In Overworked And Underpaid, we aim to interview designers, learn more about them, and have them share their journey and design advice. In this edition, we will sit down with Gabgeirl and get to know how/when they became a graphic designer.
Designed by Cassie.
Gabgeirl, started her graphic designing journey when she was 14 years old and spent four years taking classes in school. When she joined Rebel Penguin Federation in 2021, she quickly became part of their graphics team. For Gabi, this was the first time that she had to make graphics for anything Club Penguin related. However, it allowed her to gain experience and grow as an artist.
When Club Penguin Armies was formed in 2022, she joined CPA’s graphics team, eager to help create amazing graphics. Her first thumbnail was for Mabel‘s induction as Viking Commander in the Water Vikings. But what has their journey been like thus far? What have their biggest challenges been?
Gabgeirl’s first thumbnail
A quick Chat with Gabgeirl
Club Penguin Armies approached Gabgeirl for a quick interview about their time as a designer.
What design that you have made do you like the most, and what is the one you like the least?
I think my favourite designs are between a ‘Melt the Ice’ gif I did for RPF hype in CCXI, or the background RPF has on CPAB. The melt the ice gif was because we were facing Ice Warriors in the final, which was also my first tournament. It was my first time really trying anything like it – both semi realistic ice and animation – but I think it came out really cool and clean overall and its always a piece of work I look back proudly on. As for the RPF CPAB background, I think it just came out quite fun. I was aiming for it to have the feel of a mascot background like you’d get in game, hence the writing being done like a signature. I also really love the smaller detail of having had a number of both current and former Rebel Commanders have their signature engraved on the trophy case.
As for my least favourite, it’s very hard to say. I’ve produced so much stuff I haven’t liked over the years, or stuff which in retrospect I’ve come to dislike. The stuff which comes to mind the most for me though is probably war thumbnails for CPA. This is mostly just because there’s not much space to be creative with what you’re making and after a while they all start to feel a little bit similar. The most recent example of this is the thumbnail I did for the DCP v ACP war.
