WELCOME TO ESM CREATIVE STUDIO

DESIGNING BRANDS FOR creators full of color AND INTENTION

Branding

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Illustration

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Creative Direction

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Branding ✹ Illustration ✹ Creative Direction ✹

Person working on a laptop at a small round table in a cafe with a pink mug of coffee and a smartphone.
Decorative illustration of three wooden shelves with books, plants, a globe, teapots, framed photos, and a bust sculpture in a colorful, cartoon style.

Know what gets us up in the morning, aside from the coffee?

To the point, you. We love the relationships we foster with our clients — clients just like you with businesses just like yours. We find that the individuals behind the brands we create supply an endless source of motivation to keep our work inspired and fun. It’s a mutually beneficial relationship that just makes our little design hearts sing. 

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Services

BRANDING

ILLUSTRATION

CREATIVE DIRECTION

PODCAST BRANDING + COVERS

SOCIAL STRATEGY + CONTENT

WEB DESIGN

MENTORSHIP

COLLATERAL DESIGN

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A pink cartoon-style hand with four fingers visible, raised with the palm facing outward.
Light purple irregularly shaped blob on a black background.
A minimalistic illustration of a pink hand gesturing a peace sign against a black background.
A pink, 12-point star-shaped object with a light color and no additional details.

CHECK OUT OUR WORK

branding ➤

illustrations ➤

webdesign ➤

An illustration with the words "Focus on the good" in colorful, stylized fonts, set against a background divided into pink and olive green sections.
Bookshelf filled with various books, some with decorative spines, against floral wallpaper background, overlaid with text 'Weird Coffee, Café & Books'.
A woman with shoulder-length light brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a pink sweater, stands near a window with city buildings in the background.
The image shows the exterior of a multi-story building with white classical architectural details, including columns and decorative moldings, taken from a low angle looking upward.

WE BUILD BRANDS WITH purpose

FROM THE BEGINNING, IT’S ABOUT YOU - THE HEART BEHIND THE BRAND. THAT’S WHAT DRIVES US.

I’m Emma, the color-obsessed creative here to guide you through the design process. We aim to meet all your creative needs through innovative problem-solving rooted in our insatiable appetite to learn, develop, and design. Yep, we’re hungry for whatever branding and design puzzles you can throw our way.

Learn more about the team
Colorful poster with the word "SORTED" spelled out with various letters and icons, including a smiley face, peace sign, envelope, heart, phone, and others, along with the phrase "Drink Coffee, Get Sorted" at the bottom.
A light blue starburst shape with multiple sharp points on a black background.

Get sorted

Sorted is a podcast for creatives by creatives. In each episode, my cohost and I explore productivity tips and creative processes to help you get Sorted. Drink Coffee, Get Sorted. Listen to season one now!

An abstract digital illustration of a flower with four orange petal shapes arranged in a symmetrical pattern on a black background.
Colorful sticker with the words 'stay rad' in large letters and a hand making a peace sign, with the Instagram handle '@SORTED.POD' at the bottom.
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