Anna Sutton has spent her career at the intersection of making things by hand and making things work. For a decade at LAIKA Studios, she went from painting puppets to running the Puppet Paint department, managing teams of 8+, co-designing workflow systems, and helping bring three Oscar-nominated films to life.

Through AB Sutton Design, she helps businesses build clear identities using workflows that actually work: brand strategy, digital marketing, visual design, and the project management to make it all happen on time. More recently, she's gone deep into human-AI collaboration as a daily practice, building products like Carrierfile and designing workflows that keep people in control. What connects all of it: Anna builds things that help people see their own context more clearly and make better choices about the tools, systems, and environments they work in.

  • Building digital products and tools with a focus on usability and clarity.

    • Custom websites

    • Shopify / Squarespace

    • Mobile app design & prototype

    • Integrations

    • Vibecoding

    • AI memory systems

  • Shaping how a business looks, feels, and is recognized.

    • Identity design

    • Art direction

    • Graphic design

    • Illustration

    • Photo retouching

  • Defining what a business says and how it reaches people.

    • Copywriting & voice

    • Email marketing

    • Digital & print advertising

    • Social media

    • Content strategy

  • Making creative work run smoothly and ship on time.

    • Project management

    • Creative team leadership

    • Workflow design

    • Ecommerce / POS

    • RFP management

  • Hands-on work across physical and digital mediums.

    • Stop-motion animation painting

    • Soft goods patterning & prototyping

    • Leather goods

    • Small-batch manufacturing

    • Hand painting & drawing