Process Breakdown
The inspiration for this piece actually came from my job since MS Teams is our primary method of contact around the office. While using the app, I realized that a lot of the graphics were resemblant of the motion design art style that's widely used in the corporate sphere.
My design process started with the sketch to the left. I didn't end up using the lightbulb icon or have a gradient as the background. I did end up playing around with the grid and sparkles as mentioned in the "Notes" section. As predicted, adding the sparkles from the intro felt too busy amongst the mayhem of other icons in the second scene. The changes with the grid were minor such as placement and opacity.
Funnily enough, the hardest part of this project was varying the shades of purple but still keeping everything cohesive. Truth be told, the MS Teams logo is closer to a bluish-purple than a pure purple. To mitigate the issue of the logo standing out amongst the other purple assets, I used a Curves effect to make it more purple.