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fortunefaded EdnaBrent Jelena Milinovic Sabina Rosafio Designer since: Designer since: Location: Location: When I won my first contest I knew: That’s it, this is what I want to do. Being a part of 99designs is stimulating because every day is a new design contest. Jelena worked for a small web design Sabina describes her style as “pictorial, agency during college as a coder, not a crazy, surrealistic, excessive, provocative, designer. After college she started her job and surprising.” While Sabina has an search and in the meantime, followed a artist’s heart, she also loves the technical friend’s advice to check out 99designs. aspect of design. After graduating from Jelena thought it looked like a game at school, she worked for Rome’s National first and despite her lack of formal Research Council where they studied the training, decided to give it a try while she perception of color for blind people looked for a “real” job. through music. When she’s not on 2009 Serbia 2012 Italy 99designs, she works as a technical Persistence pays off. It took 33 contests designer doing bidimensional and for Jelena to land her first win. After that, tridimensional design for engineers. the wins started rolling in, to the point that she abandoned her job search and Sabina was drawn to 99designs because devoted all of her time to sharpening her she wanted international experience and it designing skills. Two years later, she used also allowed her to learn new styles, new her 99d portfolio to land a design job with tastes and new ways to express her ideas. an agency based out of San Diego, Now that’s a go getter! California.