Friend's work has been used by Sesame Workshop, Nickelodeon, Disney, Saturday Night Live, American Girl, and Cartoon Network. He also designed and directed a short film titled "Moonfishing", part of Heather Henson's HandMade Puppet Dreams series. Friend also created the artwork for several "Sesame Street Online Stories" and E-cards for the Sesameworkshop.org website in 2006.