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PAPATENKO

video editor · thumbnail goblin · logo maker · motion tinkerer

The creative half of Justin Kondratenko. I edit videos people finish watching and design thumbnails people actually click.

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Video work 🎬

@Continuously Sidetracked

How did Miles Morales get so popular?

Editing · Pacing · Engagement cuts

Video essay editing for retention. Strategic pacing raised average viewer retention by 25% across this channel's uploads.

@ColleagueUs

ColleagueUs Commercial

Production · Direction · Edit

Full commercial production. Coordinated and filmed interviews with 6+ people, directed on-camera talent, and cut the final spot for YouTube and Instagram.

@Today Talk

Today Talk Podcast

End-to-end edit · Color grade · Graphics

Edited 7+ podcast episodes in DaVinci Resolve and Premiere, with consistent pacing, audio sync, and an on-brand color grade.

@Abdo

Abdo

Editing

Engagement-focused cuts and pacing for a growing creator channel.

@Sti1tches

valorant but its unhinged...

Thumbnail art

Thumbnail design only. Sti1tches handled the edit. Part of a run of thumbnails that drove 1,000+ views per video for the channel.

@Papatenko (me!)

Borderlands out of Context

Everything

My own channel's highest-grossing video. Chaos, but curated chaos.

Recent art 🎨

Stitches Mc — thumbnail — Stitches Mc thumbnail · 2024 Minecraft thumbnail for Sti1tches.

Marvel Rivals — thumbnail — Marvel Rivals thumbnail · 2024 Gameplay thumbnail with big shapes and bigger drama.

Game Workshop — poster — Game Workshop poster · 2024 CS Club game-dev workshop poster.

Developer Roadmap — poster — Developer Roadmap poster · 2024 Meeting poster for the CS Club roadmap talk.

Website Workshop — poster — Website Workshop poster · 2024 Poster for the club's web-dev workshop.

CS Club Logo logo · 2023 Official logo of the Lone Star CyFair Computer Science Club. My proudest logo work.

One Piece: Sidetracked — thumbnail — One Piece: Sidetracked thumbnail · 2023 Thumbnail for Continuously Sidetracked.

Power of No CGI (unused) — thumbnail — Power of No CGI (unused) thumbnail · 2023 The client never used it. Their loss.

Papatenko Pixel PFP logo · 2026 The current me, pixel-swapped: curls, gold shades, sunset gradient. Evolution of the fake-NFT bit.

Older stuff (2017–2023 logo archaeology included) lives in the archive.