Name's Gaetan. Sounds like Dayton, Ohio but with a G.
I've spent 15 years in entertainment and media and somehow landed right between Tech and Art. I make bite-sized cartoons for the internet and push tools until they do something interesting.
Fresh Cake is where that happens. Started as a sandbox project and still is, kind of.
Billions of GIF views later, I still think the best ones are the ones people send each other without saying a word. That's what this is about. Putting social back in media, one stupid cartoon at a time.
What's up with the GIFs
Social media stopped feeling social a long time ago — at least to me. I wanted a way to post once and have my work show up everywhere. Giphy gave me that. GIFs are made to be shared, passed around without context, landing in conversations I'll never see. That's the part I love. Putting the social back in media, one loop at a time.
GenAI Experiments
From Adobe Firefly to custom pipelines — I'm pushing these tools until they do something interesting, then showing you what happened. It's new territory for me. It's new territory for everyone. I'm just a kid playing in a very weird sandbox right now.
Built in Public
The blog, the work, the process — it's all out here. If something I made helps you make something, that's the whole point.
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I grew up visiting family in New Hampshire and somehow ended up living here full-time. Turns out, I like my seasons dramatic. There's nothing like sending it on the slopes in winter and cruising trails in summer.
I'm all about dungeon crawlers. Drop me in a maze with loot to hoard and a halfway decent combat system, and I'm in. Also weirdly inspired by 80s sci-fi flicks and campy action movies.
Head Lopper is a big one. Chunky line work, over-the-top action, and that perfect blend of brutal and beautiful. Anything with big swords, cursed relics, and characters yelling dramatically into the void? I'm in.
Ice cream, no contest. Secret Spot in Bethlehem, NH does ice cream flights — and yeah, they're as magical as they sound.
I'm big on making stuff! Especially the kind that involves tools, tinkering, and random wires that probably do something. I also love gardening and fixing up my cabin.