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inspiration

I make advertising — images, film, and occasionally print and web. Graphic design through motion through generative models.

Advertising is a tool first: recognition, sales, brand position. Art second.

I am not satisfied with most of the modern advertising. Meaning, intrigue, narrative, attention to detail — traded for virality at any cost. Advertising in the early 2000s held attention without shouting. I work in that logic, not in the logic of trends.

Generative tools are one of the largest shifts this profession has seen, and a different game entirely. But owning the tool decides nothing: the same model produces production-grade work and garbage. The difference is who is holding it.

I work through systems and discipline. Intuition is secondary. So is creativity, honestly. Analysis, visual literacy and craft decide more. That's why 25 films in a month, or 30 layouts in a day, isn't heroics — it's what a properly built process produces.

I came into this from music, by way of web design. Formal musical training left one transferable skill: timing. When to hold, when to cut, when a pause does more than sound. A three-second hook works identically — you have the viewer or you've lost them, and you don't get to explain yourself.