All in a few weeks of learning. I’m making progress, but this is not yet right. One of the things we rely on in the film/tv industry, is a team of artists and designers who do the research and the work of designing our sets. …
Leaving Film’s Old Model Behind
I’ve Been Working in This Industry for Seven Years. The Industry I Trained For Is Unrecognizable. Is That Terrifying or the Best Thing That’s Ever Happened to Us? Seven years ago I made a deliberate pivot into film and television production. For the past six …
When Vision Outpaces Skill: Hitting the Wall
Hitting the wall that comes before creative independence…It’s a thing. A real thing. And nobody talks about it enough. 🚧 The wall isn’t doubt.It’s not burnout.It’s not fear of failure (though that’s often waiting nearby, too). It’s the skill gap between vision and execution. You …
One Frame at a Time: Why I’m Learning Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine isn’t just software—it’s a lifeline for my creative soul. Okay, maybe that’s a bit dramatic, but honestly, sometimes it feels like that. Bear with me, and I think you’ll understand what I mean. We live in a world which rewards conformity. When we …
A Space For Divergent Creatives
A Place for People Who Don’t Fit In I don’t need to fit into someone else’s system—I’m building my own. It started small: a blog, a few ideas for a series, some experiments in Unreal Engine. But the vision is much bigger. This is a place …
To Find Your Place Or To Build It – That Is The Question!
What If Finding My Place Was Never the Goal? What if my path isn’t about finding where I fit in—but about creating the place where others like me can fit in too? A platform.A movement.A business.A body of work. Something that doesn’t exist yet—because I …
I Have Never Really Fit In—And That’s My Superpower
I don’t fit into ‘the system’ because I was never meant to. I’m not broken; I’m different by design, and that difference—my unique way of thinking, questioning, pattern-seeking, feeling, and creating—is exactly where my strength lies. My Core Truths I don’t fit into traditional systems—jobs, …
Creator Journal: How Orkney Inspired Revolution
There are places in the world where time collapses. In the summer of 2017, I boarded a plane alone and flew across the ocean to Scotland, chasing an itch I couldn’t quite name. I told people I was going to hike, to write, to practice …
Creator Journal – Filmmaking on the Edge
It’s been a minute! I haven’t given up; I just haven’t had the time to post here. What have I been up to that has taken me away from you? Work, baby, lots and lots of work! I was worried about not having enough work …
Creator Journal: When Life Happens, Goals Get Rewritten
Ah, January—the month of fresh starts, ambitious plans, and, for me, revisiting the goals I’ve already failed to meet. You know how they say, “Shoot for the stars, and even if you miss, you’ll land on the moon”? Well, I think I may have overshot …
Navigating the Unreal: My Journey Learning Unreal Engine with a Little Help from AI
When I first decided to dive into Unreal Engine, I had no idea what I was getting into. I mean, I knew it was going to be a challenge—learning an advanced game engine while outlining and writing multiple creative projects and holding down a day …
Creator Journal: A Leap into the Unknown
Creators gonna create!