99Spy
Giulio Rossi
Spyros
Tsimouris
Giulio
Rossi
Designer since:
Designer since:
Location:
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It’s been a life-changer! I’m now
working full-time (or maybe
more) here.
I love the pressure because it
pushes you to get better, while
training your creativity.
There are many reasons why people
For most of his life, Giulio has felt
choose to freelance, but one of the most
compelled to draw everything around him,
common is the desire to attain Spyros
but he didn’t take his interest seriously
Tsimouris’ kind of lifestyle: working from
until he bought his first tablet computer.
his studio in sun-filled Greece, creating
He started off with commissioned portraits
designs for clients all around the globe.
and his work soon caught fire on social
But, Spyros didn’t get here by chance. He
media and blogs. At that point, he started
has been active in design since he was 19
to get so many requests, he felt he could
years old and decided to spend the first
legitimately call himself a graphic
sum of money he ever earned on an Apple
designer.
2012
Greece
2011
Italy
Macintosh IIx.
Today, Giulio sells his artwork online and
This investment opened up the world of
works with movie directors, writers,
“desktop publishing” systems and Spyros
publishers, and ad agencies. He found 99d
hasn’t looked back since. While his formal
when looking for illustration contests and
education is in Fine Arts, Architectural
was instantly hooked. His secret? Unlike
Design, and Marketing Communication,
most designers, he doesn’t look at other
he says that the best education comes
contestants’ work. He’s committed to
from “real mistakes you make for real
originality in everything he does and his
customers. Priceless!”
clients appreciate it.