally right, when you finish up a day of work, (at a desk, on a PC) the last thing you want to do is more of the same at home.
Side note: knowing nothing about pickle ball, it almost looked space age, as if a asteroid/ moon was in the background at first glance.