Adam Gurski Creative — AI Educator · Web & Software Developer · Petersburg, IL

I teach it.
I build it.
I ship it.

Currently teaching

I teach businesses how to use AI, build websites that ship, and write software that kills busywork — start to finish, just me. As heard on NPR Illinois. Adam Gurski · AI Educator & Builder · Petersburg, IL

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

"A lot of people actually have the data — what AI helps them do is put structure to it."

Adam Gurski on Community Voices with Randy Eccles — NPR Illinois, June 2026
Listen · 17 min Also: Greater Springfield Chamber member news · July 2026
§ 01 01 Story

I build things. I read the room. I shoot.

What I'm really good at is catching the moment.

The right song under a meal. The right record for the room. A frame that makes you lean in. It's the same thing every time — listen, choose, deliver.

Restaurants taught me the pace. A room moves faster than one person, so you learn to hold what everybody needs and your own next move at the same time. I did that nightly for fifteen years.

Trade work taught me patience. Most of it is repetition, and I came to like it — headphones in, podcasts on, learning while my hands stay busy. What I really chase is the problem-solving. I won't put a problem down until I've got it.

The camera came later. The AI tools came after that. Midjourney, Kling, Flux, Nano Banana, Seedance, ComfyUI, custom LoRAs — they're just tools. Most people come to me with a piece of an idea. I find the moment in it and build everything else around it until it works.

Adam Gurski.

The discipline

Listen. Choose. Deliver.
Same thing whether it's a dinner rush, a rebuild, or a final cut.

The work

Films, photos, sites, moments.
Music videos. Brand films. Campaign stills. Live visuals. Album art. Websites.

The finish

Shoot. Grade. Generate.
I build every frame — I don't just capture it.

§ 02 02 Work reel

Nine pieces. Proof, range, and the new stuff.

Dixon's HVAC service truck in a four-season landscape composite.
Brand film · Dixon's HVACDixon's truck · through the seasonsFour-season treatment, graded end-to-end. Three-year client.
Lucky's on the Square bar interior with Abraham Lincoln figure walking in.
Commercial · Lucky's on the SquareLucky's · Lincoln walks inLocal legend, local bar.
Fatboy Slim Right Here Right Now visual frame — Barrowlands 2026.
Visual · Barrowlands 2026Fatboy Slim · Right Here Right NowPosted to Instagram, picked up for the live show.
Animated DBZ-style bedtime battle between dad and kids.
Personal · animated shortDad vs kids · DBZ bedtime battleMy kids, my house, my power level.
Hand of Fate Brewing Juicy Pale Ale commercial frame over Chicago skyline.
Commercial · Hand of Fate BrewingHand of Fate · Jucy Pale AleScale-play over the Chicago skyline.
Photoreal big-cat transformation — cheetah, tiger, and lion at golden hour, shown from multiple angles.
Generative short · AI cinematographyBig predators · golden-hour savannaCheetah, tiger, lion — multi-angle photoreal.
Desert highway with performance car morphing into the next model.
Personal · AI VFXDesert highway · morph driveOne car becomes the next, and the next — a full lineup of performance machines in a single run.
Macro floral bloom looping animation, ComfyUI output.
Generative loop · ComfyUI + custom LoRAFloral bloom loopMacro bloom, endlessly.
Infinite rainbow flower zoom animation, stained-glass style.
Generative motion · stained-glass styleInfinite rainbow flower zoomZoom that never ends.
§ 03 03 Sites

Sites that ship. Click one — they're live.

Full builds, before-and-afters, and the receipts — in the case studies.

§ 04 04 On the map

Where the work happens. Petersburg to Glasgow.

AI 101 · business owners

Petersburg Chamber of Commerce

The first AI 101 — practical AI for business owners, hosted at Hand of Fate Brewing. The response booked the rest of this map.

February 2026
Two school presentations

PORTA CUSD 202

One for the administration, then invited back for all high-school teachers — AI lesson plans, quizzes, podcasts, even game code, built live.

April & May 2026
Two classes in one day

Athens Municipal Library

10am for seniors, 7pm for the workforce. Folks came in skeptical — left wanting to try it themselves. The library became a paying client after.

May 2026
AI 101 · full room

Lincoln Library — Springfield

Springfield's public library. About twenty people and the kind of Q&A that runs past the hour.

June 2026
The interview

NPR Illinois · 91.9 UIS

Seventeen minutes on Community Voices with Randy Eccles — how local people and businesses can actually use AI.

June 2026 · Listen ↗
AI 101

Chatham Area Public Library

The AI 101 talk on the road again — museum directors and business developers in the seats.

June 2026
Up next

Rochester Public Library

"AI 101 for Everyday Life" — booked for this fall. Your library or chamber could be the next pin.

Upcoming
Client build + AI system

Dixon's Heating & Air — Athens

Three-year client: the site, the photos, the truck film — and the AI estimate system NPR talked about.

dixonsheatingandair.com ↗
Client build + commercial

Lucky's on the Square — Petersburg

A one-page site with its own Lincoln commercial, right on the square.

luckysonthesquare.com ↗
Commercial

Hand of Fate Brewing — Petersburg

The Jucy Pale Ale spot — scale-play over the Chicago skyline. Also the room where the first AI 101 happened.

2026
Client build

Bodacious Beauty Barr — Springfield

Paramedical tattoo studio — careful, warm, booking wired in.

bodaciousbeautybarr.com ↗
AI commercial imagery

Schlafly — St. Louis

AI-enhanced commercial assets for the brewery's bear marketing lineup.

St. Louis, MO
Live show visual

Fatboy Slim — Barrowlands, Glasgow

"Right Here Right Now" visual — posted to Instagram, picked up for the live show.

Barrowlands 2026 · Glasgow, Scotland
The full AI education track
§ 05 05 The stack

The stack.

A / 01
AI education & consulting I teach it, then I build with it.
ai 101 · seven talks
npr illinois · june 2026
schools · libraries · chambers
B / 02
Software & automation Custom tools that kill busywork.
estimates from handwriting
trackers · crms · dashboards
claude · codex · gemini
C / 03
Generative film & motion The newest tools, real output.
midjourney · kling · flux
nano banana · seedance
comfyui · higgsfield · custom loras
D / 04
Web & digital Actually shipped, not just talked about.
html · css · js
netlify · hostinger
three-year client retention
E / 05
Brand film & commercial Concept to final cut.
phone to model
graded end to end
F / 06
Photography It starts with the eye.
1,409 published
8M+ google views
level 7 local guide
§ 06 06 Who I build for

Who I build for.

01 Small business Local trades, storefronts & service fleets Photography, promo video, Google presence.
02 Unions & labor Member stories & organization-wide visuals Portraits, culture work, hype reels.
03 Bars, breweries & hospitality Rooms, menus, brand & commercial spots On-site shoots, label art, commercials.
04 Musicians & live events Bands, shows, tours & nightlife runs Music videos, tour visuals, event reels.
05 Public & civic Libraries, chambers & community programs Speaking, workshops, photo documentation.
06 Artists & collaborators Creators, studios & experimental projects AI-assisted production, generative motion.
§ 07 07 Receipts

Receipts.

1 NPR Illinois feature — Community Voices, June 2026
7 AI talks & trainings across central Illinois — chambers, schools, libraries
8,000,000+ Google photo views
1,409 published photographs
100+ businesses photographed · Google Local Guide · Level 7
3+ years typical client relationship
15 years reading rooms, delivering moments
1 visual picked up by Fatboy Slim for Barrowlands 2026
§ 08 08 Process

How the work gets made.

01 Listen What's the moment? A call, a room, a brief. Finding the thing you haven't put into words yet.
02 Build Storyboard, shoot, generate, draft. Phone to model, Midjourney to Kling, HTML to Netlify. Whatever the moment needs.
03 Grade Shoot. Grade. Generate. Where it all comes together — color, rhythm, type, pace.
04 Ship Files, cuts, pages, live. Netlify, Instagram, projectors, print.
— Booking a few projects · 2026 —

Let's make something good.

adam88gur@gmail.com Petersburg, IL — working everywhere.

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