Fanart Friday 🎨 I know this isn't the usual style of design for @Sentinels fan art, but I really wanted to embrace the DeviantArt and early 2011-2013 style and philosophies of "we want to share moments"

What's one of your horror worthy client stories?😱 I'll start: My client politely requested that my team and I, for his rebrand, use the font Papyrus.

Getting a job in the field, esp. when you've got less than 5 years of experience often means taking whatever job is offered to you for portfolio, money, and your resume. Small companies don't have the budget to hire multiple people for various roles: each person has to wear multiple hats. Large companies often have the capital to hire staff that specialize in their given role. But to get to a large company, you need to start off in a small one. You may find yourself burnt out at the end of the day, or you may thrive and realize what you thought was your end goal isn't actually that. Companies first, and foremost, will always axe the creative staff before any other role. And they forget that it can be hard to keep a business alive when it isn't advertised. People need to see, to hear, about your business to know it's still functioning. They need a reminder in the back of their head telling them: "buy me" or "come here and stay a while". So, while companies may often undervalue marketing, it is up to us, as designers, artists, marketers, etc. to bridge that gap for them. We are important.

Being a graphic designer can be painful. It means wearing the hat of a designer, a social media manager, a video editor, Motion designer, art director, and more in most instances. And those roles are often a 2 (or I guess 20) way street. And we all know it is too much.

What do you guys think of the 2011-2013 Tumblr Era? How would you summarize it? In my experience, it was a time where we wanted to showcase moments: a blend of design, photography, and art. So here's a design from back then! Except this time it's for @ValorantEsports 😊

Honestly, I miss 2011-2013 design era. When I first joined Zenigma, I spent a lot of time pursing that DeviantArt style for Twitter banners. And honestly? These were way more fun to make than match day or result graphics.

Being an esports designer doesn't mean you're only doing match days and results. 🙄 It often includes things like announcement graphics, welcome graphics, and some things that won't necessarily be seen by the public (i.e. pitch decks).

Who doesn't like a good Twitter banner here and there? 😏 I don’t design banners as often these days since they’re not in high demand at @YFP_gg, but back at @DesMoinesDMG, I was making them all the time for staff—same for friends too.

Fan Art Friday🎨 I wanted to make a series of graphics for each team. Ran out of time this week and only had a chance to make one for @Cloud9, but that just means more C9 stuff later! Inspired by their doodles+2013 DeviantArt style. And yes, I custom made the doodles 😅