Recycle

Program used:

• Adobe Illustrator

Created for:

• Design class at Seattle University

For this project we were asked to create a textless advertisement for some type of conservation act. In this poster I illustrate how clear-cutting, rather than recycling used materials to be used again, causes our cities to decline, while recycling products and leaving the forests alone allows our own cities to thrive. Being responsible for our waste by using and reusing, rather than the constant use - trash mentality, allows our surroundings to prosper.

Imogen

Program used:

• Adobe Photoshop

Created for:

• Photoshop class

The project was to creat a 1960s style poster announcing a modern band at a venue. I chose Imogen Heap, a UK artist, because she puts most of her music together by herself. She does vocals, synch, string, piano, odd-sound recording (she once recorded the 'whooshing' sound of the bellows in an old organ for one of her pieces) and puts them all together. She even does pieces on stage live-mixing all of the sounds and parts together. Because of her funky style and eccentricity I felt she was a great artist to do a "flower-child" 60s poster for. The colors I chose as a base were brown and rose, with tints and shades, because they are soft and subtle but speak to the 60s styling. The image of Imogen herself I illustrated from a photograph which I came across on her website and found to be perfect for this project. The feathers, flower, and wild hair (though not as wild as illustrated) mixed well with the smooth colors. The coincidental moment was when I read that she was preforming on the 10th of November that year (2009), just weeks after I designed the poster, though she was playing at the Fillmore in San Francisco rather than the Metro in New York. Not all that exciting, but it was pretty neat at the time.

Tosetto

Program used:

• Adobe Illustrator

Created for:

• Tosetto Vintners (fic)

I created this poster advertising a wine event to accompany my logo and labels for a fictitious winery. After spending a day wine tasting in Amador County, California, I got the idea for the logo, which led to wine labels, which led to this poster.

Escher

Program used:

• Adobe Photoshop

Created for:

• Photoshop class

The project was to take a well known painting or drawing and bring it into the 21st century. I have always admired M.C. Escher for his view on life and attention to detail. When looking for an image for this project it only seemed right to chose one of his drawings. I chose this image because I knew it could be interesting bringing it to life in the 21st century. Originally, the drawing was unusual because it was two hands drawing each other on paper; here they are drawing each other on a tablet. I couldn't help but add the usual desk clutter seen today: CD's (though not so much now, 3 years later), a cup of coffee, and an iPod. The song I have on the iPod is "Nature Boy" by Nat King Cole which topped the charts the year Escher drew this image.

SU Foreign Language Poster

Program used:

• Adobe Illustrator

Created for:

• The Foreign Language department at Seattle University

For this project I wanted to use aspects of what is traditionally "Berlin" to create an advertising poster to be paired with the brochure for the Seattle University Foreign Language study abroad program to Berlin. The program was for students to spend 2 weeks in Berlin living at the local University, studying art, imagery, design, sculpture, fashion, and anything else they could get their eyes on. In a city rich with culture and history it is difficult not to find something fascinating to look at. For this poster I chose colors which are seen on the Berlin wall as well as those seen in the national flag of Germany. These colors paired with the winding streets and the cityscape of Berlin come together to illustrate the city in a small amount of space.

Adelaide

Program used:

• Adobe Illustrator

Created for:

• Personal project

Before becoming really interested in graphic design I had an interest in art. My mother is an illustrator and artist and my father is an inventor. With these two sides of my life I had a focus in the arts from a young age. Ever since I first saw the Taittinger champagne advertisement featuring Grace Kelly I wanted to be able to create art like it. Much later in life, as I was teaching myself Adobe Illustrator, I decided to do my own version of the Taittinger poster while learning about gradient mesh. Through this experience I learned more than just gradient mesh, but also more about the styles and forms of the age of the silver screen, one which I have always found beautiful and fascinating.

Urban Exodus

Program used:

• Adobe Photoshop

Created for:

• Personal project

A digital interpretation of a poem I read by Ashley Hennefer, one of my fellow high school graduates. When I first read her poem, Urban Exodus, I had images going through my head which I had to get down into a stable form. After sketching for hours I finally moved onto creating this photo-manipulation to illustrate some of what I saw when reading her poem: the dark and rainy city streets as the young woman moves toward a dream of her love on a beach. This piece was featured in the Brushfire Literary & Art Journal at University of Nevada, Reno.