Meet Brian Tell
Author and illustrator of Just Cloud Shapes™ and the creator of the Skysternauts™.
One sky, a thousand right answers
Brian built Just Cloud Shapes™ around a simple idea: when kids look at clouds, there's no single correct answer. One child sees a dinosaur, another sees a rabbit, another sees a spaceship, and that difference is the whole point.
The books, games and missions all come back to the same question he wants every kid to hear: what does it look like to you? His hope is simple. Kids look up from their screens, head outside, and come back with ideas that are all their own.
A storyteller in every format
Brian has spent his career telling stories, in ads, on screen and on stage. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Copywriter & strategist
More than 20 years in advertising, writing and planning campaigns for Fortune 500 brands. He studied copywriting at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Screenwriter
Nationally recognized in screenwriting competitions, and trained with Writing Pad LA.
Songwriter & musician
Fifteen years as a working musician and songwriter in bands in New York City and Austin, with live TV performances along the way. He creates the original music in Just Cloud Shapes™ videos.
Improviser
Trained in improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade, where "yes, and" is a lot like looking at clouds: every idea gets to grow.
Dreamtune Stories
Just Cloud Shapes™ is a Dreamtune Stories production, Brian's family storytelling studio. Dreamtune makes the books, the cloud games, the printable missions and the music, all with the same goal: stories that send kids outside to look up.
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