Design Work

For this project, I designed a multifunctional book that serves as a journal, guide, and flower press. The book features hand-drawn illustrations and hand-lettered elements on the cover, creating a personal and inviting aesthetic. By combining these handmade touches with a functional design, I aimed to create a book that is both visually appealing and practical for everyday use.

For this project, we created five circular icons using a chosen theme, and I selected Myth/Folklore to explore symbolic imagery through stylized designs. I began by researching creatures in library books to inspire initial sketches, focusing on how their forms could translate into clean, circular compositions. After selecting my favorite sketches, I traced and refined them in Adobe Illustrator, adding color and incorporating feedback from critiques. This project taught me how powerful the Shape Builder tool can be for combining shapes, and reinforced how using perfect circles as building blocks can create polished, cohesive, and visually appealing geometric designs.

This project challenged me to create a responsive Wix website with multiple windows and a cohesive design system, including an additional custom 404 page. Inspired by my love for editorial design, I aimed to evoke the calm, nostalgic feeling of an old bookstore through layout, imagery, and flow. Rather than relying on templates, I spent time learning the platform to build each page intentionally, customizing elements and extending content through scrolling interactions. Through this process, I gained a strong understanding of Wix’s tools and limitations and left feeling confident enough to continue using (and even teaching) the platform in future projects.

For this project, I experimented with a new style for event posters, exploring opacity and vibrant colors inspired by risograph printing. I also designed accompanying tickets in the same style to support the overall aesthetic and theme. The event celebrates psychedelic, passionate musicians whose music connects people through immersive and emotive experiences, and I aimed for the visuals to reflect that energy and sense of community.

This project focused on designing a fun, themed stationery set that included an envelope, folding card, and letter page, with the option to expand the collection. Since I’ve recently adopted a green-and-yellow parakeet, I chose birds as my theme, inspired especially by a cowboy parakeet vector I found on Adobe Stock that instantly shaped the direction of the set. My lifelong love for stationery made the process especially exciting, and I was able to move quickly from concept to design. Knowledge gained in class about ink distribution and paper types also guided my material choices, as I considered options like ink floods, colored duplex paper, and even potential Cricut production. I aimed to create a design that was both playful and practical, while remaining flexible in how it could ultimately be produced.

This project focused on creating a playful, painterly 404 page while exploring multiple animation techniques. After extensive ideation through quick, exploratory sketches, I narrowed my concepts down to two final designs that best reflected my goals of silliness and expressiveness. I created most of my animations using Procreate, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Animate, then brought everything together in Adobe Express, where I experimented with sound as an added element. Through this process, I expanded my animation skills and developed a deeper appreciation for both new and familiar tools, making this a project I would happily return to for future creative exploration.