Nobody tells you that the hardest part of freelancing is the waiting.
Waiting for the right brief.
The right client.
The right moment to feel ready.
For a long time I treated momentum like something that arrives if you're patient enough.
This summer I'm done waiting for the current. I'd rather be it:)
So I made this.
A swimmer caught mid-stroke, blurred because she's moving, while the only thing holding still long enough to read is the word.
I built it backwards on purpose: the image is frozen but full of motion, and the text is the part that actually moves. A still that's all velocity, a motion that's all calm. That contrast is the whole feeling.
The process:
- Ideogram to generate the swimmer, motion blur and all
- Canva for grain and a bit of the moody texture
- Framer for the moving text, because if momentum is the theme, I wanted the motion to be real, not faked. Also because I'm spending this summer chasing more Framer work for Formeta, so I figured I'd practice what I preach
- Screen recorded the final piece to capture the motion
Movement as meditation. The work moves when I do.
What's the energy you're swimming into this summer?
9
19
518
RightLife had a product ahead of its brand. We rebuilt the full brand identity system to reflect it: logo, IRL sub-brand, colour, typography, voice, and mockups.
Check it out (https://contra.com/p/3RFBUr6k-right-life-brand-system-rebuild)
The ingredients of this website have been pure love, countless strategy sessions between @Ansh Jamdagni and I, and a shared obsession with getting every detail just right.
I worked on the branding and copywriting, and Ansh brought it to life through design and Framer; translating the copy into a visual world that feels exactly how I envisioned it to be.
Every word was rewritten more times than I can count. Every layout refined till it felt effortless.
And now that it’s live, it honestly feels surreal.
To see something we built from scratch finally come together;
equal parts clarity, storytelling, and design+dev is a quiet reminder of why we do what we do.
Built with love (and Framer), each para and pixel.
Check it out at Formeta.studio (https://www.formeta.studio)