Adam Boyd · A creative portfolio
A brand with a point of view. A performance worth keeping. A story that won’t leave you alone.
I’m Adam Boyd. I’m a storyteller, editor, and creative who likes getting an idea out of my head and into the world. Sometimes that means a film. Sometimes a brand. Sometimes a pirate who takes on a life of his own.
Explore the work ↓01 / Selected work
I move between writing, editing, design, and production—following what a project needs, and bringing other people into the process along the way.
Brand direction · Website vision · Client work
An elevated residential direction for CMC: finding the feeling behind the homes, then carrying it into identity, language, and a website vision.
Brand exploration connects with the everyday marketing work: content, campaign materials, review presentations, and a shared place to keep decisions.
Proposed rebrand and website direction. Shown as a study; client approval is not recorded.
Independent brand study · Art direction
A fictional whiskey brand built from the inside out: family history, characters, a bottle, a voice, and a world that feels like it existed before the label.
Story development gives the brand something specific to stand on. Identity, packaging concepts, imagery, and a website bring that material into view.
Fictional brand and concept imagery. An independent creative exploration.
02 / Film & sound
I care about the person on the other side of the camera—and the person watching. The performance, the small detail, the moment an edit gives you room to feel something.
↗Live music · Post-production
Live at the Holly Theatre. A collaborative production capturing the performance, the room, and the energy between them.
Watch the performances on YouTube ↗
↗Personal documentary
A film about my mother. Making space for her voice, her work, and the details that make a life unmistakably hers.
Watch the film on YouTube ↗
03 / An original story world
A missing father. A documentary crew. An ocean that refuses to obey the map.
Enter the world ↗04 / The practice
I research, write, try things, edit, and come back for another pass. Custom AI tools help me move from an early idea to something developed enough to make.
Custom AI tools · Creative acceleration
I use custom AI tools to shorten the distance between idea and execution. They help me research, compare, organize, and develop concepts so I can get to the creative software where the work takes shape: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, DaVinci Resolve, and the web-design platform that fits the project.
The tools help me move faster. I still make the calls—direction, selection, revision, and finish.
A note from Adam
I like the point where an idea gets specific. A character finds a voice. An edit lands. A detail makes someone laugh because it was made with them in mind.
That’s what keeps me moving between music, film, writing, and design. I’ll follow the curiosity, learn what I need, and work with people who bring something I couldn’t bring alone.
I want the finished thing to give people something: a feeling, a question, a reason to lean in. And I care about how it feels to be part of making it.
Each project teaches me something that makes the next one possible. The methods change with the work, but the standard stays the same: follow the idea, make the choices, and finish it with care.
Signal & Salt is where I bring all of that together.
An original story by Adam Boyd
A missing father.
An impossible ocean.
A story with a long memory.
Beyond the map
Lark Hawthorne’s search for her missing father draws a modern documentary crew into an ocean fractured by time. Ships, legends, and unfinished histories share waters they were never meant to cross.
Seas of Mystery is an evolving story world told through writing, audio, and visual development.
Read the full pilot PDF ↗01 / Dramatic read
Start with the opening episode of the Seas of Mystery dramatic read.
Listen on Spotify ↗02 / Original radio show
Explore the original Seas of Mystery Radio Show on YouTube.
Open the YouTube playlist ↗
Before Seas, there was Land Pirate Radio
Captain Jeb began at the microphone. Land Pirate Radio mixed storytelling, ghost stories, maritime legends, and folklore—with Jeb at the helm.
The Yule Chronicles takes that spirit into winter mythology. It’s an earlier piece of the creative history behind the character, and a good place to hear where he came from.
Listen to Land Pirate Radio on YouTube ↗Get in touch
For a project, a collaboration, or an idea worth talking through.
Adam@signalandsaltai.com