Art and design are all around us. Design choices are embedded in the eyes of millions by way of products, logos, advertising, and just about everything visible in the public space. Because of this I am impassioned to create and design art that will not fade as trends come and go, but rather become the example for good design. I have been striving for this goal with every one of my designs and continue to push my abilities and the way I think of visual communication with every session.
I have sought to absorb as much knowledge and wisdom concerning design wherever it can be found. I completed every design class offered at my high school-- Art 1, Graphic Design 1, Graphic Design 2, and Graphic Design 3-- with GD3 being a dual-credit course with Oakton Community College. I was an avid participant in my school’s graphic design club, which the school looks to for designing posters for school events and other important events that must be communicated visually. In this club I have designed a logo for the band department (included in works submitted). The logo for the band department required communication with real world clients-- the band directors-- and taught me the importance of walking the line between what the client wants and what works best visually, and more important the process of making what the client wants work and be visually communicative and successful.
My lust for design has not been confined to a school setting. I frequently browse creative collectives online through databases such as The Behance Network, which allows me to find inspiration and also see current trends in design, which I find important not to rely on when creating a logo. I have also designed logos for real world clients in the professional space. These include Church in the Loop and Industrial Grace Restoration. In my free time I enjoy designing for fun and follow design tutorials online to learn new methods and become more efficient with design programs.
Technically speaking I have used Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Premiere Pro, with the majority of my finesse lying in Illustrator. I have used Photoshop a good bit but prefer the vector capabilities of Illustrator which allow for unmatched type and logo design. I have dabbled in Dreamweaver because web design is a fast growing and very relevant aspect of design that I see as important to visual communication. And Premiere Pro I have only tried my hand with a few times.
Despite being able to quickly learn new programs and methods, I pride myself in being able to take an idea and put it into a simple yet strikingly relevant design. I find the notion of over-complication in design to be a horrible one, distracting and often removing the power that can be contained in a simple and efficient design. When your design has mere seconds to communicate an idea to a passerby it must be simple enough to be observed and taken in while also communicating the ideas behind it.
Design, specifically graphic design, is only growing as a field with the every increasing capabilities of technology and digitization of society and therefore I think it is very important to be innovating and creating things that last even further into the future and reach millions of people today, tomorrow and people not even born yet.
I have sought to absorb as much knowledge and wisdom concerning design wherever it can be found. I completed every design class offered at my high school-- Art 1, Graphic Design 1, Graphic Design 2, and Graphic Design 3-- with GD3 being a dual-credit course with Oakton Community College. I was an avid participant in my school’s graphic design club, which the school looks to for designing posters for school events and other important events that must be communicated visually. In this club I have designed a logo for the band department (included in works submitted). The logo for the band department required communication with real world clients-- the band directors-- and taught me the importance of walking the line between what the client wants and what works best visually, and more important the process of making what the client wants work and be visually communicative and successful.
My lust for design has not been confined to a school setting. I frequently browse creative collectives online through databases such as The Behance Network, which allows me to find inspiration and also see current trends in design, which I find important not to rely on when creating a logo. I have also designed logos for real world clients in the professional space. These include Church in the Loop and Industrial Grace Restoration. In my free time I enjoy designing for fun and follow design tutorials online to learn new methods and become more efficient with design programs.
Technically speaking I have used Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Premiere Pro, with the majority of my finesse lying in Illustrator. I have used Photoshop a good bit but prefer the vector capabilities of Illustrator which allow for unmatched type and logo design. I have dabbled in Dreamweaver because web design is a fast growing and very relevant aspect of design that I see as important to visual communication. And Premiere Pro I have only tried my hand with a few times.
Despite being able to quickly learn new programs and methods, I pride myself in being able to take an idea and put it into a simple yet strikingly relevant design. I find the notion of over-complication in design to be a horrible one, distracting and often removing the power that can be contained in a simple and efficient design. When your design has mere seconds to communicate an idea to a passerby it must be simple enough to be observed and taken in while also communicating the ideas behind it.
Design, specifically graphic design, is only growing as a field with the every increasing capabilities of technology and digitization of society and therefore I think it is very important to be innovating and creating things that last even further into the future and reach millions of people today, tomorrow and people not even born yet.