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kimvc LittleFox Kim Hubball Marko Matovic Designer since: Designer since: Location: Location: Motivation is the feeling you get when you create a design your client loves. 99designs is my window into the world. With more than 100 contest wins under When Marko first heard of 99designs, he her belt, you wouldn’t think Kim Hubball was baffled. A platform that would connect would know a whole lot about losing, but him to clients around the world, without she believes losing contests is a big part having to leave his bedroom? It must be a of her success. She sees each loss as an joke, he thought. Marko’s dubious mindset experience that helps her improve her quickly shifted when he won his first skills and further establishes her presence contest less than a week after joining. in the community. This optimism has Since then, Marko’s built a global network served her well. of clients that love his animated style. 2008 United Kingdom 2009 Serbia 99designs has become his passport to the Kim found her way to 99designs after world. “Yesterday it was an illustration for leaving her job as a motion graphics a Dutch client, today an animation for a designer to stay home with her son. She company in Hong Kong. It almost feels like needed something that would satisfy her I am travelling the world myself.” We were creative side and 99d fit the bill, giving right —design does ignore borders! her an avenue for honing her skills and earning some cash. That initial experiment turned into a business, working her own hours while caring for her son. As Kim says, “To me, that’s priceless.”