Listen to the article: Freelance, side hustles, and gigs

There is perhaps no better way to end Makers of Sport&#39;s podcast then to provide what may be the most inspiring story in its history.

<a href="https://twitter.com/saltshaker911">Ali Rahmoun</a>—3-D Designer, Creative Director, and Founder of <a href="https://sportstemplates.com">Sports Templates</a>, a digital asset company whose products are used by #smsports creatives in the NBA, NFL, NHL, and more—joined the show in 2021 to share his inspiring story.

A native of Syria, Ali discovered the Internet in a war-torn, Isis-occupied country and began teaching himself graphic and web design as a teenager there. Initially, he fell in love with interacive Flash websites and frequented the niche platforms millennial creatives often found ourselves on during that time such as DeviantArt, Dribbble, and Behance.

Overcoming many hardships, including once having to power his computer via a truck battery due power outages from war so he could meet the deadline of a client, Ali developed a strong instinct to learn under intense circumstances and persevere. His eventual passion for creative entrepreneurship eventually led to him creating <a href="https://sportstemplates.net">Sports Templates</a>, an online marketplace creating and selling 3-D assets as Photoshop templates such as uniforms, athletics courts and fields, sports equipment, digital apparel, and other items.

Listen along as we discuss Ali&#39;s story, content marketing, the state of design tools, the importance of learning how to learn, 3-D&#39;s future in this new era of design, and much more.

Mentions Include:

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<li><a href="https://sportstemplates.net">Sports Templates Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/sportstemplate">Sports Templates on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://instagram.com/sportstemplates">Sports Templates on IG</a></li>
<li><a href="https://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/">&quot;Show Your Work: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered&quot; by Austin Kleon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ashthorp/">Ash Thorp</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIuga1ATo0/">Adam&#39;s Tinker Hatfield toy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.blender.org/">Blender 3d Software</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hoopsassociation.com/">Ali&#39;s Basketball NFT project</a></li>
<li><a href="https://logodiffusion.com/">Ali&#39;s A.I. Logo Project</a></li>
</ul>

Thanks again to <a href="https://twitter.com/saltshaker911">Ali Rahmoun</a> for coming aboard the show. Be sure to checkout <a href="https://sportstemplate.net">his website</a> in order to take advantage of holiday deals that Sports Templates is offering. Also follow Sports Templates on Instagram and Twitter, and checkout his upcoming <a href="https://logodiffusion.com">logo A.I. project</a> launching soon.

As of now, there is no next guest on the podcast. Hosting and producing this show has been a tremendous blessing and I&#39;ve been able to meet many amazing people and lifelong friends. For now, the show must end due to numerous life cirumstances and other priorities. Maybe this is for forever, maybe not. I truly don&#39;t know. But, I do plan to keep tweeting and hope to evolve MoS into something that is still useful for the sports design community as it has done so much for me both personally and professionally. I sincerely thank you for the support over the years.

If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and/or write a review of the show on <a href="https://makersofsport.com/itunes"> Podcasts</a> and be sure to follow host <a href="https://twitter.com/tadammartin">@TAdamMartin</a> and Makers of Sport® on <a href="https://twitter.com/makersofsport">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="https://instagram.com/makersofsport">Instagram</a>.

Show Notes

Creative Entrepreneurship, 3-D and Selling Digital Assets with Ali Rahmoun of Sports Templates

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284- Hero Props: Graphic Design in Film & Television

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I Will Be Confident

In this episode editors Patrick Burgoyne, Eliza Williams and Rachael Steven discuss the football World Cup, in particular, this year's advertising campaigns from the likes of adidas, Nike, Qatar Airways, Beats and the BBC.

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Here's my latest Boogie Edit (new one dropping every fortnight) although this one isn't an edit, its a remix which didn't for whatever reason see the light of day. 

No samples here - all extra recorded parts. 

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Support from Annie Mac, Mistajam, Danny Howard. Releases on Kitsune, Virgin/EMI, Love and Other, Warner and more.

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