Iconscout Reward Program: Winner Stories

Iconscout Reward Program has been a significant milestone for Iconscout. It has become a reason for the union of the Iconscout team, users, and contributors as one that is Iconscout Family. It has not just been a small moment but a massive one that has brought this wave of creativity flowing. We are beyond proud to say this has not been just a new project for all of us. It has made its place in our hearts and memories.
We want to take this moment and be grateful for the contributors that participated in Iconscout Bounty Program. And all the beautiful creations that the mighty hands of our contributors have carved. Even to all the winners for their constant dedication that has led them to the trophy.
Today we have a different kind of blog. It is an honor for us to write this blog for all your users. You all would have guessed from the title. This one is all about our winner and their unheard stories. So, now let us know how our contributor's experience was!

Jonhson Subianto

Hi, I'm Jonhson Subianto, a brand & UI UX designer at a Digital Transformation company in Jakarta, Indonesia. In July, Indonesia experienced the highest pandemic crisis to date. On July 9th, I did a PCR swab with my results positive for Covid. With health conditions due to covid. I came across the Iconscout Reward Program. I decided to participate in it. After being tested positive for Covid, I did not give up and tried to complete as much as possible. Later on, when I came across the announcement of winners, I found my name as one of the winners. I was delighted that my hard work finally paid off.

Olga Prikhodko

I'm Olga Prikhodko, a designer keen on icons and illustrations. I am delighted to be a part of this competition. It was a great chance to show my skills and resilience. The key takeaway from this is that I can do quality 3D icons as fast as 2D icons and want more unique experiences. I danced all evening when I saw my name on the winner list! A big thank you to the entire Iconscout team and the perfect support mailing.

Hj Studio

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At the beginning of last July, I received a message from Iconscout to participate in this bounty program. At that time, I was confused about joining because I don't have a specialist to make illustrations or 3d graphics. Still, when I saw the prizes offered by Iconscout, I decided to learn how to create illustrations. It didn't take me long to get used to this because I have had a talent for drawing since I was little.
Long story short, I have done 20 illustrations and have been approved. When my 20 illustration trials were approved, Allah gave us a sick test to my parents, and it required me to stop working for two weeks, and it made me desperate to finish 80 designs to upload on Iconscout.
The bounty program time ran out, and I couldn't do anything, then Iconscout gave me a second chance to keep completing this bounty program. At that time, I had one week to achieve the remaining 80 illustrations. It was tough for me, who didn't fully understand the illustration design. Still, because of the enthusiasm to get prize money used to help give birth to my first child in November, it became my motivation to work overtime to get it all done. In the end, I was one of the winners of the bounty program of IBP by Iconscout this time; hopefully, this story can inspire all of my friends.

Ubaid El-Ahyar Alyafizi

Hello, I am Ubaid, a budding designer in the field of graphic design and 3d illustration. And I come from a small village in Indonesia. I got to know Iconscout from my friend, who happens to be also a graphic designer and 3d illustrator.
Then I tried to create 3d assets every day, asking my brother for help rendering my 3d assets because he had a laptop with higher specs. A few days before the deadline, I got an email notification from Iconscout. They said that my 3d design was good but needed a little improvisation. After that, I seemed to get some enormous booster, encouraging me to keep fighting until finally, on the last day of submission, I made sure my assets reached more than 75 3d assets.
Finally, by email, along with 19 others, I was named as Top 20 Contributors. Then I replied to the message, "Is that true?" I was both shocked and delighted. After getting a "Yes" answer from Iconscout, I felt pleased and grateful to Allah, the Most Merciful, who provided his sustenance from unexpected directions. And I also thank those who have always supported me.

Souda Manyphine

Hello, My name is Souda Manyphone. I am from a small country called Lao. I have been a 3d designer for three years and produce 3d illustrations for many photo stock websites. I am pleased and honored to be part of the 20 winners of Iconscout Contributor Bounty Program. Before that, I prepared myself by looking on famous graphic websites like Pinterest, dribble, Behance, etc., for inspiration with the knowledge I have to make 3D assets that come out unique and different from other contributors.
Thank you for liking and choosing my work as a winner. Thanks to Iconscout and Krishna Sheth for giving me the opportunity and the advice.

Illusiku Studio

Hi! I love design. I am Ambar Riadi. Based in Jakarta, Indonesia. I am a graphic design freelancer. I admit that I don't have many hobbies, especially now that I spend more time on design, listen to music, browsing, writing plans, and dreaming about my project, Ilusiku-studio.
I'm so proud to be part of the fantastic Iconscout team. I joined Iconscout contributor for a year, and this is the first time I got invited to this program, and as far as I know, this is indeed the first program. So what if such a program would ever exist again?
Campaigns like this are not new for freelance vector contributors, but this makes the creators excited. Besides wanting to get prizes, of course, we want to challenge ourselves to make the best work.

Twin Rizki

Hello, my name is Twin Rizki. I live in East Java, Indonesia being a full-time illustration designer. I joined Iconscout on June 11, 2018. Here I will share my experience following the contest, which was held for the first time by Iconscout for three years. I joined Iconscout. At that time, there was a message via email containing a contest of 100 illustrations and 75 3d designs with a reasonably large prize of 1000 $. At first, I ignored it ah maybe this was a joke while joining Iconscout never held a contest like this. I showed this news to my wife. She said to try it; who knows if it's true. Then I replied to the email, and the Iconscout team responded and directed me to the contest rules. Thirteen days and 100 designs later, by the way, this was a very tiring and unique challenge in my life experience. A week later contest ended, the winner announcement had my name in it. After reading the email from Iconscout, my wife and I felt touched., with the optimistic belief that hard work will not be in vain. It was an extraordinary experience for me. Thank God and all the Iconscout team.

UIGO

Hello everyone, we are UIGO, a small team based in Sukabumi, Indonesia. It's the first year we started building a digital product and publishing it as a buyable asset. Previously we were a team studio focused on UI and UX. At first, we were not confident to join this program because we were aware that we were just a newcomer. Hence, we thought it would be tough to balance with the old contributors. Still, thanks to the discussion and encouragement of the whole team, it created great enthusiasm to dare join the program Bounty Iconscout. What we do to join this program is a lot of fun preparation because sometimes we work up to more than 13 hours a day to get results that meet quality standards. Trial after trial to create quality 3D assets we have done with great joy. The story continued when we received an email from one of Iconscout's staff, Krishna. When we saw the contents of the email, it turned out that we were one of the winners. We decided that day was the best day for us and the continuity of the team going forward. We are very grateful to the Iconscout squad and everyone who has supported what we stand for.

Fernando Mejia

Hello, I’m Fernando Mejía, 3D Artist from Colombia. I’m 23 years. In 14 days, I’ll turn 24 years. I live in a bit of village called Restrepo in the Meta department in Colombia. of course. I’ve worked as a 3D Artist for a long four years, working for many clients around the world on many different projects.
Recently, I had the honor to be invited to the “Iconscout Reward Program,” and now I’m going to share my experience. I’d loved it and enjoyed it thoroughly, plus this is a fantastic opportunity to grow up like an artist and make so many people worldwide know about you and your work.
Thank you so much to all team of Iconscout to allow me to be part of this and select me as one of the Top 20 Artist Contributors.

M Wildan Cahya Syarief

Hello, my name is Muhammad Wildan Cahya Syarief, please just call me Wildan. I'm a Full-time Freelance 2D Illustrator & 3D Generalist from Madiun, Indonesia. I graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Visual Communication Design, but I mainly focus on illustration. I have six years of experience working as an Art Director at one of the 3D Animation Studios based in Surabaya, Indonesia. I worked there from 2012 till 2018, before I finally decided to resign to become a freelancer at the beginning of 2019.
Iconscout announced their Top 20 for the Iconscout Bounty Program, and I'm one of them. I was amazed, confused, and happy at the same time. My first time to jump into the marketplace industry and suddenly become in the Top 20. Who wouldn't be satisfied when they heard that?
I have to say thank you to Iconscout for making the program real. It helped a lot of people, especially to motivate people like me. And also, thank you for choosing me as one of the Top 20 Contributors for the "Iconscout Bounty Program." I'm very excited and motivated to spend more time as a contributor here and hope to expand to other marketplaces as well, hopefully. And I also hope that all of you who are reading this article or some people who want to start their step into this industry can gain more knowledge and more lessons from what I experienced/shared here. I'm not an expert on this yet. I still have to learn a lot.

Vu Hoang Viet

The Bounty program was a fun and challenging experience. It forced me to make pretty 3D graphics/illustrations, practice my creative approach, and be unique and fresh in creating elements. For each category, I searched for the most famous icons/objects and less popular ones, and my goal was to create something as original and eye-catching as I could, which proved to be very challenging.
In addition, the program helped me a lot in managing my workflow and time.
The Iconscout team was very supportive and always there if you had any urgent questions or issues to be answered or solved.
On the final note, I enjoyed the whole experience and applauded the organizing team for bringing a wholesome experience to the community of Iconscout. Do check out my profile on Iconscout!

Osmar Axel

The reason for choosing "festivities" as a theme is a closeness I have with them, in my country important dates like festivals and enjoyed and shared all the time. There are at least two reasons per month to celebrate and thank for what we have, for life and what will come; definitely, the happiness resulting from the celebrations was a gigantic boost.
These types of projects are the ones that put you to the test, in which you know who you are and what potential you hold. I particularly thank Krishna Seth for the comprehensive communication and flexibility throughout the project, since without his support, I would have indeed delivered things are wrong and out of time. A heartfelt thanks to the Iconscout team for creating such extensive projects, planning them from start to finish, and keeping us in touch all the time. You can explore all my creations at Iconscout! Thanks for being one of the best platforms.

Reading the feedbacks has made us overwhelmed with happiness. I am sure you would also feel the warmth and share this enjoyment with us. We think we are lucky enough to have this opportunity through Iconscout Reward Program. An opportunity where we all could have such a fantastic experience. We were sharing the same platform with the contributors, users, and our team members. We got to witness such unique designs coming to life.

We hope you had as much fun reading the blog as we had writing it.  We will be back with another such bounty program pretty soon, so stay tuned. Do not forget to participate if you were not able to this time!

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