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Deanna Ko, aka DNA
Los Angeles, CA
Apparel & Merchandise Designer @ Sentinels
Bears, Lemonade
Mushrooms
My creative journey began when I designed forum signatures and guild recruitment threads in order to fund my MapleStory character.
Since then, I've discovered that I love creating cool stuff - from designing social media flair, creating clothes, and building immersive in-person experiences, it brings me great joy to be a part of anything creative.
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EXPERTISE
Art Direction
Concepting
Branding
Moodboard
Fashion Design
Product Design
Packaging
Photography
Videography
Editing
Illustration
Pitch Decks
Marketing
UX/UI
Wireframing
CLIENTS
JOURNEY
2012
💰 GAMER WITH A GOAL
Made MapleStory designs - forum signatures & graphics to fund my characters. I played Dark Knight, Demon Slayer, Dual Blade, and Night Walker 🦇
2013
🍁 MAPLESTORY
MMV (MapleStory Music Video) era - learned video editing & sprite animation. Told stories with my favorite songs, as well as animations with short stories relating to Maple~
2014
📘 YEARBOOK
Editor-In-Chief of Yearbook - designed the cover & concepted theming.
2015
👾 DESIGNING FOR FUN
Made wallpapers, headers, and stickers for video games & anime culture.
2016
🥇 ARTIST ALLEY
Won 1st place in Artist Alley competition for having the most sales by selling stickers.
2017
💡 FIRST GIG IN ESPORTS
Joined Youth Esports of America as a Creative Director, hosting gaming tournaments for 350+ participants, offering $25,000 in scholarships.
2018
🎮 ESPORTS CLUB
Became President of Esports Club and organized fundraisers, gaming tournaments, and social events online and in-person.
2018
🎨 ART CLUB
Became President of Art Club and organized fundraisers, social events, paint nights, museum trips, and artist alley.
2019
🎓 GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL
Did design for high school Associated Student Body (ASB). Also participated in IB Art exhibition that showcasing artwork.
2020
♟️ TEAMFIGHT TACTICS
Started a Teamfight Tactics mentorship program ranging from Bronze-Platinum, leading to 80% of mentees reaching their desired rank.
2020
🦄 UNICORN
Joined Project Unicorn as a Creative Director, working on a social app for startups to get discovered by investors, scouts, and founders.
2021
😈 EVIL GENIUSES
Interned at Evil Geniuses as a Graphic Designer, creating motion graphics for gameday & match results
2021
📚 UNIVERSITY
Attended college as a Communications Advertising student and became the Vice President of League of Legends club.
2022
💙 CLG
Joined Counter Logic Gaming. Designed cool clothes, dressed people in cool clothes, and wore cool clothes. Did graphics for social media and events.
2023
🐴 TEAM LIQUID
Made cool clothes for Team Liquid apparel collections. Also designed some keycaps, mousepads, and experimental products.
2024
😸 SENTINELS
Worked at Riot Games as a Press Coordinator for League of Legends Championship Series. Joined Sentinels as an Apparel & Merchandise designer - Projects TBD