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spring 2024 For this assignment, I decided to do some allegorical drawings that would represent the three ideas. They ended up being fairly gratuitous illustrations of women in various states… Read more: blog assignment #8

spring 2024 For my jersey redesign, I chose to focus on Hispanic Heritage Month. I took inspiration from Oaxacan Alebrijes, which are brightly colored, intricately patterned carvings of animals or… Read more: blog assignment #7

spring 2024 I decided to make a mural out of my mom’s colored-pencil drawings. A nice opportunity to practice masking in Photoshop too.

spring 2024 For this assignment, I chose to do Dick’s, mostly because I like their colors. To be honest, I’ve never eaten at Dick’s. But it does smell very good… Read more: blog assignment #5

spring 2024 We started off with an idea for a more subdued, drama-driven story-line involving a couple who had recently broken up and were meeting at a park to return… Read more: blog assignment #4

spring 2024 If I had $25,000 to just throw around (am I an amphetamine-fueled blue-chip trader in this scenario? I’ll also have to assume here that my possession of this… Read more: blog assignment #3

spring 2024 This is the new Stanley 32oz. Olympic Pupper Bowl. Our target demographic for this bowl will be 30-something upwardly-mobile hipsters who say things like “I just thought the… Read more: blog assignment #2

Spring 2024 The design systems websites I visited were: Apple’s human interface guidelines Adobe’s spectrum GitLab’s pajamas The Guardian’s digital design system And here’s what I learned: 1) The Guardian… Read more: blog assignment #1

winter 2024 My Illustrator files differed from my hand drawn thumbnails quite a bit. I think “playful” is my favorite. Order: Increase: Bold Congested Tension Playful

winter 2024 For this blog, I documented my making of a protest poster for our Color Theory class.

winter 2024 The Converse [Blank] Canvas sneakers make their wearer impervious to creative doubt. As soon as you put them on, you start to believe that you can produce even… Read more: blog assignment #8

winter 2024 My scene was built around this gray Target stoneware that my apartment has a bizarre abundance of. It’s not like we bought a set. I think that different… Read more: blog assignment #7

winter 2024 Here are the 2024 Super Bowl commercials I watched: T Mobile does Flashdance in a total non-sequitur of celebrity nostalgia Budweiser once again leverages its giant horses to… Read more: blog assignment #6

winter 2024 10 ideas for a personal project: Learning how to screen print An ad/PSA campaign for the Seattle Public Library, “Read and Be Free” A how-to book about drawing… Read more: blog assignment #5

I decided to create an immersive scmaltz vortex for Valentine’s Day. I figured the expression of this holiday should be at least as nauseating as the holiday itself. I was… Read more: Adobe Aero card

winter 2024 Background This was an assignment for our History of Design course last quarter. The assignment was to choose either a book cover, album cover, or poster to redesign.… Read more: blog assignment #4

I used to make fun of Settlers of Catan. I called it a “wheat trading” game. I played it once years ago and found it about as fun as actually… Read more: blog assignment #3

For this project, my group decided to look at several branches of the Seattle Public Library. Our panels would consist of library information, history, way-finding, events at the library, and… Read more: AR Panels

winter quarter Tools I have: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. I was able to develop these skills working at Sky Printing. There’s always more to discover, but I feel pretty… Read more: blog assignment #2

winter quarter Playing Frisbee with a cat at a park That was the one I chose to do. I imagined a low angle shot of a cat leaping up to… Read more: blog assignment # 1

I had this idea a while back. I wanted to make a motion-animated GIF of a hand holding a phone and thumb-scrolling across the screen, but the only thing that… Read more: AR Poster

What is it? An app that lets you preview tattoos on your body. How does it work? You can use one of InkHunter’s free designs and see what it looks… Read more: InkHunter App Review

Direct To Garment printing What it is So Direct To Garment printing is pretty cool. DTG printing uses special inks to print right on to a piece of clothing. Why… Read more: blog assignment #7

I hate to be a contrarian (actually I love it), but I’m not sure people are the best judges of their own individual uniqueness or value. I say this because… Read more: blog assignment #6

My letter was U.

I’ve always wanted to live in Japan. Not just visit. I mean live there. I’m fascinated by Japanese culture and history. In my own work, I’ve appropriated so much from… Read more: blog assignment #4

I’ll be honest, I struggled with this assignment. It wasn’t that the app was hard to use, although I did have a few failed attempts. It’s just that I’m not… Read more: new media assignment #2

JUMP TO SOLUTION The prompt: Design an 18×24 poster for hip-hop artist Mavi appearing at the Capitol Hill Block Party To my delight and surprise, I was assigned an artist… Read more: new media assignment #1