Jared Polin got his start as a photographer at thirteen years old before working his way up to photograph musicians and bands for Rolling Stone and Spin Magazine along with professional sports. Eight years ago he started his website Fro Knows Photo to generate more work leads, but it has since grown into a successful business complete with employees and…

Sam is a busy photographer who is spending more and more of his time these days teaching and mentoring other photographers through his online tutorials and workshops. In a Q&A with Re:Create, he told us he runs all aspects of his business on the internet. Sam launched his Patreon feed just over a year ago and now has 900+ patrons…

Sarah Loch’s introduction to fanfiction was through the Netflix show Supernatural. “I don’t remember what led me to the first Supernatural fanfiction, I just know that it didn’t take long before I was well and truly hooked,” she said. After binge-watching the TV show on Netflix, she discovered fanfiction as an opportunity to consume more of her favorite content, characters…

Think about the TV series you just binge watched, or a book series you recently finished reading. Have you ever wished that your favorite stories would keep continuing? Thanks to fanfiction, they can. Fanfiction allows people to channel their creativity and use their love for a particular story to create new connections to a creator’s content. Some fanfiction picks up…

Mary Elizabeth Milbrand got her start in fashion design and personal styling, earning a degree from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles. But a newfound passion for interior design paired with the accessibility and ease of online video, catapulted Mary Elizabeth into a YouTube success story. Mary Elizabeth calls home makeovers her “sweet spot” when…

From an early age, Jake Roper knew he wanted to express himself. But he wanted more than the traditional creative mediums to convey his personality. “I was never really good at painting, animating, or photography. I like telling stories with 24 frames a second instead of just one,” he said. It was through film and digital media that Jake began…

When Elisa Kreisinger felt that the media she consumed was not giving proper attention to women and the LGBT community, she took matters into her own hands. Known as “Pop Culture Pirate,” Elisa began creating feminist video mashups of pop culture, using clips from shows such as “Mad Men” and “Sex In The City” to reinvent them into a different narrative…

Inspired by curiosity, self-discovery and a passion for remixing music, Riobamba has transformed from an online DJ to a renowned performer and producer. She credits her success over a span of just seven years to the democratizing effects of the internet which has increased access to her music and fostered a connection with other musicians for collaboration and re-creation. Sara…

As a high school student in 1999, Eddie was ahead of his time. While the internet was fairly young, he understood that technology could bring tremendous opportunity to himself and his classmates, if they were only allowed access. Now a YouTube star, he credits where he is today to a pivotal moment from his teenage years, when his school administration…

Complex started as a print magazine covering youth culture, style and hip hop but in 2012, a “let’s just see how it goes” decision to start a broadcast program ended up becoming a game-changing decision. Today, Complex is a booming online media platform with an online news site and YouTube channels that reach over 120 million people — all while…