Founded in 2014, ThinkDope is a creative art education & inspiration resource. Our goal is to inspire, educate, and develop young creative minds with content such as tutorials, inspirational galleries, profiles and features on successful creatives, resource guides, and more.
The ThinkDope initiative comes out of love for art as creative professionals. We want to provide the help and guidance that some of us didn’t have the opportunity to receive starting out our careers. We believe art entertains, brings people together, and changes lives in addition to helping talented creatives earn a living.
The Council
The Council is our all-star team made up of both experienced and uprising stars in their respective industries responsible for the original content, approval of inspiration, and ThinkDope ventures.
Garett Southerton
Garett Southerton works as a web & graphic designer, audio engineer, writer, and brand consultant with clients from all over the world. He runs a design & recording studio and has a passion for all things art in addition to helping others learn how to create.
Iain Meddicks
Iain Meddicks is a father, husband and music industry entrepreneur from Glasgow, Scotland. He is the founder of CrazyPellas Music Community and SendBeatsTo and has a passion for web technologies.
Juelz
Juelz is an artist that specializes in traditional arts such as drawing and painting while gathering her inspiration from life’s occurrence. Juelz also loves to perfect bakery confections and hopes to bring the feeling of art others.
Julian Keaton
Julian Keaton is an artist and entrepreneur responsible for motivating his Stereo Assault team to produce and write the best urban culture journalism and media content possible. He also manages hip-hop acts J’Demul, Souls of Liberty and MME.
Ken Walsh
Ken Walsh is an entrepreneur from Long Island, New York. He is an aspiring writer and producer with a passion for hip hop and beats with banging bass. When not hard at work Ken is usually vibing out to some tunes or killing it on xbox live.
Jermarco Britton
Co-Founder of Blue Light Underground, Jermarco serves the creative community as a radio personality, blogger, and artist in areas such as St. Louis and New Orleans. He strives to lead this generation into making advancements in the arts and entertainment fields.
Staff Writers
Our Staff Writers are talented writers who love art and help keep our website full of interesting and helpful original content to read!
Alex Wolfe
Alex Wolfe is an Accounting/Information Systems major at Texas Tech University. When he’s not busy with school, he enjoys playing outside with his dog and gaming on Xbox One. He has a huge interest in mobile devices and future technology.
We’re looking to add to our council and staff writing team. Would you like to be apart of ThinkDope? Contact us today to apply!