Bob Paltrow Design: Taking Great Ideas Next Level.

Multi-Media Vido Promo, Branding, Squarespace Web Development
Ricoboards.com – A New Game Co. Startup
Ricoboards Fiddlesticks and One Vision Sampler

Ricoboards.com: “Serious Monkey Business.” A mishmash of real video and AI animations I developed for my friend Dave’s brand-new startup, RICOBOARDS. He’s creating beautiful artisan-quality custom handmade games and gameboards that foster community: bringing people and families together.

Some of these clips editorialize the modern-day malaise Dave terms NOISIA—our present-day hypnotic obsession with our digital devices—the antidote campaign ONE VISION: a return to traditional gameboards that foster real engagement and community: VISIONING people coming together as ONE.

The apes are a recurring narrative thread whereby apes (a metaphor for US) gather in groups, mindlessly engrossed together in isolation on our phones——then liberated, coming to consciousness and finding community. Simply (but elegantly) by playing board games together.

David was a friend of mine in college, in Tucson AZ, and I had not been in touch with him for decades. He contacted me earlier this year to build his website, develop his branding, and help with content/editing. As well as creating graphics, illustrations, and animations for his site. It’s been wonderful to reconnect with a dear person after so many years.

The animations combine real video, photography, and animations developed using a combination of tools: Midjourney, Gemini 2.5, Gemini 3.1, Firefly, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Final Cut Pro.

Art Direction, Concept, Writing/Content: David Rico.

Design, Animation, Music/soundtrack, Web Development:: Bob Paltrow Creative.

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Bob Paltrow, Presenter at the 2026 Chanticleer Author Conference in Bellingham WA

There’s nothing like a great story.

Let’s tell your story as a clearly articulated, well-crafted brand. Immersive. Engaging. Informative.

What are fractional creative services?

Many organizations struggle with scattered messaging—one person does design, another builds the website; they hire a video person, and cobble together a marketing plan. Because of my extensive expertise, skills, and experience across an array of media, I’m able to help clients move from fragmented ideas to a clear, unified presentation. We’re able to work together one-on-one, instead of needing to hire a team or staff. And it’s less back-and-forth communication, so it can often be more efficient. Hence, the term ‘fractional’ creative services.

Tie it all together.

My fractional creative services provide you with 35+ years of award-winning, senior-level creative vision and experience—without the cost of a full-time hire. Whether you’re an individual, startup, expanding your brand, or implementing a rebrand, we’ll co-create a creative direction that is cohesive, clear, focused, and integrated with your brand vision and business goals.

Your style. In style.

Services

CREATIVE
PARTNERSHIP

Long-term support across branding, design, web development, and video.

BRAND
IDENTITY

Develop an authentic visual and verbal identity consistent across all media.

WEB DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT

Clean, effective, beautifully designed SEO-optimized websites. WordPress | Squarespace | Wix

VIDEO
STORYTELLING

Thoughtful, compelling video content to convey who you are and what you offer.

PUBLISHING
ACROSS MEDIA

Design, layout, cover art, imagery, illustration. IngramSpark | Amazon/KDP. Print+Digital+Social.

ILLUSTRATION
IMAGERY

Award-winning illustration and imagery. Traditional + digital. Visionary, editorial, children’s, conceptual.