Pixel-art avatar of Justin Kondratenko </> I also write code — justinkondratenko.dev

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 tuned for retention — strategic pacing boosted average viewer retention 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, cut the final spot for YouTube + Instagram.

@Today Talk

Today Talk Podcast

End-to-end edit · Color grade · Graphics

7+ podcast episodes edited end-to-end in DaVinci Resolve and Premiere — 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 on this one (the edit is all Sti1tches) — 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 — big shapes, 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
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
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.