UPDATED 08.26.25 @ 10:14PM Following up on:zora is for gridsA visual studyhttps://paragraph.comVertical lines appear thinner than horizontal lines of the same weight. This makes 9:16 feel tall. Weird tall. In person, on 55"+ displays, it's impressive. It also works well for mobile; we know this because of short-form social media. It displays relatively large. The digital flexibility is worth pushing past reels and vidz. Jpg+gif 9:16 is a massive creative opportunity. I think it's a pathway fo...

UPDATED 08.26.25 @ 10:14PM Following up on:zora is for gridsA visual studyhttps://paragraph.comVertical lines appear thinner than horizontal lines of the same weight. This makes 9:16 feel tall. Weird tall. In person, on 55"+ displays, it's impressive. It also works well for mobile; we know this because of short-form social media. It displays relatively large. The digital flexibility is worth pushing past reels and vidz. Jpg+gif 9:16 is a massive creative opportunity. I think it's a pathway fo...

This image is so disturbing. I feel like I pulled off what I was going for and more, considering how it displays in different formats. Like the cover image for this post. Or a square, or pfp. Zora is an interesting arena because on profiles, images display in squares on web and natural-ratio on mobile. I'm pressure testing the 9:16 canvas, trying to optimize for multiple formats. This one will be cool on zora, but it won't work as a pfp. Next image on zora will optimize for all 3. It's worth ...

This image is so disturbing. I feel like I pulled off what I was going for and more, considering how it displays in different formats. Like the cover image for this post. Or a square, or pfp. Zora is an interesting arena because on profiles, images display in squares on web and natural-ratio on mobile. I'm pressure testing the 9:16 canvas, trying to optimize for multiple formats. This one will be cool on zora, but it won't work as a pfp. Next image on zora will optimize for all 3. It's worth ...