sunlit december

portfolio work

Magazine Teaser

10:31 AM




MAGAZINE TEASER
DESCRIPTION:
A magazine I'm designing, art directing, organizing from scratch.
The following above are teasers.

Garden

11:53 PM



GARDEN POSTER
DESCRIPTION:
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,—
One clover, and a bee,
And revery.
The revery alone will do
If bees are few.
- Emily Dickinson

My interpretation of the word "garden"... it's not the neat tidy rows, but a place where anything imaginable can be found.

Intrapresa

7:12 AM



Intrapresa Magazine Ad
CLIENT: Intrapresa
DESCRIPTION: Make a magazine ad. Given text.
CHALLENGE: Embodying the company which seemed more classic and traditional along with trying to embody the sense of "emotional" design that my company Essedicom holds.

Golden View Open Bar

7:05 AM



Golden View Open Bar Web Mockups
CLIENT: Golden View Open Bar
DESCRIPTION: Given Logo and a general color scheme. Menu had already been made - wanted a website that could be paired with it.
CHALLENGE: Logo's not the prettiest object to work with, so I only used part of it. Tried to create something appealing to the general audience, through colors and an easier navigation. Old website found here.

Freemax

6:52 AM





Freemax Logo Proposals
CLIENT: Freemax
DESCRIPTION: Given color palette and little character. Play with elements to create a logo.
CHALLENGE: Logo design. Always a challenge.

PRIMIGI

7:24 AM



PRIMIGI Shoe Display
CLIENT: PRIMIGI
DESCRIPTION: Window display for their stores throughout in certain stores in Italy
CHALLENGE: A window display using only cardboard as the material for eco-friendliness purposes. Exhibition Design. Thinking in 3D has always been a challenge from me ever since DES 185, I’ve realized it’s a whole different level of design creative thinking.

I Love Java

4:29 PM



I Love Java
CLIENT: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESCRIPTION: Logo Design + animated banner for facebook. Facebook page located here: I <3 Java
CHALLENGE: After familiarizing myself with Aftereffects from the previous project. My challenge to myself was to have a lot of fun with this one to reflect the strong fan base of Java Lovers.

MySQL

3:56 PM


MySQL
CLIENT: Sun Microsytems
DESCRIPTION: Animated banner for facebook. Facebook page located here: MySQL
CHALLENGE: Self teaching myself Adobe Aftereffects. Creating something exciting and interesting while still adhering to Sun Brand

9:54 AM



Corine
GROUP: Co/lab: Collective Laboratory
DESCRIPTION: Step One: Lex takes photos of everyone. Step two: Choose a photo and make it your own. Final Product: (Photos later)
CHALLENGE: Taking an art piece, bringing it on the computer, and making it into a graphic design product. More to manipluate later.

"Zueignung" Bands at DeAnza

10:02 PM









"ZUEIGNUNG" BANDS AT DEANZA
CLIENT: Elizabeth Sava
DESCRIPTION: Given the cover design and font choice. Executed CD album design basing it off the cover art. Includes insert, CD tray, and CD.
CHALLENGE: Unique look. Fitting all the information on without breaking the cohesive and conservative look.

Fusion '08

9:46 PM






FUSION 08
CLIENT: UCSD MASA & 220
DESCRIPTION: Branding the identity of an annual hip hop competition hosted down in UCSD.
CHALLENGE: Creating an identity that was satisfactory to a group of 20 people and embraced everything they embodied in this competition.

FiberScape

9:14 PM




FIBERSCAPE
CLIENT: Adele Zhang
DESCRIPTION: Postcard for a textiles exhibition that my fashion teacher showcased her textiles work in.
CHALLENGE: Creating something simple yet still beautiful.

Ex Libris

10:33 PM



Ex Libris
CLASS: History of Design
DESCRIPTION:Creating an Ex Libris in a historical style. This specific style is Art Nouveau.

Movie Poster

2:27 PM



In the Time of the Butterflies
CLASS: Message Campaign
DESCRIPTION:Movie is about the struggle of 3 strong women nicknamed "Las Mariposas" (butterflies)and their fight against a dictator government of the Dominican Republic in the 1900's.


CAMPUS REC GUIDE - SPRING 2008
CLIENT: Campus Recreation Graphics at University of California, Davis
DESCRIPTION: 54 page guide distributed to the UC Davis Campus population along with the Davis Community. Used my template from the previous guide. Cover Photo taken by me.



EVENTS AND CONFERENCING BROCHURE
CLIENT: Campus Recreation Graphics at University of California, Davis
DESCRIPTION: Professional brochure given out to seek potential clients to use the events and conferencing rooms.



CAMPUS REC GUIDE - WINTER 2008
CLIENT: Campus Recreation Graphics at University of California, Davis
DESCRIPTION: 54 page guide distributed to the UC Davis Campus population along with the Davis Community.

Sea Maiden

1:39 PM



Sea Maiden
CLASS: Fashion Drawing
MEDIA:Experimental. Watercolor and a gold metallic pen.
CHALLENGE: Dealing with a medium that I had very little control over compared to having full control on the computer.

UCDMC flyer

2:24 PM




UCDMC Fitness Center Schedule Flyer
CLIENT: Campus Recreation Graphics at University of California, Davis
DESCRIPTION: Schedule for the Fitness Center at University of California, Davis Medical Center

Eco Fashion

12:18 AM



Luxury Eco
CLASS: Fashion Drawing
MEDIA:Experimental. Watercolor and vector art. Body of vector base from istockphotos. Designer: Linder Loudermilk. Dress rendered by me.
CHALLENGE: Choosing the topic of promoting Eco Fashion and attempting to create an ad that would tie together message of the beauty of green design and fashionable clothing.

Sea Nettle

5:35 PM


Sea Nettle
CLASS: Fashion Drawing
MEDIA:White charcoal pencil and white gouche.
DESCRIPTION:Free form fashion piece

Expression

11:31 AM



EXPRESSION: DANCE WEAR
CLASS: Fashion Drawing
MEDIA: Gouche
DESCRIPTION: Creating a line for the general public. In this case, for the dance world. Creating an alternative form of dress to the black leotard and pink tights.

Lanvin Spring 2007

3:40 AM



LANVIN SPRING COLLECTION 07
CLASS: Fashion Drawing
MEDIA: Gouche

NASCAR VIP Photo Pass

4:01 AM


NASCAR VIP PHOTO PASS
CLIENT: RacingOne, NASCAR
EMPLOYER: Printroom
DESCRIPTION: VIP Photo Pass given to people at NASCAR events.
CHALLENGE: Two day turn around time.

American Idol

11:53 AM



AMERICAN IDOL LANDING PAGE
CLIENT: American Idol, Fremantle Media
EMPLOYER: Printroom
DESCRIPTION: Where Photographers upload their images onto Printroom's servers and customers (the singers auditioning for American Idol) will come to to order prints and other products with official American Idol Merchandise
CHALLENGE: One week turn around time for the full package - Photo Passes, templates, and site.







AMERICAN IDOL VIP PHOTO PASS
CLIENT: American Idol, Fremantle Media
EMPLOYER: Printroom
DESCRIPTION: VIP Photo Pass given out to people participating in the audition process for American Idol Season 7 in 2008.
CHALLENGE: One week turn around time for the full package - Photo Passes, templates, and site.


(More work to come.)

ARC Disply Cases

1:10 PM

THIS COULD BE YOU
CLIENT:
Campus Recreation Graphics at University of California, Davis
DESCRIPTION: Activities and Recreation Center Display Cases.
Graphic display, showing the different programs of Campus Recreation

NIRSA Basketball

2:05 PM


NIRSA BASKETBALL 2007
CLIENT: Campus Recreation Graphics at University of California, Davis
DESCRIPTION: Logo Design, Information Packets, Directional Signs, Welcome Banners, Flyers and Award Plaque Design

Try Before You Buy

2:01 PM



TRY BEFORE YOU BUY 2007
CLIENT:
Activities and Recreation Center at University of California, Davis
DESCRIPTION: Logo Design, Brochure and Flyer Design


Overall look development for the Fitness and Wellness Center of Campus Recreation at the University of California, Davis. (2006-2007)

California Route 66 Museum

1:52 PM

Logo development, business application design, poster and catalog design for the California Route 66 Museum. DES 116 (2007). (Image above is parts of the whole project.)

Being showcased in the Design Museum at the University of California, Davis. April 2-15, 2007.

Business Card

5:19 PM


Final business card design. (2007)

Type Matters

4:58 PM



Part of my final type project for DES 115 (2006). Starting with the restrictions of only using 9 point font, regular Futura, we had to create 9 layouts a week and each week we were given more and more freedom. Above is samples of weeks where we had the least amount of restrictions so my mind was free to create what it pleased. Overall it was a fun quarter long exercise that demonstrated that you could do many things even with many restrictions.

Smile

4:42 PM


Final type poster representing myself.

Home Sweet Home

3:59 PM

Type poster depicting what I embody as my home. The design is based off of the collage I created on my wall back home - a collage of different pictures, pieces of art work I did, and postcards and gifts from all over the world. Home is my collection of memories. Created for DES 116 (2006)

Mystic Dwellings

3:37 PM

Color Triptych for DES 113 (2006). Took 3 seperate images and made them work together as one series.

Photographs were not taken by me.

Duck Crossing

3:33 PM


Black and white montage for DES 113 (2006). Combinations of images that I took while traveling through the East Coast and Europe.

Portrait Shot

3:13 PM


Beauty portrait shot. Another photograph developed the old fashioned way. (2006)

I Dream

3:04 PM


Old fashioned film photography. Developed myself with the traditional photo paper and all. It was a summer to remember.
Model: Alice

Delicate

2:49 PM

Digital black and white photograph for my photography class. Originally taken in color, uploaded on photoshop, grayscaled and edited to bring out rich blacks and whites.

Dedicated to Eiffel Gustave

12:49 AM

A larger collage poster for my DES 16 class. (2006) The project was to choose a literature/art genius who has already passed away and create a photoshop collage poster honoring the creative mind's work.