For storytellers who never thought of themselves as illustrators.
Long before AI, I was trying to illustrate my thoughts so an idea could land in a glance. The people who wanted the details could keep reading. But if I didn't earn their eyes first, the words usually didn't matter.
Why I draw
I've always been drawn to photography, editorial cartoons, and the kind of simple visual storytelling you see in places like The New Yorker. One image. One idea. Enough tension to make you stop.
The problem was that I was never a great illustrator myself.
I had concepts. I could see the message. I could sketch the rough shape of it. But I usually needed someone better than me to take it across the finish line. If the idea got to 90%, I was often happy enough — the point was never perfection, it was clarity.
Still, I wanted to get better. So I took a course with Janis Ozolins because I admired how simply he could explain complicated ideas. That changed how I thought about visuals. He helped me see that illustration isn't decoration — it's a way of thinking.
People who shaped my taste
A few people shaped how I think about visual storytelling, copy, and business communication. This page is partly a thank-you.
These aren't endorsements I'm paid for. They're people whose work genuinely helped me think better.
Janis Ozolins
Visual storyteller & illustratorJanis helped me understand how much power there is in simple visuals. His work made me better at stripping an idea down to the part people can actually remember.
Harry Dry
Copywriter & founder of Marketing ExamplesHarry sharpened the way I think about copy. His work is direct, specific, and useful — which is much harder to pull off than it looks.
Tom Fishburne
Marketing cartoonist & founder of MarketoonistTom has been my go-to for business and marketing cartoons. He has a rare ability to make a business truth feel obvious the moment you see it.
David Ogilvy
The original admanOgilvy taught me to respect the craft of communication. The words matter. The research matters. The offer matters. The image has to serve the idea.
And Mina
I also want to thank Mina, who has been my right-hand person for years. He knows my style inside and out. I'd bring the rough idea, and we'd keep refining the UI, the image, and the message until it felt right.
Sometimes that meant ten versions. That took the pressure off me and helped me get more stories out into the world.
Why scribblez.ai exists
But I knew I couldn't keep relying on that process forever.
So I started teaching AI to work from the material itself: a transcript, meeting notes, a social post, a rough thought. I didn't want to keep prompting it with exactly what to draw. I wanted to choose a style and have the system understand the meaning well enough to create a relevant visual starting point.
That's why scribblez.ai exists.
It's for non-illustrator storytellers. People with ideas, lessons, notes, stories, and observations who need a visual way to explain them.
It's not a replacement for professional illustrators, copywriters, or editorial cartoonists. When the work needs to be world-class, hire the people who do it at that level. I hope this page sends some traffic their way.
Scribblez is for the quick visual, the first draft, the post, the meeting recap — the idea you want people to understand today.