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That awkward moment where you’ve worked on amazing brands but can’t show any of them yet because they haven’t launched so your portfolio looks suspiciously calm...
Ohhh that’s the most frustrating thing
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The best kind of portfolio update is seeing the work keep working!!
Last year, I helped build the foundation for Sleep or Die, from brand strategy and identity to creative direction and photography.
🤯 Just this week the brand has gone on to receive $1M in funding, and I’ve been seeing accounts with 75K–100K+ followers sharing the brand and some of the photography I created in those early stages.
While the brand has evolved since my initial work with them, it’s a nice reminder that the early stuff matters. The strategy, the visuals, the tone, the way a brand shows up before most people know who they are; it all becomes part of the foundation.
Very grateful to have played a role in getting this one off the ground!!
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This is wonderful 😊
Different feelings when you see brand you worked for grow to success
Sometimes all the client has is some stock, product photos, and a dream. 🤣
I enjoyed getting to be extra ridiculous in this recent TikTok ad.
Voiceover made with Eleven Labs, animation done in After Effects.
I absolutely love this….low key wanted to see more😅👍🏼
Sent a brandbook presentation to a client and got this reply almost immediately:
“Ani! No necesitamos tomarnos tiempo. Nos encanta! Era justamente lo que nos imaginábamos!”
TL;DR they don't need time to review further since they love it! 😍
Honestly one of the best feelings as a designer.
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