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Creative Mercenary 🪖

@iotukoya

2 years

Recently published case study on Behance. Visual identity for Blackleads.

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@iotukoya

8 months

Even Meghan Markle that had small Hollywood money saw shege 😭

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8 months

If you’re not old money and you marry into old money, you’ll regret your existence. You think this is Gu Jun Pyo or Boys over flowers?

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@iotukoya

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Layi looks like he's never out of character 😂

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@victorfatanmi

7 days

Fá x Mr Richard

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@iotukoya

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People will put unnecessary pressures on themselves then call people who don't succumb to those pressures "lucky" 😂

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@_DammyB_

20 days

Men are so lucky. They can attend owambe’s impromptu. Just enter wardrobe bring out one white kaftan and one cap. Chai.

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1 month

Meanwhile, when Shallipopi and Odumodu collabo-d, they sang about the effects of global inflation and how it's hindering gen-Z's from acquiring landed properties like their parents did. Top G's

Papi Drey!

@Abel_Olabode

1 month

Tiwa & Simi are collaborating for the first time ever and it’s “Men are crazy” they are singing about 😂😂

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@iotukoya

8 months

Lmao this is one of the reasons why it's so easy to scam Nigerians. Once you're on low cut, speak good English and appear meek, you automatically become a "good" person.

Today in history

@2dayinghistory

8 months

After seeing Jimmy Odukoya, I must really commend David Oyedepo for raising his children right, the difference is clear.

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@iotukoya

1 year

Please tell me it was a local studio that ran this title sequence 🥶🫡 #GangsOfLagosOnPrime

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@iotukoya

3 months

Yup. Forget about gender-based violence, female genital mutilation, the prevalence of (girl) child marriages, academic inequality and go straight for the content creator that got a gift as your indicator for female privilege.

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@Mekizzgoodboy

3 months

You did a lame joke about not being able to purchase washing machine.. someone DM'd you that day and paid for it.. that's what we call female privilege. Cigar and chaos.

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@iotukoya

1 year

"And I don't mean it metaphorically or rhetorically or poetically or theoretically or any other fancy way. I'm death. Straight. Up"

Mr Black⁛

@MrBlackOG

1 year

Who is the best animated villain among these?

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@iotukoya

23 days

OMG this is the real life version of THAT video lmao 😂

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@Morris_Monye

23 days

I can only dream. The best of the best must lead us.

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@iotukoya

2 years

Man interned in the necessary departments needed to build a product, then went on to build his own and sold to Adobe for $20 billion. A king and more 😂

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@iotukoya

6 years

Supervisor: "Ibrahim I've loosened these 2 bolts, come and help me remove them" Me inside my log book: "assisted in engine overhauling of a Mistubishi Pajero V8 3.0L....."

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@iotukoya

6 months

People don't want to agree that it's their internalised misogyny that makes them blurt out things like "female bosses are worse than make bosses". Your male boss yells at you and you move on with your day. Your female boss does same and it's "I can't work with women again"

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@iotukoya

2 years

Bill your friends in tech today 🙏🏾

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@iotukoya

10 months

If the Nigerian police were serious with use of tech, they'd be making arrests from Twitter every other day. Folks just be confessing their crimes for free 😂😂

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@iotukoya

3 years

Lmao I understand why people are triggered by this. Every time someone comes to meet me saying they want to learn design, I send them a YouTube playlist of 45 videos by Gareth David that give a solid intro to design elements &principles. Most people don't finish the playlist.

Olamidé Agunbiade

@OlaAgunbiade

3 years

Please, stop advising people to go into UI/UX without understanding the principles of design.

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@iotukoya

1 year

Random thread of my favorite design agencies. I learn a lot from their work and how they talk about it i.e case studies.

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@iotukoya

6 months

That's how the other day a bolt driver flipped out because a woman called him and asked"where are you?". That was the day people knew it was rude to ask your ride where he is 😂😂

Mami Wata

@Andem___

6 months

Women do not treat male service providers with anymore disrespect than men do. The problem is that what is disrespectful to men, no matter their station in life is dependent on who is on the other end of the perceived disrespect. A man, fair game. A woman, how dare she!

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@iotukoya

8 months

Just read this again and it's still as inspiring as the first time I read it.

200 Rejections Later, I Now Make 23 Times My Old Salary - Piggyvest Blog

Product designer, Daniel Abayomi, had all of Nigerian Twitter asking “God when?” after revealing that he now makes 23 times his former salary.

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@iotukoya

2 years

Late night study. Colors inspired by every Lagosian's favourite means of transportation 🌚

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@iotukoya

2 years

Proudest achievement this month has to be creating this set of illustrations for a travel management platform. Most of my illustrations for me have been exploratory endeavours, but illustrating for a brand visual systems is different gravy. Love it, cheers to more 🥹🥂

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@iotukoya

11 months

Some brand designers that left and moved to you-eye-you-ex.

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@akindolu

11 months

If you started selling fire and it looks like you are doing well, you’ll see folks abandon their entire 10-year plan for their own project to start selling fire too. Never seen any group of people with zero clarity of what they really, really want to do and just sticking to it.

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@iotukoya

2 years

Saturday night light work ✊🏼✅

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2 years

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@iotukoya

1 year

When I started designing, I had no idea designers could make (good) money. I was just sleeping and waking up on YouTube and - happy to be creating stuff. Wasn't until like 3 years after I knew there was money to be made.

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Dumebi Iwuchukwu

@Dum3bi

1 year

“As a young person, the biggest investment is to increase your earning potential (courses and trainings), in a couple of years you will earn more than your current annual income in a month. Then save and invest prudently”

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@iotukoya

2 years

"Off the wall" - A negative space exploration. 🎨👨🏽‍🎨

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@iotukoya

9 months

Human: I'm looking for work. LinkedIn: Okay, but are you hiring?

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@iotukoya

3 months

There are conversations to be had as to issues men are facing in Nigeria, but you people can't seem to talk about our peculiar issues without making it seem like it's a bed of roses for women.

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@iotukoya

1 year

First illustration of the year. Wishing everyone that sees this a great 2023. 🚀💃🏽

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@iotukoya

2 years

Rejected illustration for a recently competed project. Love it so much and would definitely find another home for it.

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@iotukoya

5 months

02 - 12 - 23 Groomsman duties for @walixo . Thank you for the honor, my man. Wishing you a happy married life 💞.

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@iotukoya

2 years

If you're a designer looking to learn something new this weekend, you can learn to work with the Isometric Grid with this practical guide I just published.

Welcome to the Isometric Grid

A few weeks ago, like Sam Flynn, I decided to venture into the Grid — The isometric Grid. It’s much easier than it looks, and there’s so…

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@iotukoya

5 months

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@iotukoya

23 days

If you don't get the reference, this is the video 😂.

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@iotukoya

2 months

I don't know if I'm the only one that's noticed this, but the folks at Paystack have a culture of writing. Almost everyone I know that works there writes, and they do it well. Is it a coincidence? Or there's something they put in the tea they serve at the Paystack canteen?

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@yinkawuyi

2 months

After 6.5yrs, I said bye to my friends @paystack to build @golemonhq It’s been an incredible 6yrs of building products that businesses rely on: Paystack-Titan, Pay w/ Transfer, Direct Debit, Virtual Accounts & more I left my friends a farewell note

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@iotukoya

5 months

The mental gymnastics when it's women involved. As if you've ever typed anything longer than two lines on the bolt/Uber app. Driver says "I'm on my way" or "I'm here", but it's customer that should be writing email?

Folu 🚀

@FoluShaw

5 months

“Hi Jude, Please I am in a hurry to get to my destination. Will really appreciate if you can get here as soon as possible so we can be on our way. Thank You” We often forget that our Greetings, Pleases & Thank Yous go a long way in expressing courtesy and respect. These are…

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@iotukoya

3 months

@onedeadfool I hope they do too, Mr Dead Fool 🫡.

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@iotukoya

2 years

Outta the trenches: A movie poster exploration. Probably going to be the name of the first film I direct/produce too 🌚.

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@iotukoya

2 years

Came out beautifully tbf 😗

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@iotukoya

8 months

Crazy part about things like this is that it might not be entitlement. They just have no idea how much these things cost. We once had someone staying with us who sold me and my brother's laptops for 5k. That's 2500 each 😭😭.

Olúwatósìn Olaseinde

@tosinolaseinde

8 months

Can’t stop laughing everytime I see this post.

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@iotukoya

1 year

Tbh, one of the reasons I patronise Cowrywise is because of their brand (and product) design. So soft 🤌🏾✨

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@iotukoya

1 year

Very soon, motion design would be a requirement for most brand design roles 🥲.

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@iotukoya

1 year

I know a lot of random shit, but my personal favorite is the origin of the word "sincerely" and why we use "yours sincerely" to sign off our letters. I learned it from the Dan Brown book, Digital Fortress. Here goes 👇

Dimithry Victor

@dimithryv

1 year

My fav kind of people are those who just randomly know a bunch of facts

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@iotukoya

1 year

Illustrations I created for @getequity Startup Festival. Illustrating the landmarks was a trip, especially the National Theatre 🥴. Wish we had time to do more ✨.

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@iotukoya

11 months

Not so related but one thing I'm quite grateful for is the privilege of going to expensive schools. The things I saw people do with money motivated me so much.

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@MrMekzy_

11 months

How did you find out that your friend is from a rich family?

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@iotukoya

1 year

Made these for a client a few weeks back. They came out rather nicely 👨‍🎨🫰

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@iotukoya

8 months

@oluwafifunmii Better to cry in a horse-drawn carriage 😌🫣

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@iotukoya

10 months

They can die if they overlap elements. Box model thinking has them in a chokehold. Make all the elements dey their dey, in case developer wan code the poster 😭

Jigga ✨

@jobosonchisa

10 months

You can tell when a poster/social media design is done by a product designer. You can just tell.

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@iotukoya

11 months

Currently reading the brand guidelines for Dubai and God damn it, the Dubai logo rationale is so brilliant 😭

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@iotukoya

1 year

Sorry, but no one comes close. An important factor in what makes villains scary is their relationship with the hero/protagonist. The sheer dominance Lobo had over Puss in boots was like nothing I'd ever seen. Established in their first meeting again. Scary.

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@iotukoya

2 years

Need more designer friends I can talk to everyday 🥲

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@iotukoya

2 years

If you're looking for people to learn from as a designer, learn from the obvious greats - the ones we all know are legends in the craft. Every designer has heard of the folks at Pentagram, Chris Do, Von Glitschka and the likes.

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@iotukoya

5 months

WIP. It's been a while 🫴

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@iotukoya

8 months

@teehi_official Nope, the topic of discussion is thinking that someone being on low-cut makes them "better raised" than someone on dreadlocks. Sadly, that's how a lot of Nigerians reason.

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@iotukoya

1 year

How-to product illustration and animation for an NFC payment app. Still got some refinement to do, but I like the general idea, it works.

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@iotukoya

1 year

Trying stroke illustrations that look a little "technical". Hope they work for what I want to use them for 🤞

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1 year

From the size difference to the mental dominance. The depiction of Puss' fear by the producers even made it better. The realistic rendition of a panic attack, the visual and sound FX. Bruh 🥵

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@iotukoya

1 year

I've come quite a distance on this journey. Designed some icons for a pitch deck I worked on a few weeks ago

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@iotukoya

1 year

Learning to use keylines, thanks to IBM's superb guide on they design their own icons 🍬

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@iotukoya

2 years

Lmao people that compare Figma to Photoshop clearly don't know the full capabilities of Photoshop. Bar After effects, every other product in the Adobe suite is simply an unbundling of Photoshop, and the tool (PS) even has motion design capabilities. Very powerful stuff.

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@iotukoya

6 months

Being a Nigerian and saying this is so dishonest. So, so dishonest. Nigerians are naturally loud people, in joy, sadness and anger. So, it's very common to see people who are prone to loud anger and yet wouldn't hurt a fly. Off the road with this nonsense please.

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@_takon

6 months

If he raises his voice, he can raise his hand

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7 months

Behind Sport

@BehindSport

7 months

Who’s got the best match day graphics this season? 🤔 (By the way, the answer is @BristolCity but we’ll listen to other suggestions…👀)

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@iotukoya

4 months

Glad to have led the brand refresh for @buildwithanchor . Tough work over the last couple of months. Visit to see our new website and product/service offerings 🤲

Anchor | The Easiest Way to Build Financial Products

Anchor is building the infrastructure needed for businesses to build, launch, and scale banking and payment solutions.

getanchor.co

Anchor (YC S22)

@buildwithanchor

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🎉 New year, new look! We're delighted to introduce our brand refresh to you. From our revamped logo, colours, and bold new typefaces, to our new website designed to offer you a smoother experience. Join us in this exciting journey of growth! 🚀 #BuildWithAnchor

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@iotukoya

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I have a theory that men who don't have intelligent women in their circle (and say nonsense like this 👇🏽) go out of their way to make it so. They're probably the kind of people who would subconsciously cut off a woman at the smallest sign of superior intelligence.

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@Mo_Sznn

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to find babe wey actually smart and intelligent na by the special grace of God these days

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@iotukoya

11 months

From the replies to this tweet, it seems we have lots of asylum patients disguising as employers.

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@victorfatanmi

11 months

What’s the weirdest reason that has made you resign from a job?

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@iotukoya

4 months

First motion design practice of the year. Courtesy if Manuel Colombo.

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@iotukoya

2 years

Getting more chances to explore this style 🥹💃🏽

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@iotukoya

2 years

Proudest achievement this month has to be creating this set of illustrations for a travel management platform. Most of my illustrations for me have been exploratory endeavours, but illustrating for a brand visual systems is different gravy. Love it, cheers to more 🥹🥂

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@iotukoya

10 months

Just lemme catch any 40+ person dey gba on this app 😭

láyí

@layiwasabi

10 months

pov: copyright infringement

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@iotukoya

1 year

Random picks from my "design inspiration" folder: VOL 3

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@iotukoya

1 year

Random picks from my "design inspiration" folder: VOL 2

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@iotukoya

1 year

"They don't have two heads..."

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@iotukoya

2 years

Came out rather nicely if you ask me ✨

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@iotukoya

2 years

Need to put more of my stuff on tote bags 🎨🌚

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@iotukoya

2 years

Finally found some time over the weekend to get this done with 👨🏾‍🍳. Sacrificed conventionality in the layout but I love how it came out. 🥹 P.S: The arrangement of the coins is actually a graph of the movement of the Euro against the USD over the past month.

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@iotukoya

2 years

We continue later today 👨🏾‍🍳

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@iotukoya

1 year

Night practice 👨‍🎨🎨

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@iotukoya

2 years

Nothing but brilliance ✨

ngozy

@itsnotOs

2 years

🏆🏆 Illustrations by me🎉

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@iotukoya

9 months

"Quick" motion design practice before I start today's 2k hustle.

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@iotukoya

2 years

Wednesday morning motivation. Go forth and chase the dough 🙏🏾🤌🏾.

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@iotukoya

1 year

If you're earning 300k/month in Lagos, you can't live in 300k/annum apartment. You'd run away after two weeks 😂. The advice only makes sense when your salary reaches a certain threshold. I'd say 700k+

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@iotukoya

8 months

@eyekage Fair enough, but they all have the same pride. 🥲

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1 year

Random picks from my "design inspiration folder"

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@iotukoya

1 month

Hrithik Roshan is so good looking, man

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@iotukoya

8 months

“QT with your different styles” Which is your favorite?

turdemoji.lol 🟠

@jnrkay_x

8 months

“QT with your different styles” my gallery looks real good 😍

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@iotukoya

9 months

What is good design? Don't think, just answer. In one word, or an essay.

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@iotukoya

2 years

Like this tweet and I'd subtweet you. Doesn't matter if we're mutuals, I'd have something to say 🌚.

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@iotukoya

1 year

@SamuelOtigba Omo you've been living the life. 400k as a graduate in 2011 is insane 😭

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@iotukoya

8 months

@coderegent Most billionaires are from the baby boomer generation and dreads aren't really their aesthetic. You can try the same exercise for the top 1% of millennials and Gen-Z's and you'd find quite a number of them with dreads, tattoos, etc.

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@iotukoya

10 months

There are designers that can't use Adobe Illustrator? 😦

LEYE 👨🏾‍💻

@leyeConnect

10 months

Know how to use illustrator as a product designer and you are unstoppable 😂🤲🤌✨

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@iotukoya

1 year

Things I love to see 🥹

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@iotukoya

6 months

Someone even said the proper thing was to tell him where you were before asking where he is. The etiquettes of calling your ride 👌🏽😂.

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@iotukoya

2 years

Savings or current? 🤌🏾💳

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@jobosonchisa I try not to think about it because in the end the person getting the reward is innocent (hopefully) of any agendas 🤲

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3 years

@__Muwaffaq

Beginners Guide to Graphic Design | 45 Episode FREE Series

Welcome to this beginners guide series to Graphic Design.If you're interested in Graphic Design and considering becoming a graphic designer then join me as I...

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@iotukoya

1 year

Lmao men are in the quote tweets fighting for their inferiority status, with so much vigor. They said "I be monkey before before" 😭😭

Crochet Creator🧶

@Ore_akiinde

1 year

I find it so insane that almost 3k people liked a tweet that ‘tried explaining’ why black men are inferior to a white man. The height of low self esteem and inferiority complex. Reeks of self hatred & he had other Nigerian men agreeing with him. Crazy

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@Ayoolafelix

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