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Leica Fotographie International

October 3, 2024
On a whim the other week I submitted some photos to LFI not expecting much to come out of it. Well, I was a bit surprised when something actually did. They accepted two of …
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Laugh Your Ads Off

September 24, 2024
Starting October 24th I'm co-hosting a series about comedy in advertising through the lens of Los Angeles ad agencies. I partnered up with Freelance LA co-collaborator Stephen Reidmiller, David Roth and Yuriy Mikhalevskiy of …
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AI Typography

August 13, 2024
Every day there's some new feature introduced to generative AI that has potential uses outside of what was planned. Like, I doin't think Adobe was even thinking about Typography when they introduced their take …

Best Practices

August 12, 2024
Had a quick thought and made a visual to support it.
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Screaming Ghourl

August 2, 2024
I've always wanted to be better at character design so I took some down time I had to practice a bit.

Hire a Freelancer (for Full-Time)

July 23, 2024
It usually surprises people when I tell them I prefer full-time to freelance because they look at my resume and see how much I've freelanced during my career. Well the secret is I never …

Creating Your Own Competition

July 6, 2024
The funny thing to me about ad agencies is that, especially as you get to the higher levels you aren't paying people to work for you as much as you are paying them to …
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More SF

May 30, 2024
The other month I did a digital illustration of San Francisco and it let me reflect on personal style, something I never really thought I had because I was a bit embarrassed about my …
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Baby Bella Bourbon

May 29, 2024
This past weekend I hosted a small party for my daughter since most of my LA friends hadn't been able to meet her yet. I wanted to play off the idea of a "sip-n-see" …
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Cat Typography

May 17, 2024
I wanted to explore what the process would be to create a bespoke font using AI. I probably should have picked something easier because cutting out cat hair on a cat is already a …