Justin Miller Graphic Design Portfolio v2020 by Justin Miller

Graphic Design Portfolio

v 2020

hell -o I want my graphic design to be more than just something to be seen. I want it to resonate with people, and create an experience that leaves an imprint on their lives. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that I believe I have been able to achieve with my architecture so far, and will continue to achieve that quality in my future design work. My experience and education have given me a strong foundation in the

jm. my name is justin miller. iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a designer.

RESUME

JUSTIN MILLER ABOUT ME

SKILLS

Hello! My name is Justin Miller.

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After over five years of professional working experience in the architecture profession, I find myself at a crossroads where I now desire to devote my career to graphic design. I seek out opportunites to enhance my skills as a graphic designer, while continuing to use my general (and healthcare specific) architectural knowledge to create unique graphic design solutions. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work together to develop some cool graphics!

E D U C AT I O N

adept Illustrator adept InDesign adept Premiere working iWork - MS Office adept Hand Illustration working 3D Digital Modeling

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE Clemson University: Architecture 2013 - 2015

well versed

BACHELOR OF ART Clemson University: Architecture 2008 - 2012

INTERESTS

C O N TA C T JUSTIN A. MILLER (803) 457 1727 justinmiller.9001@outlook.com

coffee

music

anime

gaming

WORK EXPERIENCE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER | 2016 - present Payette. Boston, MA • • • • • • • •

Project Management role on multiple projects See multiple projects through from Concept Design to Construction Completion Coordinate Drawings with Consultants Present architectural drawings and imagery to the client Speaker at the 2019 Healthcare Facilities Conference Young Designers Core Co-Chair (2 year term) Speaker at multiple project interviews Firm recruiter at career fairs

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER | 2015 - 2016 Shepley Bulfinch. Boston, MA •

Boston Children’s Hospital New Clinical Building (Concept Design to Construction Documents) • Develop design concepts • Produce and present architectural drawings and imagery to the client

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN | 2013 - 2015 HDR. Charlotte, NC •

King Saud Bin Abdalaziz Medical City (Schematic Design to Design Development) • Collaborate with project team on Hospital Medical Planning • Develop room data sheet booklet for healthcare typical rooms.

RESEARCHER/GRAPHIC DESIGNER | 2012 - 2013 Clemson University. Clemson, SC •

Projects Under Dr. Dina Battisto • Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Post Occupancy Evaluation, Fort Belvoir, VA • Village Family Medicine Post Occupancy Evaluation, Spartanburg, SC

SELECTED WORKS

adays. I’m constantly refining my own brand and continue to find ways to represent myself through graphic design. My branding typical begins with an idea, then a logo or image, and then carries into products that work to convey that idea.

Clemson University laying out two major Post Occupancy Evaluation Reports. These reports were flooded with infographics and diagrams that I designed, and translated into presentations we would give to our clients.

Branding Everyone has their own brand now-

I’ve worked with people who are developing their brand from scratch, and are looking for in depth packages that show all the ways that brand can be enforced. I’ve also worked for institutions (like architecture firms and healthcare businesses) that already have an established brand, and demand that new graphics don’t distract from the already established brand. When branding, I believe that consistency is key, because anything that contradicts the brand or deviates from the brand can weaken the story that brand is telling.

Editorial I worked for a year for a professor at

This experience laid the foundation for my editorial design skills, and has influenced every presentation and report I have made in both school and my professional career.

Animations I’ve only recently gotten into working on graphics for apps and animations, both of which have been while working at Payette Architects.

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for free, and for profit. The free logos I’ve created represent whatever’s on my mind lately. Sometimes I’ll make up ‘fake’ companies and develop logos for them. I’ll also create diagrammatic logos, or simple representations, of the major concepts for my architectural projects to use as a reminder of my goals for the project.

designed, and comics I’ve started to create. I also enjoy visualizing these illustrations in fake studio environments I’ve created in photoshop.

Logos I’ve been able to create logos both

The logos I’ve been paid for have been for people I’ve known who are starting their own buisiness. I typically present them with options that I think best represent the major idea or purpose of their business. I’ll work with them through iterations until the logo is massaged enough to their liking, all while showing them opportunities for their logo to be used for branding on business cards, letterheads, resumes, etc...

Illustrations This is a mixture of book covers I’ve

Visualizations Throughout my architectural

career, I’ve had to make numerous renderings. These images help the viewer understand how we envision a space to look before it’s constructed. Architectural visualizations can range in style from sketchy/conceptual to photorealistic. Some of my renderings have been developed for Marketing departments to use to obtain donors to fund the projects.

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BRANDING

S E L F- B RA N D I N G

GRAPHIC JAM

GRAPE JELLY

BLUE BERRY

BLACK BERRY

PINK LEMONADE

U N L I M I T E D F L AV O R S The simplicity of this graphic allows for it to work with multiple color gradients and color combinations. The ‘jam’ theme carries through by calling these ‘flavors’.

PRODUCT DESIGN Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve started to order products with this logo. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already produced the shirt below, and will now start to transition into other types of novelty products, such as coffee mugs, hats, pins, etc...

BRANDING

I created this logo for a retired forester who was starting his own Christmas Tree Farm. He wanted something that felt rustic, and worked with the name ANDERSON HILL TREE FARM. I came up with the logo above, and he immediately had a positive reaction to it. My goal for the logo was to utilize the imagery of trees and hills to give the viewer the immediate understanding for ‘what is being sold, and where’. Also, I added the sun rising/setting over the hill to create a pleasant and welcoming feeling. He’s been able to use this logo in various advertising opportunities two of which included: lazer etching the logo on birch disks for ornaments, and cards tied to candy canes. I’ve also seen positive feedback from his clients on Instagram.

EDITORIAL

HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE

HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

How Healthcare Architecture, Within the Ambulatory Care Setting, Will Be Reshaped by Planned Communities

The future of healthcare architecture is shrouded by a complex system of healthcare reform, advancements in technology, and costs. Since ancient times, it has been a popular topic for conversation, and it will continue to be a popular topic as long as people need healthcare and buildings as a vessel to support their care needs. Healthcare architecture, in nature, renders itself to the complexities of everyday life and is therefore constantly in a state of flux. There is no way to foresee what the future has in store for healthcare architecture, but professionals can speculate and predict what will become of the field by looking into the current trends, and to the ideas expressed by the main contributors of healthcare and healthcare architecture, in order to prepare for the changes to come. An evolving ambulatory care affecting the role of the hospital, visions of the future of healthcare depicted by influential leaders in the field, and developments in the patient-centered medical home give causation to the prediction that in the future healthcare systems will take the initiative of providing healthy environments for the homes within their network by developing planned communities, where their patients can

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES PRIMARY CARE OUTPATIENT

TABLE 1: CURRENT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM COMPONENTS (FGI Guidelines, 2010) AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES

RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES

Primary Care Outpatient Freestanding Diagnostic & Treatment Small Primary Care Outpatient Freestanding Urgent Care Freestanding Cancer Facilities Outpatient Surgical Facilities Office Surgical Facilities Psychiatric Outpatient Centers Outpatient Rehabilitation

Nursing Facilities Hospice Facilities Assisted Living Facilities

OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES Mobile & Relocatable Units Freestanding Birth Centers Adult Health Care Facilities

slow progression. Chronic diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, are by far the leading cause of mortality in the world, representing 63% of all deaths” (World Health Organization, 2014). Although these diseases can affect anyone and everyone, older Americans (50 years and older) are more susceptible to developing and suffering from certain diseases like heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and hypertension (Figure 3). The vast majority (87 percent) of individuals aged 65-79 have at least one of these conditions, and almost half of that population (45 percent) has three or more chronic conditions (Figure 4). Chronic conditions require routine primary care visits, and with a future filled with older Americans with multiple of these diseases, hospital systems can expect more pressure from this population to service their healthcare needs.

the portal or gateway into the healthcare system” (American Academy of Family Physicians, 2014). The users of primary care are the people with any health concern or symptom, and are often referred to as the “undifferentiated” patient. Primary care is disease prevention, health promotion and maintenance, patient education and counseling, diagnosis and treatment of chronic disease; and is delivered by a personal physician, most of the time involving patient advocacy and collaboration with other professionals. Currently, there are four critical issues affecting ambulatory care: rising demand, staffing shortage and dissatisfaction, technology, and cost. Trends show that the number of ambulatory care visits are rising (Figure 1). The Affordable Care Act is one of the most influential reasons for the rising demand for ambulatory care services, because it is changing the way in which healthcare is delivered and who receives it. This reform stresses the importance of preventative care, which is largely incorporated in the primary care component of a healthcare system. Preventative care services such as immunizations, screenings, and annual wellness visits are now covered because of the new policy, and will in turn contribute to the rise in demand for ambulatory care. Another goal of the Affordable Care Act is to increase the pool of potential insured users by making it imperative for everyone who is eligible to own some form of health insurance. “Since open enrollment began on October 1, 2013, more than 7 million people have signed up for coverage” (How the Health Care Law Benefits You, 2014), and that number will continue to rise over the years. Another factor contributing to the rising demand of ambulatory care is the issue of the aging population. Older Americans (individuals 50 years of age and older) are the main users of primary care, and will be for years to come because of the increase in life expectancy (Figure 2). It is projected that in 2050, one in five people will be aged 65 and older, and old age is often associated with an increased number of chronic conditions. (Table 2) Chronic Conditions are “diseases of long duration and generally

It is this rising demand for ambulatory care services that is contributing to the staffing shortages and dissatisfaction. Due to both low reimbursement levels and increasing work demands, providers are forced to see more patients and provide more care. Physicians have compared working within these circumstances to being ‘a hamster in a wheel,’ with never-ending patient, paperwork and administrative duties (Morrison and Smith, 2000). The ‘hamster in a wheel’ feeling is also affecting how the physicians interact with the patients. Because doctors are rushed and have so many patients to get through in the time they are at the office, they don’t have any time to have more personal conversations with the patient. Instead, the physician regards the patient as more of a number, or “just the next person in line”, and wants to diagnose and discharge the patient as quickly as possible in order to move on to the next patient. Attributing to the ability to see and treat so many patients is the fact that there have been major technological advancements in healthcare throughout the years. “Procedures that were once performed only on an inpatient basis are increasingly performed in a variety of outpatient and ambulatory care

1.2B 577M (48%)

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live and manage their healthcare. Healthcare Systems are “the complete network of agencies, facilities, and all providers of health care in a specified geographic area. Nursing services are integral to all levels and patterns of care, and nurses form the largest number of providers in a healthcare system” (Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, 2009). Today, Healthcare Systems are further developing their networks of facilities and other resources in order to more effectively deliver care to their communities. The facility components which make up a healthcare system can be categorized into four areas: hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, residential care facilities, and other healthcare facilities (FGI Guidelines, 2010). Under each of these four areas are several facilities, which act as smaller functioning pieces of the much larger puzzle for delivering care to the communities (Table 1). Within ambulatory care facilities is the primary care outpatient component. Primary care is arguably the most influential component of a healthcare system since it “serves as the patient’s first point of entry into the healthcare system”, and “has also been referred to as

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HOSPITALS Small Primary Care Hospitals Critical Access Hospitals Psychiatric Hospitals Rhabilitation Hospitals

# of visits in millions

60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050

FIGURE 2: OLDER POPULATION BY AGE: 1900-2050 (U.S. Census Bureau)

TABLE 2: OFFICE-BASED PHYSICIAN VISITS BY AGE: U.S. 2010 (National Ambulatory Care Survey: 2010 Summary Tables)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS

NUMBER OF VISITS

VISITS/100 PEOPLE PER YEAR

All Visits

1,009 M

332.2

Under 44 Years

453 M

238.0

28.8

45 - 64 Years

296 M

371.0

68.6

65 - 74 Years

132 M

623.9

78.9

75 Years and Older

127 M

715.4

83.6

100%

Male

Female

80%

13%

60%

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40%

3 or more Conditions

1,100 20%

1,000

CHRONIC CONDITIONS

20%

1 Condition

22%

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500

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Asthma Chronic Diabetes Any Arthritis Cancer Bronchitis or Emphysema

FIGURE 3: PERCENT OF PEOPLE AGED 65 AND OVER WHO REPORTED HAVING SELECTED CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, BY SEX, 2009-2010 (Older Americans, 2012)

FIGURE 1: TRENDS IN AMBULATORY CARE VISITS: U.S. 1997-2007 (Schappert & Rechtsteiner, 2011)

FIGURE 4: INDIVIDUALS AGED 6579 WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS (Mann et al., 2010)

proceeds to walk to the kitchen where the refrigerator suggest what kinds of snacks to pack as well. The perspective then shifts to a middle aged woman who is sitting on a couch in IBM’s vision for the future begins with a montage/collage of the living room, and reading about healthy foods on her iPad. videos with different portrayals of healthcare topics (producing Her son (who has Asthma) walks across the room, getting medications, interaction with patients, conducting lab tests, ready to go outside with his dad. The woman receives a etc…). There is a narrator in this video claiming that the notification on her iPad that states, “heat wave alert: high future of healthcare will be centered on the patient and there asthma risk.” The woman then checks her purse to make will be a focus on preventative care, simplifying information, certain that she has her son’s inhaler before she leaves the embracing a health record to which the patient has constant house. The perspective then shifts access, reducing waste, and so on. to a nurse station in a hospital-like The narrator goes on to say that facility, where a physician receives patients will take control of their own the same notification about the health, and that there will be health heat wave. She responds to this coaches to encourage healthier by making more of her nurses on lifestyles; all the while, video call and makes sure to monitor clips are playing of people doing her patients who are at high risk yoga and running. The narrator for asthma. The next scene shifts then reiterates that healthcare Microsoft Future Health Vision perspectives again by showing the systems will focus on value, will (https://www.youtube.com/ original elderly woman from the be coordinated around the patient, watch?v=C4LbAUa4ZwY) beginning of the video being picked and integrating into every part up by the middle aged woman of our lives. While playing video and her family, insinuating that clips of people walking, there is a this elderly woman is the middle series of clips showing the interface aged woman’s mother. The family of the technology being used on proceeds to go to the park with patients. The next topic in the video others, where the son starts to play is of patients returning home, and soccer with some other children. uploading their data collected from The mother of the son is monitoring medical devices to the computer his health on her phone, and looks where a healthcare manager is IBM Healthcare Industry 2020 Vision at the data showing his risk for an able to monitor the data. From (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHqtrrTaJKY) asthma attack. The elderly woman here, the narrator talks about the (grandmother) starts to feel faint, interdisciplinary healthcare system and the family rushes her to the of the future, with all parties working hospital-like facility. On the way together to easily exchange to the facility, the family checks information in order to create more the grandmother into the Kaiser informed decisions. The video Permanente system through their clips start showing computers and iPad. The next scene shows the tablets displaying information to the grandmother in an inpatient bed patient, and the narrator explains where the nurse is talking with the that in the future technology will grandmother about her health on be used to improve healthcare Kaiser Permanente: Connecting People to a Healthy Future the monitor in front of them. The outcomes, and reduce errors and (https://www.youtube.com/ nurse requests an IV pump via a waste. The video turns more to watch?v=gxz9ZVvduGc) text message, and another nurse the business side of the healthcare receives the message and travels to the room to complete the system, discussing the importance of funding and leadership request. A physician then walks into the inpatient room and in a changing world. The ending series of videos clips shows video conferences another physician in a different location on all of the users of healthcare and how IBM technology of what the next steps are for treating the grandmother. The the future will change the way the healthcare ecosystem ending scene shows the family gathered around the dinner accesses, shares, and harnesses information. table with the grandmother feeling better, and everyone is extremely happy. Kaiser Permanente’s vision of the future begins with an elderly woman packing her toiletries, monitoring data on Although each of the three videos had a different story to tell, a screen, and putting her insulin pump on her belt. She her the way to pick up her medication.

Outpatient Functions Within Hospital

Outpatient Functions Separated From Hospital

All Outpatient Functions Removed From Hospital

FIGURE 5: OUTPATIENT FUNCTIONS SEPARATED FROM THE HOSPITAL (Diagram by Justin Miller)

settings. Advancements in medical technology and the development of noninvasive or minimally invasive surgical and nonsurgical procedures have contributed to growth in outpatient ambulatory surgical care” (Bernstein et al., 2003). This allows physicians to execute more procedures outside of the hospital and produce a higher profit for the healthcare system. “Ambulatory care is a lower-cost environment compared to hospitals. Outpatient facilities have reduced overhead and operating costs in comparison to hospitals. Lower costs of labor, rent, utilities, and supplies contribute to this difference. Ten years ago, one-third of a hospital’s revenue came from outpatient services. Today, they contribute nearly two-thirds of that margin. (Snyder and Stampfli, 2011). Because of the success of these outpatient satellite offices, one can assume that more and more outpatient functions will continue to be separated from the hospital, until all outpatient functions which were previously in the hospital will become satellite offices (Figure 5). If this were to happen, then the architecture of the hospital would reduce in scale, and ultimately the role of the hospital would be changed. Patients currently go to the hospital and satellite offices for their ambulatory care needs; but if those outpatient services were completely separated from the hospital, then patients would only go to the satellite offices to receive less than 24 hour care, and would only go to the hospital for their inpatient needs, changing the patients perception of what a hospital is. Many different influential companies who contribute to the delivery of healthcare have depicted their visions of the future of healthcare in the form of a video. Microsoft, IBM, and Kaiser Permanente’s future visions were chosen for this study because they are all well-known and respected companies in the field of healthcare, their videos were

relatively the same length, and they were all formatted in a similar fashion. Microsoft’s vision for the future begins with a young woman running outside. Text on the screen states that this woman is a pre-diabetic, and is sharing the data collected from her run to a healthcare manager in another location. This healthcare manager analyzes the data from the woman’s run, and notifies her of the results. When the woman returns home, she sees that she has a message from the healthcare manager, which she proceeds to listen/watch on her television monitor. The result of the message is to schedule a doctor review of the data. The video then shifts to the perspective of the physician who is using his tablet device to find which room his next appointment is in within a hospitallike facility. The perspective then changes again to a diabetic patient staying in an inpatient room, where the furniture is electronically dictating which medicines he needs to take and which medicines he has already taken. The physician from before then enters the inpatient room of the diabetic patient, and uses his tablet to locate one of his medical tools. He then uses this tool to scan the eye of the diabetic patient. The scanned data appears on both the physician’s tablet and the diabetic patient’s monitor while the physician explains the data to the patient. The physician leaves the inpatient room and travels down the hall of the hospital-like facility to a private consultation room. He accesses a monitor on the wall, doubling as a piece of wall art, to contact the woman from the beginning of the video. The physician discusses the data results with the patient (who is still at home) along with a clinical research coordinator (in another location), and after finishing the meeting he docks his tablet on the wall to charge. The final scene shows the pre-diabetic woman walking into a facility where she accesses a digital kiosk with her personal and financial information, to submit her request for her medication prescribed by the physician. The video ends with the woman following an interactive way finding arrow showing

HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE How Healthcare Architecture, Within the Ambulatory Care Setting, Will Be Reshaped by Planned Communities written by Justin Miller

Arch 8900 Research Paper Professors David Allison + Dina Battisto

A N I M AT I O N S

I worked with our Lead Computational Designer, at Payette Architects, to develop an app one can use to walk around digitally rendered models of an architecture project. I developed the user interface/experience while the lead computational designer wrote the code for the program to function. I’m calling this application Payette ‘Walk’, and designed the app icon, and graphics, within the already established Payette brand. This application was utilized at a ‘virtual mock-up’, at the site where viewers could walk in the physical tenant space while also seeing through the iPad how the environment would look once constructed. Overall, the feedback was extremely positive, and development on the app has continued.

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video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD-Zvnw_Glg&t=159s

I worked on this pro-bono informational video with a small group of designers at Payette Architects. This video is shown to children to alleviate their anxiety when they enter the Emergency Department at MGH. My role on this production was to illustrate digital imagery for the various scenes, and animate the main narratorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movements in Adobe After Effects. I would imagine a pose that matched the verbal cues, and would then animate it throughout the scenes.

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As was mentioned in my resume, I enjoy watching anime and playing video games! One of the games I like to play is Pokemon. As a pokemon trainer I choose to play exclusively with both Ice and Ghost type Pokemon. This type preference led me to developing a graphic family related to it. I first designed the word logo above - using the slanted icicle icon to represent ice, and using the shadow ball emerging from a portal to represent ghost. From there, I developed the character to the left using similar components. After I designed the character, I wanted to bring it to life - so I made a little animation of it emerging from a portal in the ground. Towards the end of the animation it uses its â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;powerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to make the screen black.

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Hunter and Rogue is a podcast that I am in the process of starting with my wife. The podcast will basically just be the two of us talking to one another about nerdy things we like. Because we consider ourselves both nerds, we wanted the name of the podcast to represent something nerdy, but also relate to the types of people we are in real life. We decided to base the name off of our Character Classes in the game â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;World of Warcraftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. In the game, my wife is often a hunter, and I am typically a rogue. I got to make our logo which is a combination of the two weapons each of our in-game characters use. I created the bow and dagger graphic, and then proceeded to animate the logo for the podcast intro.

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I keep finding ways to play with my initials. In this iteration, I wanted to put some kind of JAM filling to each of the letters. The J became a jar, the A became a pie, and the M just oozed jam down itself. When the letters are together I believe they achieve a good balance, since the J is filled at the bottom, the A is filled entirely, and the M is filled at the top. I also took this opportunity to experiment with a drop shadow effect that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been seeing on certain App Icons. When animating these, I tried to have them each relate to one another, while also having their own unique animations. The goal of each animation was to have you understand what I was thinking while making the still images.

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The two Women in Design co-chairs at Payette (Liz & Nikki) have started a podcast together and asked me to develop an animated intro for them. In this intro, they wanted a microphone as their symbol and some cool animations that attempted to blend audio visualizations with architectural, dotted paper. I chose to go with a neumorphism style to give it a hi-tech look. The button appears and ‘clicks’ to start the audio dot visualizations. The audio graphics, of varying colors, wave up to fill the dotted field. Finally, the button clicks again to change the scene into a sort of ‘night mode’ - revealing the title of the podcast. Because their first podcast didn’t have any video, I also generated a .gif of the colored waves over the mic to play while they spoke.

LOGO DESIGN

One thing I noticed about graphic design work vs architectural work, is that architecture often celebrates the process, while graphic design often celebrates the product. However, I find that showing the process in graphic design can often lead to yet another beautiful graphic.

LOGO DESIGN

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LOGO DESIGN

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LOGO DESIGN

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I L LU S T R AT I O N S

This is the first web I made and posted to Instagram. I primarily used illustrator to draw the comic, and polished it up by photoshopping more details and lighting. All of my comics revolve around the brand Faux Tails (pronounced ‘Fox Tales’) which uses my branded character to critique stories and current trends. My first comic critiqued the ‘Sword in the Stone’ story on multiple levels. One stance is that the townspeople are too blinded by his ‘race’ to see his accomplishments. Another stance is that the townspeople interpret this miracle (pulling the sword from the stone) as witchcraft rather than he being rightful king. I then photoshopped the comic with a tall frame and envisioned how it might look in a ‘faux’ environment.

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I want my graphic design to be more than just something to be seen. I want it to resonate with people, and create an experience that leaves an imprint on their lives. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that I believe I have been able to achieve with my architecture so far, and will continue to achieve that quality in my future graphic design work.

Thank you for your consideration.