Maven "Ray" J. Grant

Most of the projects I work on (especially indie or passion-led ones) are zero-budget, and I understand that. I’m always open to collaborating on free projects if I connect with the story, characters, or message. That said, I do ask for clarity, commitment, and mutual respect from the start. My time and creative energy matter, and I’ve learned from past experiences that I can’t afford to put everything into a project that isn’t being taken seriously.  For projects with a budget, we’ll talk rates based on scope, timeline, and workload. I’m flexible and reasonable, but I also value fairness. If your project has a strong vision, a solid plan, and a team that communicates well (paid or not), I want to hear about it.

Fair pay for fair work! That’s the motto.

You know… I’ve spent a long time feeling like I didn’t belong. Like I was too weird, too emotional, too different, like I had to fit into a mold that was never made for me. People looked at my passion and told me to tone it down. They looked at my dreams and called them unrealistic. They looked at my heart and said it was too much. But here’s the thing: I’m still here, and I’m still dreaming.

I want to build something that outlives me. Something that means something. And I can’t do that alone. I’m looking for artists, dreamers, storytellers, the misfits, the outcasts, the ones who’ve been told they don’t belong or allowed to play by the rules, then make up the rules... I want to work with people who’ve felt visible and invisible, who’ve been laughed at or pushed aside. Even if you aren't those people, then I'll take the ones with trembling voices and burning hearts. The ones who never stopped imagining something greater, even when the world told them to give up. If that’s you? You’re exactly who I want to build with. I'm going to be honest: I don’t care if you’re experienced or just starting out, what I care about is that you’re real. That you’re hungry. That you want to make something meaningful, something that matters. Something bigger than yourself. If you’ve ever felt like you had to shrink yourself to survive, I want you to know that you don’t have to change who you are to be accepted.

You don’t need permission to dream big, do you want to know why? No one gets to tell you how to live your life, no one gets to decide your worth. You have the right to stand tall and create without limits.
This is a movement.

A movement built by those of us who were counted out and kept and keep going anyway because we’re here to stand out.

We’re here to make history.

Together, we rise.