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WHATEVER WE DO, WE SHOULD DO WITH OUR HEARTS
Interview with the prolific designer who submitted the most templates to our platform, Raki.
If you made a video in Instagram's Story format, chances are that you customized one of Raki’s templates (he goes by The Media Stock Videobolt). This inspiring motion designer from India, explained to us why it is important to follow your passion and not waste your time on unwanted things. Read the full interview to see where deep devotion coming from the heart can take you.
Milica Popovic
Hi. Would you please introduce yourself to our community?
Raki
Hello everyone, my name is Raki Halder. I am a 28 years old motion graphics designer and I am from Kolkata, India. I started my career in 2013. First in different News and entertainment TV channels. But later I decided to completely move as template author in Videohive and similar stock markets. And after all these years I can say, that was the best decision of my life. And it changed a lot of things in my life.
Milica Popovic
Wow! 219 templates on our platform are made by you. How do you find the time to create so much?
Raki
Actually my uploads are mostly focused on Social media designs. So I mainly create packs of stories and titles. So whenever I upload from a pack to the website, I always try to upload the whole set. So after a couple of uploads, it gets easy and uploads the whole pack. In this way, after uploading a few packs the total count rises up.
Milica Popovic
What design advice would you give to your younger self?
Raki
As a template author, if I can go back in time, I would say to my younger self, to focus on expression and coding stuff a bit more, because that opens up a lot of opportunities to create complex designs to handle easily. Another advice will be not to waste time doing unwanted things in life. There were plenty of things that I have done without my interests before. And I will never get back that time anymore.
Milica Popovic
Did you ever consider working in a different field, or being a designer was your dream?
Raki
After my college graduation I worked in some News and entertainment TV channels as a graphic designer. So basically the design field is my only field of work and I have started with it. And I have never looked away from it.
Milica Popovic
When did you become a part of the Videobolt’s authors community and what made you decide to join?
Raki
I joined Videobolt at the beginning of 2020, and I must say, I really like the freshness here at Videobolt. It’s not just a marketplace. It’s a talented community where everyone is helping each other, sharing memes, etc. Also, Videobolt really stands out because of the easy workflow. Customers can easily edit our designs via their mobile phones as well. AE projects will be rendered via the smallest device like mobile phones, this is insane. I never thought that I will be a part of these awesome features. Such an awesome marketplace. All I can say, if anything good happened in 2020, that I have joined Videobolt.
Milica Popovic
Do you have any hobbies? How are you spending your off-hours?
Raki
Besides my work, I like to play Video Games and spend time with my family and friends.
Milica Popovic
Would you be so kind to share with us platforms or artists who inspire you?
Raki
The only person I followed way before, and for him, I am what I am today is ANDREW KRAMMER from VideoCopilot. Also down the line Videohive is an ocean of inspiration.
Milica Popovic
To end in a joyful way, is there anything you would love to share with the world?
Raki
Whatever we do in our life, we should do with our hearts. If we don’t enjoy what we do, that will not lead to success later in the future. So enjoy your life, love what you are doing, and always thank god for whatever you have.
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