Hauteur: Tea Branding & Packaging; 2010 This was a self-appointed branding/package design project I worked on during an independent study in graphic design class with Sharon Wasden. I was essentially designing my version of Starbucks for Tea.
My Typeface, 2010 Class: Letterform Instructor: Diana Cadwallader Assignment: Create a typeface based off your handwriting, digitize it in Illustrator, and typeset a speech or saying.
SACSCOC, Greyscale A reimagined logo design for the South Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (what a mouth full). SACSCOC Logo Design Competition Entry, Spring 2010 Class: Graphic Design Workshop Professor: Jauneth Skinner Tools: Adobe Illustrator
My friend AnnaMaria and I were tasked with revamping the JSU Visual Arts Society logo. This is the design that was selected to replace the original logo pictured below. Go Team Awesome! The original logo.
I’ve battled depression on and off since the mid ’90s, and have often found myself feeling a surreal sense of awkwardness in different environments, and sometimes in my own skin. Immersing myself in books, films, and video games helps me manage my depression, but I’ve also wondered if immersing myself so fully into various stories has caused my recurrent feelings of disconnectedness to magnify. This project gave me the chance to visualize this feeling of not fitting in and of feeling surreal by exploring the juxtaposition of reality and fantasy through the use of photography and digital illustration.
I love dragons, and mascots are fun, but this was a tough project. My drawing skills are more than a bit rusty and drawing a dragon was a bit more difficult than I expected, but this turned out okay. Dallas Dragons, 2009 Class: Graphic Form & Illustration Instructor: Phil Kesler Assignment: Redesign a dragon mascot for a high school. (Dallas Dragons)
Project Description Paperback book cover design for The Story of My Life by Helen Keller. A few of my classmates and I drove out to Ivy Green, Helen Keller’s home in Tuscumbia, AL to photograph and research ideas for our project. I was most impressed with the gigantic trees in the yard covered in ivy, which is most likely where the home got its name. I photographed the trees, the house, and the rest of the property and ended up using my photographs for reference for the digital painting featured on my cover design. Book Cover Design | Spring 2009 Class: Graphic Design IV [...]
