Creative practice

The futureis a practice.

I'm JUFU. I build tools for creators, share the methods behind them, and make creative work and systems for brands.

JUFU looking toward the camera
ONE PERSON. MANY FORMS.Meet JUFU
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Creator to builder

The starting point

I know the feeling
on both sides
of the camera.

Making sketches, songs, and videos taught me how much happens between an idea and a finished piece. That is where I look for something worth building.

Follow my story ↗

The work in progress

Less friction.
More making.

Yappily starts with the moment a camera makes your words harder to find. BuildACreator starts with the challenge of keeping an AI character consistent.

Different problems. The same impulse: make the next step easier.

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An interface from JUFU’s creative experimentsIdeas become tools.

The practice continues

Make it.
Question it.
Pass it on.

The finished work is one part of the story. The decisions behind it are useful too. I share the experiments and methods through JUFU DAILY, and bring that practice into work for brands.

Go behind the work ↗
Use something I madeMake with a tool Learn to make your ownTake the method Have something madeWork together
Use something I madeTools in progress

Make the thing
you came to make.

Two different tools for two different kinds of creation. See what each is being built to help with.

On-camera creation

Yappily

For the moment you know what you want to say, but the camera changes how it comes out. Shape a hook, record with prompts, and review the take.

iPhone app in developmentAsk for a Yappily demo ↗︎
AI character creation

BuildACreator

Develop a character, settle on a reference sheet, and refine the look without starting from a different identity every time.

Character builder in developmentAsk to see BuildACreator ↗︎
Learn to make your ownTake what works

The method is
part of the work.

You might want the tool. You might want to build your own version. Start with a small project and a decision you can test.

Start here

Pick a real friction.

Describe the moment that keeps slowing you down, in your own words.

Make a first version

Build the smallest proof.

Choose one outcome you can show, rather than a list of features you hope to add.

Look again

Review the result.

Keep the decision that worked, change what did not, and document why.

Have something madeTwo ways to work together

Good ideas need
good execution.

Creative direction and production for a brand. Or a focused app that makes a repeated business task easier. Tell me which problem you are trying to solve.