BTS: Release Party Prep - Badge Designs (Patreon)

Gosh dangit if SisterUnmuted doesn't make everything look way cooler and more official...almost like she works in marketing or something! 🤯 CRAZY pants!

A couple weeks ago, I started work on designing the badges for the Villain EP Release Party. I literally used the Honestly EP badges as a template and just tried to adapt it to a new theme. This was partially because it would ensure the right dimensions, but also because I do not really know how to design a badge, so I figured it would be easier to have a jumping off point 😅

I think it's pretty obvious that while my two original design options are pretty much the same, just with different thorns, I wasn't 100% sure what I wanted from these badges, or what elements I wanted to include.

Enter SisterUnmuted.

When SisterUnmuted called me after getting laid off from her job, I offered to give her more EP stuff to work on for me. I wanted to help, but I knew there wasn't anything I could do to fix it. But this way, I could give her something to do that still feels like (and is) legitimate and productive work, while also helping make sure she's at least not worried about next month's rent while she figures out her next steps. Plus, it takes some work off of my plate 😅

I had already recently enlisted her help for a couple small things that were just tedious and I didn't feel like doing myself (and also honestly didn't really have the time to do on my own on the timeline I wanted), and there is always more that needs to be done.

While SisterUnmuted isn't technically a graphic designer, she has a lot of experience doing similar things from her marketing jobs. And either way, she's better at it than I am, has the software with more and better tools, and she very suddenly is about to have a lot more time on her hands. And I always pay her for helping me with anything. I usually don't pay her much, because a) I don't know how much is appropriate, and b) she agrees to do it for free. I just pay her because I don't ever want to take advantage of people's skills that they've spent years developing, I value people's time, and while favours are great, I don't like the idea of people doing free labour...unless it's for a charity/other good cause, or in cases where paying someone to do something for you just isn't something you can reasonably afford and it's been discussed in advance 🤷‍♀️ Which, with my sister, her assumption is that it's a favour and for free, but since I have the ability to pay her, I'm going to, you know?

But now I'm paying her an hourly rate (which I have capped so that it remains financially okay for me 😅).

SO that means LOTS of SisterUnmuted designs! Starting with these badges.

She took my design concepts and made them feel real and official. AND she made them functional beyond just being a cool keepsake! You may notice that she added a QR code to the badges (and the tickets, but I can't show you those yet 🤫) that links to the music page of my website 🤯 I never would have thought of that! And the concept is to cohesive!

I hope you guys like the final design, because some of you will be wearing it in less than 2 months! 🥳

I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS SHOW AKJHGiyudvlhkBLYUWFIYUVB:HAPDIUB 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

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