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lysander 🇵🇭
@mustbelys.bsky.social
• Sports jersey + branding designer
• Graphic designer in the AEC industry
• SF Giants + Monterey Bay FC fan
• All opinions & concepts are my own

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Last night, I attended the brand launch party for Eugene's new USL team and honestly felt pretty underwhelmed :/

While I really like the unique color scheme and the concept as a whole, I feel like it still looks unfinished & is missing some depth & cohesion in the design 🏔️🏞️
August 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I haven't posted here in quite a while, but now I'm back with more time to design passion projects, including this one I'm starting pretty soon! :)
July 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Introducing my brand-new portfolio site!!!

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In late January, I had a portfolio review session with a Nike design director who suggested focusing more on my design process rather than the final products

In the few months since then, I've been working on a complete overhaul of my portfolio site!
May 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Seattle’s World Cup 2026 poster is stunning.
April 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
While I wish they brought the psychedelic typography [from the sleeve patch] to the rest of the jersey, the new City Connect jersey for the Giants is really growing on me! 🔮📀

Overall, I think this is a MASSIVE upgrade from the old fog/Golden Gate Bridge City Connect jerseys
The #SFGiants wear San Francisco’s remix. Every detail samples the city’s energy and flips it into something bold and fresh
April 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Deadass, I nearly had a shopping cart collision with some dude in a camo shirt but honestly, how would I have seen him coming? 🤷
March 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I usually have pretty bad luck with finding jerseys at Ross/TJMaxx/Marshalls kinda stores, but I hit the jackpot today!

I paid $60 for both of these 2024 Timbers kits, which originally retailed for $100 EACH 🌲⚽
March 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I had to digitize the new USL Championship number font for a few upcoming projects, and it is one CLUNKY font 😬

(I included the few reference shots that I used to sketch the general number shapes out of)
March 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Aside from the jersey itself, the explainer is great. Explainers are great – when they explain things like actual details and design choices that designers make. Explainers are bad when a brand nerd makes up shit in the post-design phase, which too many brand/marketing cosplayers do.
San Francisco City x Idle Worship '25 Away Jersey now available.

sfcityfc.com

#FIERROYORO ⚫️🟡

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*Jerseys run slim ↔️ size up for a relaxed fit
March 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The 2025 NWSL kits are all pretty good and complement the holdover 2024 kits very well, but there's one glaring inaccuracy in the Angel City kit that really bothers me:

110 is both an Interstate Highway & a CA State Highway, but it is NOT a US Highway (like 101) as depicted on the kit design 😬
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The radio at the grocery store I work at has an absurd amount of Phil Collins on its playlist, and they play 2-3 of his songs every day without fail 😂
February 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Drake's career is SOOOOO over after Kendrick's halftime show, a master class in hating 💀💀💀
February 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Someone should really check in on how Drake is doing this week 😬

- The diss track about him won FIVE [well-deserved] Grammys
- He's gonna have millions of people call him a p*dophile during the Super Bowl
February 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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In the first week of the Trump 2.0, Democrats have been divided, disoriented - and largely silent. They seem to be waiting for all the answers and the right message to speak up. That's a mistake. Here are some thoughts on how they can start fighting back ASAP. www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-democr...
How Democrats Can Start Fighting Back
Too many in the party are overcomplicating the simple and unable to muster any opposition to Trump.
www.messageboxnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I wasn't expecting to see a new Cubs jersey tonight but wow, these are hella nice! 😮
January 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I never really liked videos on Instagram that are over a minute long

If I wanted to watch a full-length video, I would just go to YouTube where I have the OPTION to watch it horizontally (and at a faster speed) as the video was intended
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Check out this new article about my Monterey Bay FC kit concept series from this season! ⚽⚽⚽
January 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My local Monterey Bay FC side came out with a brand refresh yesterday, and it honestly leaves me scratching my head as a graphic designer

They turned away from one copyright dispute with MLS & Philadelphia Union right into a potential new one with NWSL & Bay FC in nearby San Jose ⚽
January 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Making a restaurant menu was always a random design project that I had wanted to do one day, but I didn't realize I would be making one so soon!

At first, I worked with La Tortuga Tortería in Seaside, CA to just create a new menu. It ended up becoming a whole update of their existing branding! 🐢🌮🌯
December 29, 2024 at 7:02 PM
People out here in Salinas keep launching fireworks on Christmas Eve, but they're just scaring the poor reindeer flying around the world right now 😭😭😭
December 25, 2024 at 6:50 AM
The mountains around Portland (St. Helens, Rainier, and Hood) were OUT and snow-capped today! 🗻🗻🗻

(feat. the Columbia River Gorge)
December 21, 2024 at 6:13 AM
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Adobe users: it’s the most beautiful time of the year, where you can threaten to cancel your plan and get the price cut down from $59.99 to $29.99 for the next 12 months ✨

Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)
December 10, 2024 at 3:14 PM
The Toronto WNBA team held an open call to designers to help create brand identities for the 2-3 name finalists

I submitted an application but never heard back 😭

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Reading more into fan reactions, they promised an identity that represented Toronto but ended up with something so generic :/
Some other info and alternate logos for the Toronto Tempo WNBA team.

The team says: “it’s pace. It’s speed. It’s a heartbeat. And it’s what you feel when you step into the streets of this city.”

The six lines represent the 6ix too.

Tip off 2026.
December 5, 2024 at 6:57 PM
This year's edition of "I Have the Music Taste of a Teenage Girl" 🎶🎶🎶

(Also, I found the setting that changes the language of my Spotify app to Tagalog)
December 4, 2024 at 4:51 PM
I totally feel this!

I don't focus on using my social media as a means of gaining new clients as 3/4 of my client base was gained from referrals from previous clients

My IRL connections were my first clients, which then started the chain of word-of-mouth referrals through the years
you've got to put your work where the people are—social media platforms still play a role in marketing for Designers/studios. but never as important as connections you make on the projects you have. do great work with great service. idk how many followers/likes thats worth but more than ive ever had
December 1, 2024 at 11:08 PM