Grow Brave Studios

Give yourBody of Work
full expression.

You already have the gold! Bring your ideas, data, and deep expertise, and we'll breathe life into it, giving your audience an unforgettable experience.

A solo studio, augmented by AI. Human taste answers for the work.

About the studio

Grow Brave Studios is a one-person studio powered by human direction and AI leverage.

It is led by Jacqueline du Plessis, bringing 15 years of experience in brand Creative Direction, Marketing Direction, and Business Advisory grounded in Psychology, now augmented with AI tools to give your work its fullest expression.

While AI shortens the distance between raw substance and a fully realized product, what it cannot replace is taste, nuance, and absolute accountability for the final output.

Body of work

Live, public, and made here.

Every one of these was built solo, with AI in the loop and a human deciding what it should be.

Data visualisation · Concept study

The shape of what they're saying

A living map of what a company's customers actually say, built from their public reviews and testimonials. Every phrase people really used, clustered by theme and connected where they overlap. Drag any point, zoom in, follow a thread.

Five hundred reviews nobody had time to read, in one picture.

Made unprompted for a wellbeing app from public ratings and published testimonials, as an independent study. Not commissioned, no affiliation. Named on request.

Live data · South Africa

ZA Fuel Price Tracker

Prices scattered across five sites and always slightly out of date. Now cross checked, current, and forecast a cycle ahead.

Forecast · Cape Town

Cape Town Washing Line

A small domestic problem solved properly. Global forecast data read down to one useful answer: the best day to hang your washing.

Audio & web · Music

frequenXYZ

A full production pipeline built solo. Artist identity, audio, visuals and a site designed to absorb weekly releases without being rebuilt.

Web template · Resume

Your Intelligence File

A CV as a declassified dossier. One HTML file, no build step, light and dark, filled in by handing an AI your LinkedIn PDF. Deployed on Cloudflare Pages.

Extension · Chromium

Fine Print Sentinel

Scans Terms and Privacy pages before you sign up and flags the clauses worth a second look: content licensing grabs, forced arbitration, auto renewal. Runs entirely in your browser.

Coming to GitHub

Software · Custom

Brave Accounting

Started because the software kept getting more expensive and still did not fit. Accounting and client records in one place, built once, owned outright.

In development

Interactive · Probability

Keep Rolling

An interactive simulator that runs a probability mechanic thousands of times over so you can see, not just be told, how the odds actually play out.

Coming soon

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Apply for a studio build slot.

Tell us what you've built and what you want to create next. We review every application to ensure your assets are prepped, your scope is clear, and the studio is the right fit before scheduling a call.

Studio note: we only build from clear assets and established direction. Applications with no scope locked down are referred to The Brave Advisory rather than scheduled.

Unsure of your next move?

If you need strategy, direction, or want to map out an unformed concept before building, we offer paid strategy and visioning sessions through our advisory practice.

Book a paid strategy session at The Brave Advisory