We work across all the thoughtful in-between things that make a project feel real, clear, and alive.

Whether you need a full illustration system, key visuals for a campaign, or a splash image that captures your app’s soul, we guide you through the process from concept to polished delivery.

  • Editorial & Brand Illustration

    We create expressive illustrations for brands, platforms, and publications—visuals that clarify complex ideas, spark emotion, and stay consistent across formats.

    • Editorial illustration for articles, reports, and campaigns
    • Illustration for digital products, onboarding screens, in-app messages, and UI moments that need a human touch
    • Illustration systems & libraries, scalable assets for brand use
    • Illustration style guides for internal teams & external collaborators
    • Animated illustrations & GIFs, loops, microinteractions, motion
    • Visuals for cultural & social impact projects

    Brand Illustration System for Guild

  • Brand Art & High-Impact Imagery

    We create bold, metaphor-driven visuals that act as emotional anchors for brands, campaigns, and digital experiences. These are the images people remember—crafted to stand out, scale across platforms, and speak without saying too much. We design for attention, meaning, and a little bit of magic.

    • Hero imagery for launches, platforms, and landing pages
    • Key visuals for campaigns, awards, merch, and special moments
    • Splash screens & digital art, high-impact visuals that set the tone
    • Brand art, custom graphics that elevate identity beyond the logo

    Splashscreen Artwork for Adobe Audition 2024 →

  • Brand Identity, Brand Strategy & Logo Design

    We help brands define who they are—and how to show up with clarity, personality, and consistency. Whether you're starting from scratch or evolving what's already there, we build identities that look like you, not like everyone else.

    • Brand strategy
    • Logo design
    • Visual identity systems
    • Brand guidelines: to keep it all consistent (and make designers' lives easier)

    ← Brand Identity for Dot's Behavior Consulting, 2025


  • Creative Direction for Cultural, Social & Educational Projects

    We work with mission-driven teams to turn complex ideas into clear, meaningful visuals—without oversimplifying what matters. From cultural institutions and nonprofits to educational platforms and social initiatives, we partner with people who want to make thoughtful, standout work—even when time and budget are tight. Work that brings a little more warmth, clarity, and care into the world.

    • Concept development & creative direction
    • Strategic structure & tone-setting
    • Design that respects both content and audience

    Creative Direction for the Series of Books About Puberty for Boys and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2021

  • Sound Design & Audio Branding

    We create brand-aligned sound for digital products, media, and experiences. Our approach focuses on tone, clarity, and emotional resonance—because good sound isn’t just heard, it’s felt.

    • Audio branding, logo sounds, sonic signatures, identity themes
    • Sound design, UI sounds, microinteractions, motion cues
    • Podcast & video audio, intros, outros, background textures
    • Narrative soundscapes, subtle layers to support storytelling

    Illustrations and Sound Design for Roundtrip Animated Explainer →

Selected Clients
We’ve had the chance to work with global brands, cultural institutions, social initiatives, and growing startups. We approach every project with the same love and curiosity and treat every client with the same attention, heart, and creative ambition. We care about every project equally—but yes, here comes the name-dropping moment.

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