About me

My portfolio is a mixture of graphic design and illustration made of vectors, bright interesting colors, and innovation. The art was created using traditional and nontraditional styles. This is because to be a graphic artist you must be flexible in ideas and communication.

I rely on my empathy and intuition to create my art. My designs are work shopped with the client and/or editor until they can evoke a positive reaction in them. When I brainstorm nothing is off limits. I want to make sure the message and purpose of the design are clear and universally adjustable to different canvases such as billboard ads, t-shirt designs, or packaging design. My favorite designs to make using graphic design software are logos and icons, because they require a lot of brainstorming, which is fun. I sometimes sketch out my ideas in watercolor and pen on paper to get ideas about color and placement. I branch off the idea a client has for their product, and create multiple versions of it in writing. I assess where each idea could go to see what is feasible and determine what gets the point across. Playing with new ideas and their possibilities is nerve-wracking when drawing, but with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop anything is possible. Down the road, what I want and what the client wants from the design comes together as one singular thought that came out of so many different thoughts. I believe my empathy, intuition for design, and classical training in the principles of design contribute to creating as innovation engineering calls it meaningful and memorable ideas.

Skills

Advertising, Colour, Exhibition Design, Icon Design, Illustration, Visual Layout

Sector Experience

Advertising, Design, Sales / Business Development

Awards

McNeese State University President's Honor List, McNeese State University Visual Arts Scholarship