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Unpopular opinion: most brands are still paying five figures for photoshoots they don't need anymore. I built FROTH's entire visual identity with AI in a fraction of the time and the budget
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One idea, held all the way through: name, object, photography, palette, motion.
That's the whole pitch for how I work.
AQUILIFER — a brand I built around this: jewelry as something carried, not worn.
The name comes from Roman military rank. The aquilifer carried the standard, the one thing the legion couldn't afford to drop.
Marigold is a one day concept for envato's human by design challenge. i set the direction in real photography first then generated against that standard.
Client’s choice vs. Designer’s choice 👀
I’m currently working on a branding project for Massage & Mocktails — a concept built around couples learning massage together in a relaxed, social atmosphere.
These are two early, black & white directions from Stage 2 of my branding process, before moving into color, typography, and the full visual system.
The interesting part?
My client chose Concept 1. I chose Concept 2.
Now I’m curious what other creatives think.
Which direction would you choose — 1 or 2? And why?
Sometimes the most interesting part of branding is seeing how differently a client and a designer respond to the same brief.
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Concept 2 for me. That interlocking figure mark reads as two people meeting, which is the actual brief here, so it gives you more to build a system on. Concept 1 is the safer, more literal pick, which is usually why clients reach for it.
