HOUSTON / FALL 2026 · Portfolio Project
ISSUE 001
TheFoundingCohort
The originals. A multidisciplinary crew builds the Village's first visual identity and manifesto shoot.
we made this. ♡Creative Direction: MUSE · Photography: LENS · Film + Production: REEL · Beauty: GLOW · Graphic Design: PIXEL · Models: ONYX · HALO
PLACEHOLDER BRIEF — Introduce Big Little Village to the world. One crew, seven lanes, one shared identity shoot: define the visual language of a youth creative movement that refuses to look corporate.
PLACEHOLDER CONCEPT — A comic universe made real. The crew treats the founding cohort like the cast of Issue 001: bold ink, halftone, street styling, and manifesto typography shot like an underground magazine.
PLACEHOLDER — The final campaign drops here: the manifesto film, the identity system, the editorial photo story, and the launch social rollout, all made by the founding crew.
The first issue is developing. 👀
Final campaign work publishes here after production.
#photography
Photography
PLACEHOLDER — Editorial portraits and documentary coverage of the founding crew, shot on a mix of digital and 35mm.
#film
Film + Production
PLACEHOLDER — A 60-second manifesto film cut from behind-the-scenes and staged vignettes.
#beauty
Beauty
PLACEHOLDER — Graphic, color-blocked beauty looks designed to read like comic panels.
#design
Graphic Design
PLACEHOLDER — The Issue 001 cover system, typography treatments, and sticker sheet.
#talent
Creative Direction / Styling
PLACEHOLDER — Street-editorial styling that mixes thrifted pieces with bold brand color.
PLACEHOLDER — Call sheets, contact sheets, and the chaos between takes. Real behind-the-scenes documentation lands here after the shoot.
PLACEHOLDER — 'We didn't wait for permission. We built the door and walked through it together.'
— The Founding Crew
Creatives
Disciplines
Portfolio Assets
Production Hours
Partners
- Big Little Village
Full Credits
- Creative Direction
- MUSE
- Photography
- LENS
- Film + Production
- REEL
- Beauty
- GLOW
- Graphic Design
- PIXEL
- Models
- ONYX · HALO
Next Issue
ISSUE 002 — Color Riot