Your story matters — tell it.
We live in a world saturated with information. People scroll past words, skim headlines, make assumptions, snap to judgment, and move on — unless something stops them. Unless something connects.
That's what visual storytelling and experience design does.
Visual storytelling is the intentional use of design, imagery, and layout to communicate an idea in a way that resonates beyond words alone. It's not just making something look good. It's making people feel something — and that feeling creates a bridge to understanding and to movement. When done well, visual storytelling doesn't just deliver content — it creates connection. It turns information into meaning.
Experience design carries that same idea into physical space — and often, the best of it is invisible. People walk into a room and just know they felt something; they rarely know why. It's the right song at the right moment that amplifies the energy. It's the themed signage instead of a boring front door. It's a hands-on prop, floating candles, goblets etched just for the occasion. No one will tell you the candles made the party — but they'll walk away feeling it, having no idea how many small decisions added up to that feeling.
Professional Manual/Guidebook Design
Turning complex curriculum into practical, easy-to-use learning resources.
Facilitation Guidebook Cover Example
Inside page spread example with facing pages.
Participant Guidebook Cover and Pages
Professional Presentations
Helping leaders communicate ideas with clarity, confidence, and impact.
Opening slide example for a client with a purple color scheme
Visualizing Complex Concepts Example: Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey
Video introductory slide that displays prior to a video slide.
Professional Graphic Design
Creating visuals that inform, persuade, and inspire action.
Example Informational Slick
Sample Health Session Flyer with Generic Text
Sample Pages - Quick Use Toolkit
Reusable certificate backgrounds designed in Illustrator, adapted across multiple color treatments and programs.
Google Workspace
Spreadsheets, automation, databasing, and slides that create a clear picture from ambiguous information..
Social Media Content Design
Producing visuals that create engagement and visibility on various social media platforms.
Course Post
Social Post
LinkedIn Article
Sample social media carousel.
Personal Graphic Design
Creative projects that reflect curiosity, craftsmanship, and a love of visual communication. These are examples of projects that I created for personal use.
Birthday Invite. Private Information Redacted.
Birthday Invite. Private Information Redacted
Scout Collector Card Fun
Scout Derby Fun Giveaway
Personal Experience Design
Creative experience designs that reflect a curated experience for guests. These are examples of projects that I created for personal use.
Repurposing plastic milk jugs into a skull decoration.
Halloween decor and party.
Multi-themed birthday party.
The sorting hat that guests experienced upon entering the multi-themed birthday party.
Cub Scout events and educational meeting experiences.
Cub Scout Grinch Christmas Party Decor
No Fireplace? We will make one!
The best experience design isn't always about controlling every detail —
it's about knowing which ones to hand over.
When I brought outlined Who Houses for my scouts to paint before the pack holiday party that our den was planning, people asked, "You're actually going to let them paint it?" Yes — because the point was never perfection. It was sparking imagination, ownership, and letting kids feel like they created the magic too.
Personal Fabrication
Creative fabrication from styrofoam grave awards, wooden displays, to sewing projects and Cricut creations. My new learning venture: CAD and 3D printing. These are examples of projects that I created for personal use.
OnShape CAD drawing of a Block Person, 3D printed and painted to look like my son.
3D printed figurine of my son's role play character. STL file generated in Meshy AI.
Final role play character painted and my dog
Christmas Tea Light Holder: designed in OnShape, 3D printed. Troubleshooting in the build: When filament stopped feeding, I disassembled the filament tube and extruder assembly, located and cleared the clog, reassembled the feed path, and resumed printing.
Cub Scout Trunk or Treat Awards, Webelos Plaque, Pin
Wood work: bench, sign, medal holder, Pinewood Derby Car Display
Sewing costumes, shirts, dice catchers
Cricut smart cutting machine creations.
Audio Storytelling
Original songwriting and creative direction with AI assisted writing and music generation, exploring emerging technology as a creative tool. These are personal creative projects and a small selection of my songwriting work.
Mended In Gold
Emotional storytelling • Metaphor • Narrative development
Friends Through It All
Observational storytelling • Nostalgia • Character and relationship development
Mom's Losing Her Mind at Christmas
Humor • Character development • Narrative escalation
Fierce and Quiet (Mother's Lullaby)
Intimate storytelling • Emotional nuance • Personal narrative
Hawai'i in My Heart
Personal storytelling • Place & memory • Emotional imagery
Sean's Theme (Original Composition Inspired by the Everyday Life of a Toddler)
Instrumental storytelling • Original composition • Narrative through sound
Creative songwriting process: Original concepts and foundational writing by Jocelyn Little, with AI-assisted lyric development and refinement. Music and vocal performances are generated through Suno using my supplied voice source material, along with my son's.
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