Graphic Design

These are various examples of design work that I have completed in recent years. Most of the works displayed here are designs that I completed in my previous design roles. The main programs I use for my design work are Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Photoshop. For any illustration work involved, I use Procreate on a Generation 1 iPad pro.

Logo Design

These are various logo and brand design projects made for personal or client use. I research for inspiration and then sketch about 3-5 rough sketches of the logo design based on what the client requests, and also take note of what objects their logo may appear on (e.g. stationery, ad campaigns, decals, etc). I then work with the client to finalize their logo and brand colors that best fit their prompt.

Explore Hyrule Poster Series

For this project, I took inspiration from two of my favorite things: gaming and screenprinted art. I have always admired the National Park posters and wanted to combine the style they use to create their beautiful posters with one of my favorite games, "Breath of the Wild". I went to various locations in the game, took screenshots from different angles, and then sketched out how the posters would look. I then studied how screenprinted or screenprinted-inspired illustrations looked like and how they creatively used limited colors to create full compositions. I then selected limited color palettes containing about 5 or 6 different colors and using similar and/or complementary colors for each poster, then illustrated the compositions with unique lighting using the colors I had.

SCHOOLinSITES Marketing Materials

While I was working at ConnectSuite/SCHOOLinSITES, I created a number of marketing materials to help advertise the CMS product to schools and districts. I was also asked to redesign the website after the mobile app was set to release after A/B testing. I wanted to make the marketing materials cohesive with the website while keeping the blue and red color scheme of the brand. You can preview the website here.

Venom Energy Drink Packaging Design

The motivation to create this packaging design came from a snake skeleton I had illustrated for an art anthology. I had originally wanted to create an alcohol label, but feedback from friends convinced me to change it to an energy drink label. I researched snakes, spiders (specifically the Australian Funneling Spider), and scorpions to sketch out a relatively anatomically accurate skeleton of these animals. I created a custom font for the logo, and I also wanted to make the illustrations, logos, and text imitate a "gold leaf" appearance to make it more vibrant against a darker background.

Apparel Design

These are some examples of apparel designs that I have created. I use Procreate for iPad and Adobe Illustrator to conceptualize and render the designs, and I strive to make the designs high contrast and easily visible against most shirt colors.

Bees Knees Packaging Design

For this project, I set out to create a packaging design for a honey product called "Bees Knees". I drew my main inspiration from common motifs of honey such as honey dippers and honeycomb. The box design itself is hexagonal, while the logo is a stylized and simplified honey dipper that can be used across most media it can be used in while still being recognizable. The packaging design comes with a honey dipper attached to the box. I used a variety of colors for each flavor of honey and added "fun facts" about honey on the top label of the jar to make the product more family friendly. The boxes are also meant to fit snugly with each other similar to a beehive.

Other Design Examples

Web Design/UI Design

UI Design work I did during my time as a Front-end Web Designer at ConnectSuite/SCHOOLinSITES. Since most of our clients were schools and school districts, all website templates that I created were made to appeal to parents and teachers, and also be easy to navigate for students and parents. All examples were created using the ConnectSuite CMS program and furthered customized using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Websites made using ConnectSuite are ADA compliant and mobile friendly.

Illustrations

Examples of illustrations that I have done for client and personal use. I regularly take commissions from clients and work to foster a positive and ongoing relationship to create the best quality work based off of their requests. The programs I use for my illustrations are Procreate and Adobe Photoshop CC. I use a Generation 1 iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

Umbral Wings & Radiant Scales Tarot

A voluntary project that I applied to and was accepted in, the Umbral Wings and Radiant Scales Tarot decks are two different projects that ran in 2020 and 2024 by the same project leads. Both projects comprised of several volunteer artists, where each artist brought their own individual styles to create a full major and minor arcana tarot set that was later printed and sold to any buyers who were interested in this project. The remaining proceeds were then donated to highly rated and credible US charities that were carefully selected by the project leads. These are the illustrations that I contributed to both decks.

Video Editing

Examples of basic video editing that I have done for personal or client use on social media. I have been learning how to do video editing through tutorials and advice from far more experienced video editors. The programs I use are Adobe Premiere Pro and CapCut. These videos are also formatted to be uploaded to TikTok and YouTube shorts.