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Jesse Calis's avatar
Jesse Calis
proRotterdam, Netherlands
LET'S TELL STORIES TOGETHER-
$10k+
Earned
4x
Hired
5.0
Rating
267
Followers
LET'S TELL STORIES TOGETHER-
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Over the past few weeks, I have shared a lot of what I have been working towards for years with Halate (https://www.linkedin.com/company/halate/). It’s the part of my life I share most often, and something that genuinely makes me proud. But there are also other sides of me that I like to share every once in a while. Building a personal brand and starting a new company are deeply personal. It can feel like you are creating something for yourself, but in ways it can also feel like you are simply trying to make enough money to pay the rent and cover your basic needs. Sometimes I feel like just another cog in the machine we call capitalism. Over the last few years I have been working a lot on myself and trying to see who I really am and what I really want. But because of internal and external struggles I also feel like a ghost in a shell that is just here to fulfill the social standards that we have build. I struggle with depression, loneliness and a general feeling of uselessness. I question life often and a lot of times it feels meaningless. Besides those internal struggles, I am constantly confronted by everything happening around us… trying to find a home, searching for more work, struggling to form meaningful connections, the state of the world, people blaming minorities for society’s problems, the rise of AI and whatever else comes next… These thoughts occupy my mind almost every day. Even though I have managed to turn my passion into my work, I still struggle to tell my own stories and express my own creativity. So from today, I want to do something with these thoughts and struggles. I want to make space for my own stories, not to chase likes or views and not because I expect to change anyone’s mind. Simply to express myself, for myself.
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Today, we’re launching Halate. 🎬 After months of building, creating, refining and probably overthinking a few things along the way, it’s finally time to share what we’ve been working on. Halate is the next chapter for @Omar Duyarlar and me, a creative production studio built around something we both care deeply about: telling stories through film. We partner with brands to turn ideas, innovations and real experiences into films that people actually want to watch. From case studies and product films to event productions. But instead of writing a long post about who we are and what we do, we made a film about it. So… meet Halate. This is just the beginning. halate.io (http://halate.io)
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Halate Showreel
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ASUS ProArt Case Study for ArtFX Lille
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Monserrat Vazquez
maxAtlanta, USA
Brand & Graphic Design That Dares to Stand Out
$25k+
Earned
23x
Hired
4.8
Rating
1.7K
Followers
Brand & Graphic Design That Dares to Stand Out
Cover image for Table for One is a jewelry brand specializing in rings that ...
Table for One is a jewelry brand specializing in rings that celebrate quiet self-indulgence-turning everyday moments into small acts of luxury. Each piece is a form of self-expression: tactile, sculptural, and made to be savored. The brand’s personality is witty, self-assured, and editorial, appealing to creatives, stylists, and aesthetic-driven individuals who view jewelry as an extension of their identity. They’re the ones who treat beauty as ritual-the kind who notice the swirl in a latte or the gleam of gold in morning light. Ultimately, Table for One is a celebration of intentional indulgence-transforming small, everyday moments into scenes of refined pleasure. It’s jewelry you can’t stop craving.
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Azzurro Brand Identity Development
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556
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'Barely There' Lip Balm
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811
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UGC for Contra (IG, YT, TikTok)
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406
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Andrew Ehrensperger
maxBath, UK
Webflow Expert, Shopify Theme Dev, Branding and 3D
$100k+
Earned
23x
Hired
5.0
Rating
672
Followers
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WEBFLOW_EXPERT

Certified Partner

+3
Webflow Expert, Shopify Theme Dev, Branding and 3D
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I am so excited to be submitting JAMS to the #ShareYourWork challenge! 🥪🍓🥜 This was one of the most exciting projects that we worked on this year. The client approached us via Contra to design and develop their website in the style of neo-nostalgia. They launched competitor peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in Walmart that are filled with protein and good ingredients. We used Figma to design the website, Blender for the 3D renders of the products and Jammy (the brand's mascot), and Webflow to bring the site to life. The site was built in the Lumos framework, for accessibility and scalability, and is fully breakpointless! Check it out: https://www.getjams.com/ Case study: https://contra.com/p/WYEEZ6lB-jams-website-design-development-3-d?r=andrewehren
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Super excited to submit Plant Shop by Tula House to the #ShareYourWork challenge! 😊 The client built a visionOS app - allowing users to visualize plants in their living space - for the famous Tula House Plant Shop in New York City. They hired us via Contra to create a colorful, engaging website which tells the story of how they developed it. The site's design had to match the plant shop's branding. 🌵 We designed the site in Figma and developed it in Webflow using Timothy Rick's Lumos framework. This ensured that the site would be fully accessible and scalable. The 3D plant in the hero was optimized in Blender, prior to being added into Spline and then into Webflow. Character graphics helped bring their vibrant brand to life. If you find yourself in New York City, check out the beautiful and rare plants in this amazing shop!
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JAMS Website Design, Development, 3D
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Headless Shopify Store Design & Development for Tasty Nate's
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3.2K
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Mario Busto Studios™
maxMiami, USA
Expert Video Editing and Cinematic Storytelling
$250k+
Earned
25x
Hired
5.0
Rating
1.7K
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HIRED_BY_YC_EXPERT

Hired

+1
Expert Video Editing and Cinematic Storytelling
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Wilson Tennis Docu Series- Feat. Emma Raducanu
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PUMA Streetwear Commercial
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The First End-to-End Commercial Production Handled on Contra
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979
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Splice Song Feedback ft. John Legend
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77
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R. Qule
maxKyrgyzstan
Animated 3D UI concept of hero section in a week for $2,490
$250k+
Earned
27x
Hired
5.0
Rating
716
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Animated 3D UI concept of hero section in a week for $2,490
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Need design without hiring a team? FANCY works as your design team on subscription.
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Need design without hiring a team? FANCY works as your design team on subscription.
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Branding & Hero Animation for Newly.app (http://Newly.app) — AI App Builder End-to-end branding and hero section design concept for an AI platform that turns ideas into native iOS and Android apps without writing a single line of code. What we did: → Brand Identity: Visual language, color palette, and typography system. → Hero Section: Animation concept built around the metaphor of [insert your metaphor, e.g., "ideas transforming into live products"]. → Motion & UX: Micro-interactions, transitions, and scroll behavior. The Challenge: Visually conveying the speed and "magic" of AI while maintaining a professional, tech-forward, and trustworthy image for founders and entrepreneurs. The Result: A high-impact hero animation that explains the product's core value proposition in under 3 seconds—capturing the feeling of [insert emotion, e.g., "turning a raw idea into a shipped product with total control"]. Tools: Figma, After Effects, Cinema 4D Client: Newly (http://Newly.app)
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Kraving — sign up
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340
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Luca Da Corte
maxEstonia
Framer expert
$100k+
Earned
28x
Hired
5.0
Rating
1.3K
Followers
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FRAMER_EXPERT

expert

+3
Framer expert
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Hospitable · Website design & development in Framer
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540
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Netcraft · Figma to Framer build
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Juicebox · Figma to Framer build
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Mine · Framer build
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