Jacob Waites
I design, prototype, and build brands and interactions full of expressive type, fun motion, bold colors, and minimal line-work. Sometimes I write and speak about design. My craft is the way I speak to the world, I work to help others find their voice and make them successful.
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Strange Ventures
Supporting and funding the future of creative AI Services and Infrastructure
I created the brand and website for Strange Ventures, a venture capital and venture studio firm run by Tara Tan. As a design partner for Strange, I serve the venture studio and it's members to bring world-class design and critical thinking to their teams, and help to build a pathway to a more equitable and ethical relationship between creatives and AI.
The brand and website
Strange ventures is inspired by strange loops, a phenomenon in which, whenever movement is made upwards or downwards through the levels of some hierarchical system, the system unexpectedly arrives back where it started.
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Combining style and AI for visuals
I created a unique style for Strange's visuals using a model trained on my original infrared photography work and 3D work to output futuristic, organic renders which I collaged into final pieces for the site.
![Banner Designs](/images/strangevc/og-artwork01.png)
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Unused concepts
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