MOCHIMAD LLC wishes you a happy and healthy 2009!

Self-branding is often a stone in any creative professional’s career. I am no different. I really don’t have trouble coming up with ideas. I just drop a bucket into the well and pull the ideas out. Deciding which one to roll with and make the commitment to is a different process—the “stone in the shoe” part.

Photography has always been and always will be a driving expression of my ideas. It’s the primary way I flex the muscles that every creative person needs to exercise to stay sane and/or to stay in the design business. The photographic mastheads that first meet your eye at the top of the page here are going to rotate through a dozen or so that I made up in advance.

I decided to do this for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we have lots of them and they all look great; and secondly, I simply get tired of looking at the same one for too long. It’s part of the creative professional’s curse. Constantly re-imagining, revisualizing. Maybe that’s a major reason why we do what we do all day long, and often into the wee hours.

Therefore, I will change the masthead every week or two—but I can’t promise I won’t change it more than once a day either—so maybe you’ll take interest and decide to come back ever so often to have a gander.

Sue Lott and Matthew Richards are available for any of the following services in Detroit, Chicago or Madison.

Strategy
Wire-framing, Navigation, User Interface and Information Architecture; Storyboarding; Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM); Copy-writing for SEO; Blogging for SEO; Content Management System (CMS) Training; Branding Strategy, Design and Implementation; Special consideration given to artists, writers, musicians and bands for public image strategy

Presentation Media Design
Presentation Media Design for training, speaker support, trade shows, proposals, advertising and marketing using PowerPoint or Adobe Flash; show set-ups and executions

Web & Interactive Design
Page and Interface Design; Blog Design and Implementation; Asset Development; Flash Interface, Environments and Banners; Flash Character Animation; Motion Graphics for Web, Video and Broadcast; Special consideration for website design packages for artists, musicians and bands; WordPress, Actionscript, CSS, PHP, AJAX, Java, HTML

Print Design
Graphic design from strategic conception through production; Traditional and Digital Illustration; Digital Imaging; Copy-writing

Photography and Imaging
25 years of photography experience, including traditional film, medium format and digital applications; Exclusive contributor to iStockphoto.com; Commissioned assignments available on work-for-hire basis; Natural and studio lighting; Photo shoot coordination and execution; Models, make-up artists, assistants and locations sourcing available; Asset management; Expert in photo compositing, retouching utilizing the latest techniques; Special consideration given to photography for artists, writers, musicians and bands; Lifestyle, beauty, creative and conceptual image specialists