From the Studio
Thoughts on design, process, and the work in between.
A running log of ideas, experiments, and lessons learned — from freelance life and code deep dives to design thinking and the occasional creative block. Written in real time, mostly for myself, but maybe useful to you too.
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5/29/2026
Two Years Without Vinz Clortho
Two years ago today, I said goodbye to my soul/heart cat, Vinz Clortho. This is for him.
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5/27/2026
I Found My 1990s Design Portfolio on a Zip Disc
A stack of Verbatim CD-Rs, a pile of Zip discs, and a spiral-bound printed portfolio from design school. Getting 25-year-old files off vintage media is its own project — here's how it went.
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2026 Posts
6/1/2026
The Ball Is Smaller Now: Grief, the Brain, and the Work That Comes After
Grief doesn't shrink. The world just grows around it. On loss, the brain, and finding your way back to the work.
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5/29/2026
Two Years Without Vinz Clortho
Two years ago today, I said goodbye to my soul/heart cat, Vinz Clortho. This is for him.
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5/27/2026
I Found My 1990s Design Portfolio on a Zip Disc
Getting 25-year-old files off vintage Zip discs — a hardware adventure and the start of a time capsule series.
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5/21/2026
The PDXWIT Website Rebrand & Website Refresh
Some projects find you. Others you find yourself coming back to — not because you have to, but because the work mattered enough the first time that walking away from the second chapter wasn't really an option.
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4/27/2026
What I Learned Rebuilding My Portfolio from a Logo Grid to Case Studies
A logo grid wasn't telling the right story. What happened when I rebuilt from scratch. For years, my portfolio homepage was a clean grid of client logos. No context. No story. Just names — and the assumption that visitors would connect the dots between a recognizable brand and what I actually did for them.
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2016
MM 130 + MM 140: Multimedia Again...
I must like stress. During my last go around at school, I took very demanding Multimedia courses at Bradley. I did it again during the last few terms at PCC.








