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10 hours. Custom DM screen. A hand-designed dungeon map. And somehow, it all comes back to branding.Running a Dungeons &...
13/05/2026

10 hours. Custom DM screen. A hand-designed dungeon map. And somehow, it all comes back to branding.

Running a Dungeons & Dragons campaign and designing a brand identity have more in common than you'd think. Both start the same way. With a conversation about goals, boundaries, and what kind of story you're trying to tell. At the D&D table, that's Session Zero. In a branding project, that's a Discovery Workshop. Same principles, different setting, and equally important to get right before anything else happens.

It's one of the reasons I care so much about the discovery process with clients. Get the foundation right early and everything that follows has something solid to build on. Skip it and you're just rolling dice and hoping for the best.

I wrote about this in a lot more detail over on the Longshot journal. Three parts covering everything from world-building and rulings to maps, resources, & homebrew, and how it all links back to brand design. Link in bio if you're curious, or just a little bit nerdy.

Home Assist SA in the real world.A brand identity built to communicate trust, warmth, and professionalism across every ...
12/05/2026

Home Assist SA in the real world.

A brand identity built to communicate trust, warmth, and professionalism across every touchpoint; from website to print collateral and beyond.

Client
Brand Refresh .au
Website
Photography .brandphotography

Every element in the Home Assist SA brand refresh was chosen for a reason. The colour isn't just a colour. The mark isn'...
06/05/2026

Every element in the Home Assist SA brand refresh was chosen for a reason. The colour isn't just a colour. The mark isn't just a mark.

Here's the thinking behind the identity system.

Brand Refresh .au

Values-based design that's genuine connects with an audience faster than chasing the next big thing.Trends are fun to wo...
05/05/2026

Values-based design that's genuine connects with an audience faster than chasing the next big thing.

Trends are fun to work with. I use them. But if your goal is to build a loyal client base and your brand isn't built around something real then your values, your point of view, the reason you actually do what you do, then you're building without a foundation.

There's nothing to hold it up when the trend moves on.

Your clients are smart. They can tell the difference between a business that stands for something and one that's just keeping up with what looked good last season. Build the thing that's actually yours.

Home Assist SA had been operating for just over 18 months when they came to Longshot Studio. The business was growing, t...
01/05/2026

Home Assist SA had been operating for just over 18 months when they came to Longshot Studio. The business was growing, their values were clear, and their team knew exactly who they were, but the brand didn't show it.

Their visual identity had been built in-house to get them started. It did the job at the time, but it had started blending into a sea of same-looking logos in the aged care and NDIS space. For a business built on genuine care and a clear sense of purpose, that invisibility was a problem.

So we went back to the foundation; we ran a full brand discovery process to surface what made them distinct, then rebuilt the visual identity around that.

Client
Brand Refresh .au
Website
Photography .brandphotography

20/04/2026

A style guide sounds like something only big businesses need. It's not.

For any small business owner who isn't a designer, a style guide is the single most underrated tool in your brand kit. It removes the guesswork every time someone makes something; so your brand looks consistent across your website, your socials, your print, your proposals. All of it.

In Episode 3 of The Riff I also get into something most people don't connect: how a consistent, well-positioned brand directly influences the quality of clients you attract. Worth a watch if you've ever wondered why you keep hearing "can you do it cheaper?"

Thinking about getting your brand designed, or redesigned? Before you brief anyone, it's worth sitting with these five q...
09/04/2026

Thinking about getting your brand designed, or redesigned? Before you brief anyone, it's worth sitting with these five questions first.

The businesses that get the most out of a branding project are the ones who've done a bit of thinking before they walk in the door. Save this one for when the time is right.

07/04/2026

If you've got a logo and think your branding is sorted, this one's worth a watch.

A logo on its own is just a face without a personality. It's the identity system around it: the colours, the typography, the way everything works together — that does the real work. Without that system, you'll keep looking inconsistent no matter how good the logo itself is.

Episode 2 of The Riff covers why the logo is just one piece, and what the rest of the system actually needs to do for your business.

You can have a stunning logo, beautiful colours, and typography that makes designers jealous and still have branding tha...
02/04/2026

You can have a stunning logo, beautiful colours, and typography that makes designers jealous and still have branding that doesn't work.

If it's speaking to the wrong people, positioned incorrectly, or built without strategy behind it, it doesn't matter how good it looks. Strategy first. Visuals second. Every time.

01/04/2026

A lot of small businesses invest in a logo and think they've got a brand sorted. They haven't, and in this first episode of The Riff, I break down exactly why.

Your logo is the face. Your brand identity is the whole person. One without the other leaves a gap that quietly costs you credibility; and most business owners don't even realise it's happening.

Watch through to the end; I also cover when a small business actually needs to think beyond the logo. Might be sooner than you think.

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