Jonny V at his desk in the studio, seen from behind, the city outside the window
The studio · Jonny V at work
Creative studioAtlanta · New York

The creative studio of Jonny V. I architect brand worlds in paper and pencil, build them into real ones with their own people, then design the funnels and flywheels that keep them selling.

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  1. 01 · Sketch

    Every world starts as a pencil line.

    Strategy · Identity
  2. 02 · World

    I build it in paper. Then it grows real, with its own people.

    Campaign · Cast · Film
  3. 03 · Website

    It lands on her phone as a site she can step into.

    Website · Scroll experience
  4. 04 · Funnel

    One tap, and the machine behind the site goes to work.

    List · Texts · Reminders · Checkout
  5. 05 · Flywheel

    Her post brings her friends. Every customer brings the next.

    Referrals · Content · Retention
  6. 06 · Your quest

    That’s the whole machine. Yours starts on a blank page.

    Start a quest
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Services

Everything you just watched, one studio
Real

Your products, people and places: photos and footage you already have, or a shoot we plan together.

CG

Computer-generated worlds, characters and products, built from scratch when the idea is bigger than a set.

Both

Most quests mix the two: real product shots inside a built world, real people in a scene that couldn’t be filmed.

Make itReal shoots, CG and new tech
01

Strategy & identity

Positioning, naming, the look and the product. The sketch everything else is built from.

Brand strategy · Naming · Identity · Packaging
02

Photo shoots

Product, people and campaign shoots, art-directed and shot for every channel.

Art direction · Product & campaign · Lookbooks
03

Video & film

Launch films, ads and social cuts, shot on set or cut from your footage.

Launch films · Ads & social · Behind the scenes
04

CG worlds

Computer-generated places your brand can live in when the idea is bigger than a set.

Environments · Campaign imagery · Scroll films
05

Characters & mascots

A cast and mascots with faces people remember, ready for film, packs and figures.

Character design · Turnarounds · 3D-ready
06

3D & product

Products modeled, exploded and rendered, from first prototype to hero shot.

3D models · Exploded views · Renders & prints
07

Merch & 3D-printed objects

Drops people can hold: apparel, figures of your characters and 3D-printed products, made in small runs.

Apparel & merch · Figures & collectibles · 3D-printed products
08

VR, AR & 360

Worlds people can stand inside: 360 video, VR experiences and AR on a phone.

360 video · VR experiences · AR filters
09

Emerging tech

Projection, holograms, interactive installs and whatever arrives next, put to work for the brand.

Installations · Interactive retail · Prototypes
Sell itThe machine behind the site
10

Websites

A site people step into, built to walk them toward one button.

Scroll-story site · Drop pages · Phone-first
11

Funnels

Everything behind that button: the list, the texts, the reminders, the checkout. A tap becomes a sale.

Waitlists · Email + SMS · Checkout
12

Flywheels

Referrals, content and retention, so every customer brings the next one, every month.

Referrals · Content engine · CRM & repeat drops
Start

Take one piece or the whole machine.

Start with a teardown of your brand, or go straight to a world, a launch or a flywheel.

See the ways to start →

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    I build worlds people want to step into. Then I give them a front door, point every street at it, and keep it spinning. Every one starts in a sketchbook.

    Real or CG · Worlds · Funnels · FlywheelsEst. in a sketchbook

    Quest Log

    Every project, in the order it started

    Who’s Jonny V?

    Jonny V is my alter ego, the side of me that makes things. The V is five in Roman numerals, and every quest has five moves: strategy, world, website, funnel, flywheel. It’s on the cap for a reason.

    I trained in human-centered design and engineering at the University of Washington, design innovation at Northwestern and computer science at Morehouse College, so I think in people, prototypes and code. Every quest starts as a sketch, gets built into a world, and only counts if it sells. That last part is the funnel and the flywheel, and it’s where most studios stop.

    BasedAtlanta, often NYC
    TrainedUW HCDE · Northwestern · Morehouse CS
    ProcessStrategy → World → Website → Funnel → Flywheel
    Work together

    Got a project? Let’s build it.

    01 · Teardown · from $500

    See your teaser

    I study your site and socials, then send a short teaser of what your world could feel like.

    02 · World

    Build the world

    The idea, the look, the cast and the story, from real shoots, CG or both, as campaign imagery and film.

    03 · Launch · 21 days

    Open the door

    Scroll site, launch film and drop pages, all pointed at one place to buy.

    04 · Flywheel · monthly

    Keep it spinning

    Lists, follow-ups and a rhythm of drops, so every customer brings the next one.

    Tell me your brand and what you’re launching. I’ll reply with where I’d start, and a teaser if it’s a fit.