Keila
Typography
Tools used:
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Cinema 4D Release 11
Keila started as a doodle in class using a close friend's name, but it evolved into what is now one of my favorite works to date. This piece exhibits my first use of Cinema 4D Release 11 for typography, as well as several new lighting techniques--my goal was to create an atmospheric aura for the type.
Tesla Motors
Advertising
Tools used:
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Stock image:
www.teslamotors.com
I began work on Tesla out of astoundment for the incredible innovation the Tesla Roadster expresses. As the piece focuses around a stock image I retrieved from the Tesla Motors website, I wanted it to feel as though the car were erupting from the background, and emphasize the literal electricity of the vehicle.
Kimberly Novak
Commission
Tools used:
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Stock image:
Provided by model
This piece was very experimental and challenged me to learn new things along the way of its creation. The work's namesake, Kim Novak, initially expressed interest in being a model for a piece of mine, and we decided to give it a shot. I gained a lot of knowledge of working with stocks in this piece, as well as expression of color.
GRID Racing
Advertising
Tools used:
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Stock images:
www.racedrivergrid.com
GRID Racing was an idea struck by a contest held on a social networking community--Brickfish. The idea was to create a poster for a racing game, Codemasters' GRID, which would eventually be converted to a wallpaper. My vision was to recreate a feel of speed in the piece--the unyielding blur induced by blistering acceleration.
Atlanta, GA
Typography
Tools used:
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Last summer a few other contestants and I had to make a commute, by van, to Atlanta, Georgia. Needless to say, I had some time to kill and a curiosity for doing block letters in Photoshop. Although basic, I really enjoy the composition and visual complexity of the piece, and I feel as though I captured a unique sense of color.
Lake Wales High School
Homepage Redesign
Web Design
Tools used:
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Designed to adapt to the
960 Grid System.
www.960.gs
During a period of scarce ideas for work, I came across the webpage for my high school. Inconsistent navigation and many other design atrocities led me to create this redesign. I incorperated the elements already present in the current design while including a more intuitive navigation, and a more appealing interface and color scheme.
Lake Wales Fourth
of July Celebration
Web Development
Tools used:
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
Adobe Flash CS3
Stock images:
www.sxc.hu
Web design and development have long been great hobbies for me. This project placed first at the FBLA State Leadership Conference 2008, and landed me a spot in the National Leadership Conference. As with most of my work, I came to new realizations along the way, particularly with Adobe Flash.
Lake Wales High School
Highlander Newspaper
Print Design
Tools used:
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Indesign CS3
Stock images:
www.sxc.hu
or taken in studio
My year on the Highlander Newspaper staff at my high school was one of the most enjoyable and enlightening years of my life. Beginning as a contributing journalist, I switched roles to that of the Production Manager, and held responsibility in designing and deploying our paper every month.
Saladfork Design
Logotype/Identity
Tools used:
Adobe Illustrator CS4
This is definitely my strongest Illustrator piece to date. The idea of Saladfork was stricken by a friend and I during idle time at school, and it has been a great foundation for artwork in our spare time. Being akin to raster, delving into vector and Illustrator's differing way of implementation proved both frustrating and rewarding.
All About The Symbolism
T-Shirt Design
Tools used:
Adobe Illustrator CS4
My Senior year of high school has granted me much more school spirit than I have felt in the past, and being part of multiple AP classes is quite a challenge. Having the opportunity to design a class t-shirt for AP Literature was a great privilege for me, and was based off of a symbol from Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest".