So, what else?

The creative department is not a place I check out of.
Here's some of the weirdness that keeps me occupied outside of work.

I have a 1986 Casio keyboard. Sick.

Proving that no pandemic can dampen my holiday spirit, I created an album of Christmas classics on the Casio MT-68 during lockdown.

I don't need to be trained on piano to show that I am one bad mofo on the keys. Honestly, I am bad.

Check out Feliz Navidad for yourself, and just be ready when the beat drops. 

I run a lot.
There are so many great places to run in Portland. Watch for me on Terwilliger Blvd. No seriously, open your eyes! One time some knucklehead in a Honda rolled through a stop sign and I went over the hood. Now I know what a bursa sack is though I don't recommend googling it.

For me, running is a surefire way to quiet the monkeys in my head and counterbalance my donut intake.

Every Wordle tells a story.

Often funny, occasionally profound, and always interesting, I bring my Wordle puzzles to life using AI imagery. See more @The Wordle Plot.

Drawing always beats AI.

I have grown to appreciate how useful AI can be. But in my view, nothing beats original art. To me, drawing is like dancing: Just get out there, have fun, and don't worry what it looks like.

As a copywriter, visual thinking is a big part of the job. Many of my ideas begin as doodles. And when I'm not on the job, my doodling can go in some pretty different directions. Case in point, here’s what happened when I got ahold of some Sports Illustrated photos and let my inner seventh-grader run wild. It's amazing what you can do with an eraser and magic markers.

He drilled it!

Here comes the sinker.

Thanks for looking. Drop me a line or a creative brief and let's see what happens.

This is Gary's footer. It has gout. But Gary does not. Give him a shout if you want to discuss uric acid levels.