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VIS Visual · Art Direction · Brand

Direction across every visual surface.

Brand systems, cinematic, motion, photography. Twenty years of visual production from independent client work through enterprise crypto brands to a fully trademarked open-world game IP. Two decades on Adobe Creative Suite; generative AI in the production pipeline since Midjourney's 2022 launch, early adoption, end-to-end.

Cyberpunk color-grading suite at night, three ember-lit monitors, brushed-metal desk
▸ Production scale
4,276
Custom card identities · 16 clans
art-directed through custom per-clan LoRA pipelines, generated and curated at scale
300+
Universe-bible pages
complete game-world IP blueprint: single-player story, mechanics, systems architecture
6+
Brands authored
Syscoin · Rollux · SuperDapp · Meta Machina · Berrie · BlockNaija
20 yrs
Client identity work
medical · marine · sport · crypto
Class 9
Trademark · Meta Machina
franchise-scale IP protection
11:00
Solo cinematic, Machine Bound
end-to-end AI pipeline · no studio budget
▸ Lead pieces · co-features · Cinematic · 2025-26

Two cuts. One universe. Meta Machina is the parent IP, a full open-world cyberpunk universe with a 300+ page universe bible: single-player story, game mechanics, systems architecture, and an original soundtrack. It's a complete IP blueprint from the top down, not a visual moodboard. Rift Wars is the trading card game built inside that universe, live, playable, and shipped solo. The TCG didn't come from nothing.

▸ cinematic
Meta Machina · The Universe11:00 · 2025

Machine Bound, Meta Machina Story Trailer

The universe trailer. Full script, voiceover direction, custom soundtrack (MASKINRÓÞR), music-video coda. End-to-end AI production pipeline, Kling, MidJourney, ElevenLabs, RunwayML, solo, no studio budget. The pipeline is part of the work. 11:00 · MASKINRÓÞR soundtrack · 2025.

▸ cinematic
Rift Wars · The Live Game2:34 · 2026

Rift Wars, Story Trailer

The TCG cinematic, Rift Wars, the live multiplayer card game inside the Meta Machina universe. This is the art and motion layer; the engineering lives on /build. Click play to watch. Live · rift.metamachina.io · 2026.

▸ Brand authorship · Cross-brand · 2021-26

Most CMOs hire creative. I author it.

I shipped brand identity, motion, and campaign creative across six-plus brands during the Syscoin tenure: three Syscoin sub-brands at once, the Meta Machina game IP, a Nigerian conference brand I built end to end, and external influencer-community and DEX engagements.

Syscoin zkSYS transformation graphic, ember butterfly emerging from cosmic particles, 'Transformation Is Coming' tagline▸ asset
Platform brand2021-26

Syscoin

Full visual system supporting the community program. Syscoin community grew 113K to 320K (+183%). Social footprint up 933% across several ecosystem products (Rollux, SuperDapp, Pegasys, Pali), self-reported, over two bear cycles. Social, motion, photography, event creative. syscoin.org redesign authored end-to-end.

▸ motion
L2 launch2023

Rollux

Launch creative system, Phase 1 Galxe rollout, RolluxSpark NFT, Phase 2 DeFi. Campaign cards: Real Green Blockchain · Lights On · Modular Design · Scaling for Success.

▸ motion
Product brand2023-24

SuperDapp

AI chat platform brand work, including the "Super Groups" commercial, an early showcase of AI as commercial usage back in 2024. CJsoCool / M2thak creator launch packaging as a two-audience design system.

Berrie DEX brand artwork, berr.ie identity creative▸ asset
DEX brand2024

Berrie

Brand engagement for the Berrie DEX (berr.ie) with GodSon. External creative direction parallel to the Syscoin platform work, same operator, different surface.

BlockNaija brand mark, Bitcoin B in BLOCK with orange brush-script NAIJA, 'Nigeria's Bitcoin Movement Forged on Syscoin'▸ founder
Founder2025

BlockNaija

Brand, website, and event series for Nigeria's dedicated Bitcoin conference. I built it end to end: visual identity, web property, and on-site activation design.

▸ The universe · Meta Machina · visual IP · worldbuilding
▸ Meta Machina · preview

An entire universe, art-directed.

Meta Machina is not an asset pack. It's a complete science-cyberpunk universe authored from the top down, the visual IP for an MMORPG waiting to be built. The trading card game and the trailers are the parts that have shipped; behind them is the whole designed world.

This is the visual and worldbuilding layer. The playable engineering lives on /build; the full dossier on /tenure/meta-machina.

▸ What I authored for it
300+ page lore bible

The canonical world, written end to end.

16 clans · visual identities

Each with its own color language, factional look, and signature.

4,000+ hero portraits + characters

A populated cast, designed and rendered, not stock.

Single-player story + scripts

Narrative arc, dialogue, and scene direction.

World + level layout

The Invictus megacity and the wasteland, mapped.

Themes + original soundtrack

Tone, motifs, and the MASKINRÓÞR score.

▸ Visual systems & supporting work
VFX Forge app interface with the EMP Blast preset rendered live in the canvas, layer stack and keyframe timeline visible▸ asset
Product · 2026 · software I builtproduct

VFX Forge, Browser-Based VFX Studio

A shipped commercial product I designed and built, not a demo. Design animated particle effects, energy bursts, and UI motion, then export production-ready CSS, React JSX, SVG, WebM, or GIF. 20 effect presets, 27 motion presets, keyframe timeline, blend modes, live performance grading. The Meta Machina visual language turned into a usable tool, sold on Gumroad.

Rift Wars card gallery showing 14 hero portraits with rarity icons and stat blocks▸ asset
Brand system · liveriftwars.metamachina.io

Rift Wars, Card Identity at Scale

4,276 cards across 16 distinct clan aesthetics, art-directed through custom per-clan LoRA pipelines, generated and curated at scale. Hand-picked rarity icons, mono stat blocks, glass-bar UI language. This is the finished product, not a moodboard.

Rift Wars 5x5 strategic board showing green and red unit placements on a tactical grid▸ asset
Game UI · liverift.metamachina.io

Strategic 5×5 Board, Game State Visualization

The board UI language: green/red sector control, ability triggers, capture state. Real game footage from rift.metamachina.io, the visual system in motion.

Rift Wars marketing site hero with Meta Machina and Rift Wars wordmark over cyberpunk arena▸ asset
Brand identity · livebrand mark · live

Meta Machina · Rift Wars, Site Mark

Wordmark, color system, typographic hierarchy, ember-on-charcoal palette carried across the marketing site, the live game UI, social handles, and the Machine Bound trailer.

▸ motion
Web design · 2026full vector redesign

Syscoin.org Redesign, Full Vector Authored

Complete website redesign: header, homepage (dark + light), THE STACK 3-layer architecture, VS Ethereum and VS Solana comparison, brand notes. 28 vector files. I authored it alongside the new sitemap and copy: 'Precise and confident. Infrastructure-grade, not hype-grade.' Live hero motion shown.

Syscoin brand mark, white Syscoin sigil on the iconic Syscoin blue (#1F5EFF), the recognizable platform lockup▸ asset
Brand & motion · 2021-26motion · social

Syscoin, Campaign Visual System

I built and maintained the visual brand system supporting community growth over two bear cycles. The Syscoin community grew 113K to 320K (+183%), and social footprint rose 933% across several ecosystem products (Rollux, SuperDapp, Pegasys, Pali), self-reported. Social, video, photography, motion, brand collateral, and event creative across global campaigns and PR placements in CoinDesk, CoinTelegraph, Blockworks, and Yahoo Finance.

Split comparison, left a Meta Machina AI render of rift riders, right a real aerial drone plate of desert terrain▸ asset
Cinematography · 2024-26aerial · cinema

Drone Reel, Meta Machina Plate Work

Real aerial plates feeding a generated world. Left: a Meta Machina AI render. Right: the live drone plate it was built from. Color-graded with custom LUTs developed across the project (1,500+ cube and 3dl files in the working library). The real cinematography is what makes the synthetic world read as believable.

Wide desert off-road landscape frame, directed lifestyle photography, color-graded▸ asset
Photography · 2018-26stills · field

Off-Road / Lifestyle Photography

Selected frames from Death Valley, Yellowstone, Tokyo, Zion Ranch, Toquerville Falls, Soldier Pass, The Bowl. Directed visual work, composition, color, narrative, separate from the studio work. The counterweight.

▸ Identity · 2004-24 · 1 Digital Artist · client wall

Twenty years of identity work. Receipts, not slides.

Brand identity I authored for Las Vegas business across medical, dental, refrigeration, and regional campaigns, the long tail behind the crypto and AI systems. The coral and saltwater brands live in the Reefs of Las Vegas story below.

Panama Crypto bulldog crest mark▸ web3 campaign
Panama Cryptoweb3 campaign

Panama Crypto

Web3 campaign brand identity.

Sub Zero Specialist chrome and ice typographic logo▸ refrigeration
Tom Sub Zerorefrigeration

Tom Sub Zero

Refrigeration brand identity.

Precision Orthotics & Prosthetics logo with globe and sunburst▸ orthotics & prosthetics
Precision Orthoticsorthotics & prosthetics

Precision Orthotics

Orthotics & prosthetics brand identity.

Mend Pain Management logo, blue hexagon with medical cross▸ healthcare
Mend Pain Mgmthealthcare

Mend Pain Mgmt

Healthcare brand identity.

Camino Al Norte Dental logo, two figures forming a tooth, North Las Vegas▸ dental
Camino Al Nortedental

Camino Al Norte

Dental brand identity.

Better Business Bureau Honor Roll badge for Southern Nevada with Las Vegas skyline▸ in-house graphics
Better Business Bureauin-house graphics

Better Business Bureau

In-house graphics.

Selected from a 20-year archive. Full client list in /journey. Full chapter dossier at /tenure/design-history.
▸ Community leadership · est. 2016 · Reefs of Las Vegas
Hand holding a Reefs of Las Vegas VIP membership card, colorful coral globe over the Las Vegas skyline ▸ VIP membership card

I built the biggest reef community in Las Vegas. Then it opened bigger rooms.

Reefs of Las Vegas grew past 4,000 members, the largest local saltwater community in the city. I owned the brand, ran the trade-show events, and operated a paid VIP membership program whose dues went straight back into the community.

▸ The coral & saltwater network I branded
Reefs of Las Vegas mark▸ brand mark
Reefs of Las Vegasbrand mark

Reefs of Las Vegas

The Reefs of Las Vegas mark.

Inland Corals logo▸ brand mark
Inland Coralsbrand mark

Inland Corals

The Inland Corals logo.

Dynasty Corals logo▸ brand mark
Dynasty Coralsbrand mark

Dynasty Corals

The Dynasty Corals logo.

Plus World Class Corals, Aquatic Treasures, Blue Reef Aquatics, Coral Hunters, and Advanced Aquatics. For roughly two years I was the go-to brand for coral and saltwater businesses across the West Coast.

Springfest coral event flyer, Reefs of Las Vegas, March 24 2018, hosted at Acrylic Tank Manufacturing (Discovery Channel Tanked) ▸ Discovery · Tanked facility · 2018
WORLD CLASS CORALSBrand banner
Discovery · Tanked facility
March 24, 2018 · Acrylic Tank Manufacturing
The payoff

Build the room, and it opens the next one.

That community work put me in bigger rooms. It led to an exclusive collaboration with Discovery Channel's Tanked: I produced and hosted Springfest, a coral event at the show's Las Vegas facility, Acrylic Tank Manufacturing, on March 24, 2018.

World Class Corals brand banner▸ asset
World Class Coralsbrand banner

World Class Corals

The World Class Corals brand banner.

▸ Media brands & concepts · Produced · 2018-26

Shows, tokens, and platforms I branded end to end.

Some launched, some stayed concepts. Each is a full brand system I authored: identity, episode and key art, media kits, and web design.

Crypto Hub premiere episode art with hosts Luke Martin and Trader Mayne, brought to you by Syscoin▸ asset
Podcast · Syscoin-sponsoredLuke Martin · Trader Mayne

Crypto Hub

A Syscoin-sponsored crypto podcast I produced and branded, hosted by Luke Martin (@VentureCoinist, the Coinist Podcast) and Trader Mayne (@TraderMayne, an 8-figure trader who went on to co-found Breakout, acquired by Kraken). Episode art, title system, and launch creative.

The WAGMI Pod media kit cover with an Africa-map mark and cyberpunk African-city key art▸ asset
Media brand · web3@TheWagmiPod

The WAGMI Pod

Brand identity and full media kit for The WAGMI Pod (@TheWagmiPod), an African web3 show. Africa-map mark, cinematic key art, and the complete media-kit design system.

Kollectors platform logo mark▸ asset
Platform brand + web · NFTbrand + web

Kollectors

Brand identity and a full multi-page web design for Kollectors, an NFT and collectibles platform. Logo, page system, stats dashboards, and the complete front-end design.

Into Egypt book cover, Treasure of the Essenes, pyramids and the Eye of Horus, by Clydean O'Conner▸ asset
Author branding · book relaunchauthor · publishing

Clydean O'Conner, Into Egypt

Branding and book-relaunch work with author Clydean O'Conner on 'Treasure of the Essenes: Into Egypt,' a historical action-adventure series. Cover and identity direction.

Based Teddy mascot, white maltese in sunglasses on brand red▸ asset
Token brand concept · Baseconcept · Base

Based Teddy

Brand, community concept, and sites built and live for a Base-chain memecoin: mascot identity, banner system, websites shipped. Token never went to market, the branding and community build were the deliverable, and both shipped.

Crypto Grift brand photo, Alex Guerra in sunglasses in front of a restricted-area fence▸ asset
Show brand · with Alex GuerraAlex Guerra · concept

Crypto Grift

Brand and key art for Crypto Grift, a crypto show with Alex Guerra (@proguerra), a Syscoin business developer and co-founder of Pachira Finance. Concept and visual direction.

▸ The through-line · 20 years to 4,276 cards
▸ Same craft · modern scale

The same hand that built twenty years of brand identities made the 4,276 Rift Wars cards.

The reason the card system holds together across 4,276 distinct identities and 16 faction visual languages isn't new. It's the same Archive craft compressed into one sprint: brand identity for clients who couldn't afford to look generic, applied to a content library at game-scale.

The continuity is the proof. Most game studios buy this work out as a 3-6 month engagement at a mid-tier agency. The fact that one operator can ship it solo, in parallel with the engineering, is the Archive tenure in present tense.