Introduction: Striving through Creative Industry

Hello! I'm Marlon Tapel. A creative individual from Philippines, striving to make it to the creative industry. Join me as I venture into the competitive world of business and design.

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Who am I?

I am a Graphic Designer and an Illustrator who just graduated in University of Mindanao with a degree of A.B. In Multimedia Arts trying to make it in the Design Business Industry. (Thats a mouthful.)

Groupie of the year with my girlfriend and mother

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What do I do?

Back when I was just studying, I am also working as a freelance designer online. I do shirt designs for video games, sayings, etc. I also own an online gaming merchandise known as UPCOUR. feel free to check it out here https://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/UpCour/ shameless plug ;)

I also work for a company wherein I am the one who designs their website headers, images, ads and such but that didn't last for too long because of my upcoming Thesis so I gotta drop one. Yeah, you may say that I have too much in my plate that time but I have no choice. I gotta earn, life is hard, pay is bad but sometimes in life, you gotta learn how to hold your breath for a little bit.

What Now?

Well. As I have said in the introduction, I am striving to make it into this Industry. Don't get me wrong. Designing gaming shirts is fun and what not but to tell you frankly, Life is not all fun and games. Sometimes you gotta find something worth doing. And so I've decided to pursue branding and business of design. unlike shirt designing, Branding gives you the opportunity to solve a problem in an unexpected and creative way. It makes you wonder why whenever you hear about Nike, Gucci, Apple or Coke immediately give you the feeling of Optimism, Luxury, Elegance and Happiness. And as a creative person, I am starting to know that hunger of creative grind . I realized that I have been malnourished for so long.

Exploring sketches and digital logo process

Why Steemit?
So my friend told be about steemit where you can post blogs and articles and get paid. That's cool! But part of the reason why I wanted to publish my journey here in steemit is because it's still growing and It's not too saturated. I dont see so many posts regarding designing here so I told myself, "Why not start it?"

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I think I already said too much for an introduction :D. My apologies if the blog is too boring too read. It's my first time so chill. ;) I am looking forward interesting things regarding my venture in the creative business industry and I hope you are too!

Thank you for reading my very first blog post and Introduction! Hope you guys have a great day ahead of you!
Cheers!