Once upon a time, I promised myself that I would redesign my site.

Hi there. The name’s Lil, and I just left my first design job out of school at TED after working there for three and a half years. As a young designer who started her first design job at 21 years old, I spent quite some time flailing around aimlessly before fully understanding the ropes. Luckily, I learned quite a bit and wanted to share with you some of my insight! Here’s to hoping that it spares you from some of the obstacles I faced at my first design job.

I began streaming about two months ago due to a fascination with the culture. As a designer and gamer, I was enticed by the idea of critically thinking about design for the sole purpose of streaming video games :D. This is just the beginning of my foray into overlays. Still, I thought it may be helpful for others to explain my thought process behind creating one.