I Design - More about my brief career as a graphics designer

7th grade was the year when, apparently, I had a lot of time on my hands. I started fooling around on Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator around them. Software was fun and intriguing. Especially if you knew nothing about it.

I watched and read tutorials for years. Over time, I learned that editing wasn’t for me and I was more suited to creating things and so I did. I started creating illustrations, posters and such. I also started a blog where my cousin and I uploaded wallpapers.

Freelancing on Fiverr

In 11th grade, I felt like I needed some extra pocket money and asking for money from parents wasn’t exactly what I had in mind. They were already doing more than enough. So, I started freelancing. I freelanced for three years and I earned enough to satisfy my wants. I got myself most stuff a teenager would ask for; books, a phone, earphones, nothing was out of reach if you worked hard enough. I haven’t been freelancing lately but I will resume it sometime in the near future.

The Breakthrough

Then, I dropped out of college. I was pursuing architecture at the time. I indulged in computer games and started playing a lot of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. That was when I learned of the Steam Workshop. I designed various stickers there. A sticker collection called “Team Roles” got into the game. I was obviously overwhelmed. Not only because I had achieved a lot and made some money but because of the impact those stickers created on the CS:GO community on Reddit. I talked to and personally thanked as many people as I could. It was, probably and hopefully not, a once in a lifetime experience. This only real accomplishment always reminds me of a quote I love,

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.Leonardo da Vinci