Creative marketing / content / design

Ideas made visible.

I’m Kai Dresden, a marketing student and creative working across video, photography, social media, and graphic design. I help turn an idea into something people can see, share, and remember.

Buckin Outfitters shirt design shown on a model by the waterLamborghini Huracán Sterrato poster designed from Kai's photography

01 / Selected work

Across brands, formats, and stories.

From a product launch to a short video, I work on the details that help an idea connect with an audience.

Apparel design / Outdoor brand

Buckin Outfitters

Designed T-shirt graphics for an outdoor apparel collection, creating distinct pieces that carry the brand across fishing and lifestyle themes.

Buckin Outfitters cowboy-themed T-shirt worn outdoors
Product design in context
Buckin Beer graphic printed on a black T-shirt
Apparel graphic
White Buckin Fishing Apparel fish graphic
Fishing graphic

My role: T-shirt graphic design. Product photographs are shown to demonstrate the finished designs.

Social video / YouTube / Reels

Cody Tarantino

Edited short form videos and Instagram Reels over the past year, alongside longer YouTube work for Cody Tarantino’s channel.

My role: editing across the selected videos; filming and editing the first YouTube video listed above.

Product launch / Photography / Packaging

Sinthetic & Cody Tarantino Studios

Visual work for product releases, from a photographed T-shirt promotion to packaging and a graphic post for a collectible figure.

Forest Shaman shirt photographed on rocks beside the water with promotional lettering
Forest Shaman / product photography and poster design
Silver Clockman figure beside its illustrated packaging and promotional typography
Silver Clockman / box and promotional graphic design

Forest Shaman shirt artwork was designed by another artist. My contribution was the photography and poster design.

Photography / Editorial design

Automotive posters

Original car photography reworked into posters, combining image editing, composition, and typography.

Red Mazda Miata editorial poster
Mazda Miata
Orange Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato editorial poster
Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato

My role: photography, editing, and poster design.

Personal brand / Apparel concept

Kaizen Collective

Exploring a visual identity for my personal brand through illustrated graphics, expressive type, and apparel concepts.

Illustrated Kaizen Collective wolf patch graphic
Illustrated patch design
Four views of a black sweatpants concept featuring the Kaizen patch
Apparel mockup

Ski brand / Graphic design

Twigg Ski

Two graphic directions for a ski brand: a bold illustrated character piece and a technical blueprint-inspired print.

Neon green Twigg Ski lettering and illustrated character
Illustrated graphic
Blue ski blueprint graphic
Blueprint print

02 / About

Creative instincts.
Marketing mindset.

I’m studying marketing at Western Michigan University and expect to graduate in December 2027. My work brings together creative production and the practical side of getting a project finished: collaborating with clients, developing visual ideas, and delivering content for real brands and audiences.

I’m especially interested in opportunities where brand storytelling, social content, design, and hands-on production meet. I’m open to growing into the right role and learning from a strong team.

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03 / Contact

Let’s make something
worth seeing.