We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Petar Dojranliev. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Petar below.

Petar, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear the story of how you went from this being just an idea to making it into something real.

Graphic designer with many years of experience. In 2018, the month of February, I activated the already existing upwork profile created back in the days of oDesk. I started working with a small hourly wage to break into the upwork labor market. After a short time, I gained a good circle of clients, and naturally, my hourly rate went up.

In 2020, the pandemic started, and I had too much free time, work declined and I had to think of another way of income. Browsing the web I came across RedBubble, thought to myself a great platform for my creations. Soon I opened a shop and started without much thought, amateurish, without coming up with a shop name, or a brand, which I do professionally. After a few months, after seeing that my creations were in demand, I started thinking about how to shape them, taking into account the themes I work on. Thus TipTop GFX, RedBubble, and TeePublic stores were born. Stores with unique graphics designed for lovers of music, positivity, and love.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

As a high school student, I was a DJ in my spare time, having inherited a small fortune in records from my father, who was a DJ at the same age as me. Well, as a big music lover, my main topic that I deal with is exactly music. The main inspiration happens when I listen to songs that I like. I create graphics that I think are fun to wear every day or wear on a special occasion.
I am often affected by the indifference of people, to the environment, and to self-esteem and encouragement, so as a graphic designer, I want to create graphics that contain positive thoughts and famous sayings that will lead to positive actions.
All my projects are based on vector graphics, so my clients are always covered with the best quality.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My only goal is to see my drawings used by many people in the world

Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?

Building an audience on social media is essential for expanding your reach, especially in creative fields like graphic design or Print-On-Demand (POD). Here’s a little guide tailored to your needs:

1. Define Your Audience
2. Choose the Right Platforms
3. Consistent Branding and Aesthetic
4. Create Engaging Content
5. Post Consistently
6. Engage with Your Audience
7. Leverage Hashtags & Keywords
8. Collaborate and Network
9. Run Contests and Giveaways
10. Analyze and Adapt
11. Utilize Paid Ads
12. Be Patient and Authentic

You’ll gradually build a dedicated social media audience for your design work and POD shops by combining creative content, engagement, and strategy.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://tiptopgfx.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiptop.gfx/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TipTop.gfx

Image Credits

Dojranliev Petar