Graphic and motion designer from California focusing on the incorporation of design strategy within intentional brand solutions.

The Department of Design Spring Show is an annual exhibition hosted by Sacramento State University which highlights the best work of the graduating seniors as well as many undergraduate students from the programs of Graphic Design, Interior Architecture, and Photography. The design collateral is inspired by the gathering of the three programs, featuring simplified abstract symbols to represent each group within the Department of Design and their coming together to form the yearly exhibition.

The Festival of the Arts is an event provided by Sacramento State University's College of Arts & Letters that celebrates the diversity of the Arts & Letters community. The focus for this project was to utilize the marketing material to inform and engage the intended audience in a way that drives attendance to the event. A design system was developed and carried through a series of campaign deliverables which showcased the message of discovery, creativity, and human expression.

The Ghost Town Rebellion is a band from Sacramento, California that defines their music genre as grit rock. The target for this project was to create a hand crafted and gritty visual system using various paper textures to simulate a ‘ghosting’ effect through the typography. The value in this work was developed through the process of physically crafting and experimenting with numerous layers of assorted textural pieces and materials.

Dang is an international streetwear and lifestyle brand composed of a small team of diverse creatives that share the ideology of the company tagline “Dreams are Never Gone”. My mission as the Co-Founder and Brand Director was to strategize, collaborate, and develop the team’s creative talent from the ground up into a consistent and recognizable brand. A visual style and design system was crafted over years of research and experimentation.

Refraction_ is a personal project that acted as a daily exploration into animation within Adobe After Effects. It focuses on the theme of RGB color and the effects that can be created when using it within a work of art. The title of the series is representative of the colored waves of light that occur during refraction. By setting basic guidelines as a foundation such as a color palette, mood, frame rate, and aspect ratio, the main purpose of Refraction_ was to explore, expand, and practice techniques.