Too Gallus

Too Gallus - Striving for Success Barrington is the creative director of the award-winning Glasgow creative agency Too Gallus, he talks us through his career journey from exam struggles at sc...

New chocolate orange campaign for our faves at - can’t wait to see this one in the wild

Sometimes you just have to go with it ✨

Stoked to have been able contribute to such an amazing project.

Elation, highs, lows, tension, drama -
done an incredible job of showing just what a pressure cooker the fashion industry can be.

Huge props to them and the boys at for an insane journey.

Big up .land for his VFX and first movie credit

That’s showbiz baby

Scottish women’s business awards with

Scrapbook, late 90s - 2000s.

Never ceases to remind me of summer days spent by borders books with the goths, skating by Clyde side and hitting gigs at SECC to see the likes of Korn, slipknot, the offspring, Manson and limp Bizkit.

No doubt this style has made a huge wave back into popular culture, manifesting it’s self in the recently popular “Gorpcore” trend. Signified by tighter fit, more cropped tops, baggy and oversized cargos / jeans, utility shoes and accessoried with caps, beanies, goggles and retro sunglasses. Might even dig out my old oakleys at this rate.

Got memories of this time?

World mental health day.

While this photo might not look particularly dramatic it was taken at one of the lowest points of my life.

There’s often little said about the stresses and pressures of running your own business, especially at a young age. You see the highlights, the fun days, the shoots, the events, the awards, the new business. And that certainly is part of it.

On social media you see a very curated, specially chosen and crafted identity, a brand.

What you don’t see is insurmountable pressure, the stress of constantly having to keep up, to spin 5 plates at once - all the time, knowing that every move you make and everything you do is criticised.

You don’t see the disappointment, lost contracts, fractured relationships, the waking up at 3am worrying about everything, if you even manage to sleep at all. Add on top of this The want to do the best by everyone who relies on you and you have a recipe for a very volatile lifestyle.

To combat how I was feeling I was going out and doing virtually anything unhealthy to distract myself from how I was feeling rather than dealing with my problems face on. But when I did deal with them properly by getting progressional help, everything started to get better.

It took me a long time to pick myself up from where I was in this photo and get to where I am now, and there’s still a long way to go. Not every day is a great day but the good out number the bad now.

So for anyone out there who is trying the self-employed / founder / freelancer life - if you find it tough just know you aren’t alone, and if you ever need to chat my inbox is open,

From someone who’s been there.

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Choosing colours for a brand is always one of the hardest parts. Having an adaptable and flexible palette backed up with beautiful paper stocks makes the job that bit easier though.

Branding for while we pick her perfect palette using

Our new identity for Travel was about creating a fresh, ownable and recognisable brand style. Combining fresh imagery and a brand tool kit inspired by travel cues such as boarding cards, luggage tags and departure boards.

We equipped trtl with a new logo, brand position, strategy, copywriting and imagery, as well as supporting with website design guidelines.

Our rebrand for was about creating clean utilitarian design, as sleek and functional as their bags.

Using militaristic type blended with structured typographic grids allowed us to create an flexible and adaptable identity with a no nonsense approach.

All underpinned with their stunning brand orange

3D cgi campaign work for 🌞

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Our identity for Hancock seeks to mirror the garments utilitarian functionality, a modern interpretation of essential garments with an identity to match. All starting with a change of name from Hancock of Scotland, to Hancock Studios, for their diffusion line.

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Glasgow identity 👟

Shot by

.pri shot for
Largo sling campaign

Live and direct from this weekend 🚀

On Saturday I’ll be hosting an industry talk about design in the music industry with bosslady Cat.

On Sunday myself and man like will be shelling it down on the stage.

Come say hi

Nights that didn’t feel real on 35mm
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Going nuts on some creative campaign ideas for our squirrel friends

You know what time it is