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@thefolafolarin
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4 months
Here's a walk through of how I created the berry illustration.
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@thefolafolarin
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3 years
I heard Twitter is a land of bliss, please make my artwork go viral🙏🏼Kindly RT when you see this!🥺 Medium: Colored ball pen Lagos Arsenal #Messi Koeman #Kaduna peruzzi Airtime #Ronaldo Lucy Eren Jibowu Ozil #Arsenal Jumia Barca David Levi #Art #Abujatwittercommunity #beauty
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@thefolafolarin
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5 months
Finally settling for this style. When I started trying to add extra highlights and shadows I knew it was going to be trouble.
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Illustrative web layout.
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
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@UfotUbon
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1 year
got one more art in me // cc @Aderinsola_O the art the reference
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Today’s practice. Figma.
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
I snapped bad, i really really like @figmadesign
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@thefolafolarin
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Final details
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Freehand
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@thefolafolarin
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Today’s practice
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
My sketches are neat!
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@thefolafolarin
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4 months
The amount of iterations I had to pass through to settle for this output.
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@thefolafolarin
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4 years
Illustration I did for @wizkidayo kindly retweet till he see it, omo see ehn if WIZKID doesn’t see this thing I’ll delete and post again olohun...took me hours to finish .
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@thefolafolarin
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10 months
Dark mode
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10 months
Exploring patterns.
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
I just needed to put something out today.
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Weekends are for illustrations 🔥
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
So sometimes last year after a long time away from illustrations i decided to work on this project. The challenge was simple to make an illustrative AD campaign for Pepsi something similar to the “Pepsi long throat” campaign one time. But this time with a flair of colors THREAD
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@thefolafolarin
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4 months
Set 1hr for myself to do anything in photoshop with the pen tool and my mouse, strictly to focus on speed and output.
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
I’ve been working on a full pop illustrative campaign ad for @Pepsi_Naija , and I’m soooo close to finishing.
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Icons layout.
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@thefolafolarin
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6 months
Started as a sketch yesterday…
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@thefolafolarin
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4 months
Working extensively with gradients in my illustrations this year.
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@thefolafolarin
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3 months
Illustration set for si'alata.
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
I’m about to begin a full illustration project. Trying my hands on a custom type!
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@thefolafolarin
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Process of creating a custom typeface.
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Midnight sketch @BrymOlawale
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@thefolafolarin
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4 months
Exploring shapes and gradients in figma.
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@thefolafolarin
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First draft for a church product I’m on… would probably go with another direction.
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
Nostalgic illustrations, made it black and white for effect.
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@thefolafolarin
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10 months
More explorations to the type.
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I finally settled for this. I have the final render with some gradients and distortions but this was my final draft before my final draft.
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@thefolafolarin
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5 months
Was working on the landing page illustration of @theorangechurch , I might just take a break and work with paper and pen for a while.
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@thefolafolarin
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6 months
Saturday evening sketches!
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
Landline. I might as well continue
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Working on a project that involves illustrating a lot of glass, had to do a side practice to simulate glass look. Thought I was doing something simple. It wasn’t.
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
Illustration I made of Nipsey in 2019
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
Eggs!
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Completed a conceptual case study for chess in slum, I wanted to Tell a story in colors. Here’s a link to the full case study. | @Tunde_OD @chessinslums
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Fast food Icons.
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@thefolafolarin
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5 years
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Ospotus.
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@thefolafolarin
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Exploring patterns.
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More explorations to the type.
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
Process of creating a custom typeface.
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
Today I mismatch brands
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Illustration i made for Pepsi, using Adobe, funny thing is I drew this using a mouse.
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@thefolafolarin
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10 months
I’ve explored design to the best of my abilities. Custom type, iconography, illustration, brand, product... Now I just applied to learn Software Engineering. I’m a balsy guy, i must admit.
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
Today is for moviessss, I have a lot to catch up on.
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
Monday night tinkering.
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Okay so here's what i drew today in Figma and i tried to simplify the process as best as i could. I made each image independently so you can save and follow later.
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@thefolafolarin
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4 years
My recent sketch of @TeniEntertainer , how'd i do?
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@thefolafolarin
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10 months
I finally settled for this. I have the final render with some gradients and distortions but this was my final draft before my final draft.
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
Wanted to create a Lagos themed identity, this isn’t what I would settle for but decided to share.
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Greyscale, before I decide color
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
More Screens.
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@thefolafolarin
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Wanted to create a Lagos themed identity, this isn’t what I would settle for but decided to share.
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@thefolafolarin
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Custom icons, could probably make a 100 more
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@thefolafolarin
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6 months
Building personal projects without strict structures is a practice I highly recommend…
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Today’s practice, Figma!. If I should make a thread of steps I did to achieve my daily illustration practice in Figma, would that be cool?
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@thefolafolarin
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Custom icons
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
Fashion and fast paced. I got to work on the full identity and web site for HB.
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@thefolafolarin
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Finally, final lap
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Process
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@thefolafolarin
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3 years
I really don’t hate Monday
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@thefolafolarin
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5 years
I’m just going to post this and crawl back into my cave 😞.. #WeAreNigerianCreatives #WeMetOnTwitter
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@thefolafolarin
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4 months
Here's to showing more behind the scenes processes. My thoughts process can always be found in these notes.
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
The Walkman. 04/31
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Trust me they know. Brilliant!
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ỌMỌ́TÁRÁ LAWRENCE
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Lol
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@thefolafolarin
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1 year
I sketch the most random things I can think of.
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@thefolafolarin
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5 months
I got robbed yesterday at midnight of all my gadgets and it’s afternoon I can’t still process anything properly. It’s like I’m having an out of body experience.
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Using mock-ups i was able to give the project life and possible use cases while outliving different adaptations to the design Most mock-up used was from @NigerianMockups . Check out the full project on my behance
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@thefolafolarin
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5 years
@willsmith finally completed this, took me weeks but still, i loveee the outcome..kindly retweet till he sees it #WeAreNigerianCreatives @WANCreatives #JadenSmith #willowsmith #Aladdin2019 #UnitedAfricanCreatives
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@thefolafolarin
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The outcome was mainly to create top of the mind awareness for the brand and also an advertorial piece that’ll be distinct from a mile away, easily recognizable. With the strong use of color tones and swirling patterns i initiated a distinct style,Pop art.
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
As much as this is true, my recent detours in the east and south east made me realize Lagos is not Nigeria o, 7 of 10 guys i met didn’t know what UI/UX was.
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Every Nigerian is now a UX/UI designer by way of survival. I really wish our country wasn’t this messed up, forcing people to take up careers that they have to develop interest in just to make a decent living. It’s wild.
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@thefolafolarin
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2 years
Next step was attributing a Tag line for this campaign and i needed something personal to the audience and more inline with the people’s appeal. Drink with the Stars was initially a suggestion off linkedin, it turned out to be an appropriate tagline and i worked with that.
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@thefolafolarin
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Sunday nights tinkering.
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Learning components designed to provide a streamlined and intuitive interface for picking courses.
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@thefolafolarin
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3 months
Icon style for Kaalush. Icon design could be so restrictive sometimes, having a well structured mood board to explore with could make all the difference.
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@thefolafolarin
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Ongoing sketches.
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@thefolafolarin
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Mock ups next...
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Sketches
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Applying first layers of color
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@thefolafolarin
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I want to go back to art, might even try to go professionally this time
@ayoguofficial
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It’s cost 0…. Bla Bla, Nevermind just RT.
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@thefolafolarin
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Project Case 2074.
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@thefolafolarin
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Today's Figma practice. I'll create a thread later today on how I achieved it, I'll try to make it as simple as possible so anyone can replicate.
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@thefolafolarin
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10 months
The learning curve for illustrator is quite steep, you can pick photoshop and do something decent in a day. Even if it’s to edit pictures. You have to be very intentional with illustrator. I’m not even sure I know it and I use it everyday.
@iotukoya
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There are designers that can't use Adobe Illustrator? 😦
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@thefolafolarin
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I have no intended direction, I’m just going. Adobe Illustrator.
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@thefolafolarin
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I’ve been using mouse for this and it’s coming out well
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@thefolafolarin
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Coding my website myself brick by brick.
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@thefolafolarin
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That's a wrap, it's been fun.
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@thefolafolarin
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Cooking!
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Grotesque!
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How did Airtel get license to operate in Nigeria
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@thefolafolarin
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@dsgaert how far shey you go help me with caption bayi, moti blank #WeAreNigerianCreatives #wizkhalifa @wizkhalifa
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