Designer Blog

Logo and illustration designer Stefan Petrov (aka Stefaaan) is a great role model for any fine artist looking to learn graphic design. With support from his friends, and an introduction to 99designs, he self-taught his way into a remarkable design style. Just look at his portfolio, and you’ll see designs full of unique details and concepts; not to …

To celebrate the launch of our Dutch-language site (and our fun community contest for the new King of the Netherlands), we’d like to share the success of Dutch-designer Niva van de Geer (aka N24). Niva went from working full-time as a lawyer in the Netherlands, to traveling México with his girlfriend, MacBook Pro and 99designs. He graduated …

Dasa Mamula (aka dasaideabox) is a multi-talented designer who has taken special interest in logo design on 99designs. And rightfully so, she’s had great experiences — meeting clients at the beginning of their design journeys, presenting them with a valued logo, and obtaining follow-on work that builds out their entire brand.  Her relationship with Foomanchew.com, for example, started when she …

A few weeks ago, we got an email from our friend Mike Kirby, one of 99designs’ top app icon designers, with some exciting news. The Ories: Super Space Monsters!, a mobile game for Apple devices that Mike visually designed from top to bottom for the past 2 years, was finalized and scheduled for release. Since then a …

Nicola D’Alessandro, aka XxnIKoxX, is a talented graphic designer from Italy. We ran across his portfolio and we were immediately attracted to the personality he puts into his logo designs. We’ve seen first hand what a pleasure it is to work with Nicola, when he joined our fun community contest to re-design the Miami Dolphins logo. Check out some …

Meet EdnaBrent — an Italian designer with a surrealistic style. Her work is definitely unique, and can be described as pictorial, crazy, and surprising! Check out more of her poster and logo designs on her portfolio site. Sabina Rosafio – Italy 99designs handle: EdnaBrent Projects won: 10 How did you get started in design? I have been drawing …

Emmanuel Chappat, aka Pixelized, is a self-taught web developer and designer who spends 80% of his time coding and 20% designing. He stumbled upon 99designs while looking for a way to widen his design experience and skills — two things we love to help designers’ broaden in our community! Check out his personal website at http://m4nu.co/. …

Meet Dizzinessdesign — a graphic designer from France who excels in packaging design. He is also a music lover, and producer, which gives him great opportunities like designing mixtape covers for local DJs. Dizzinessdesign is a morning person with 4:00AM being is his ideal time to work. Evidence of his early-morning-designing can be found in …

It’s important for graphic designers to establish a style during their careers, and 99designer Estefanía Sanz has certainly done so! You’ll notice the fun character illustrations she incorporates into almost all of her designs. If you want to see more then take a tour of her online portfolio. Estefanía Sanz – Spain 99designs handle: Estefanía Sanz Projects won: 33 How did you …

99designer BATHI is an incredible illustrator and T-shirt designer whos eats, sleeps and breathes the arts. And rightfully so, he has been surrounded by creatives his whole life. Recently, BATHI was featured on 99designs’ Facebook Coverphoto and was awarded as the most-liked design in the Fed by Threads contest. Tangguh Karya – Indonesia 99designs handle: BATHI Projects won: 29 How did …