Cryptid Is Alive

Posted September 4, 2025

For a long time, Cryptid felt like an idea. A logo, a site, a plan. I can vividly recall the moment I thought of it. I was on my morning hike, and just wondered aloud to myself if I could actually pull it off. But now, it’s happening. It’s real. Projects are live, clients are on board, and money is starting to move.

Here’s what’s on the board right now:

  • Big Day Bartending – A custom site built from scratch, designed to replace a clunky DIY site service. Fully live, serving their business in the real world.
  • Mythri STEM Academy – A live site supporting an education nonprofit, with dynamic class content and branding polish. A logo I designed and breathed life into with just a palette of my client’s kids’ favorite colors.
  • Music Nonprofit (new potential) – A monthly retainer to handle ongoing social and web support. Small, steady cash flow, still in the scoping stage, but the kind that turns a studio from one-off projects into something sustainable.
  • Ophidia – The snake ID app I’ve been grinding on for nine months now. For the first time, institutional funding is on the table. Grant application is due in 60 days. That could be a game changer.
  • TripWizard – A self-published paid app in the Play Store. Proof I can ship solo, package it, and put it out in the world. Small and simple, but viable and mine.

I haven’t even broken 4 figures yet under the Cryptid name. I’m gonna be real - there’s days where it feels like I’m pushing a granite boulder uphill because I like the shape of it and I wanna put it in my rock wall, even though there are plenty of other rocks nearby that would be easier to move. But it’s not about how much I’ve made so far. It’s the fact that I did that. What I’ve earned so far didn’t come from a boss, not from a timesheet, but from people trusting me to build something real for them.

A rainbow behind some mountains in the desert.

It’s still uphill. I’m still hustling, still making trade-offs, still chasing bigger projects. There are days where the full on imposter syndrome hits and I question whether I can do this or if I’m just blowing smoke up my own ass. But the difference is that Cryptid isn’t some idea I’m just tossing around while I get my steps in anymore. It’s a studio in motion.

Even on days where I feel like I should drop this rock and go find another one, I just give it one small push. And I see it move an inch. Which is an inch I didn’t have yesterday. And tomorrow I’ll push again.

This one’s for the weirdos and the rock movers.