KEVIN DE GUIA
Selected works in Illustration and Graphic Design
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HELLO! I am Kevin de Guia. 19. BFA Information Design, Ateneo de Manila University. This is my portfolio.
09175022389 mkdeguia@gmail.com
MODERN CONFUCIUS Date
August 2011 Client
Personal Work Project Type
Illustration Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5 This is a modern take on Confucius, a famous Chinese philiosopher. I decided to chop some of his hair and make it black to give his character a younger feel. But I decided to retain the long mustache and and eyebrows because I think those are Confucius’ trademarks.
CINQUE TERRE Date
January 2013 Client
Class Project Project Type
Illustration Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5 This is a project I made for a class requirement. The brief was to create a tourism poster about a place we would like to visit someday. I chose Cinque Terre which is a villa located on five islands in Liguria, Italy.
WHISPER WAR ALBUM ART REDESIGN Date
September 2011 Client
Class Project Project Type
Album Jacket, Illustration Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5 This was a project for FA 165.1. The task was to make a branding for something in the style of Conceptual Art. I decided to make a redesign of The Cab’s album entitled Whisper War. The main focus of the artworks is the speech bubble used to illustrate guns which resembled war.
WHAT’S IN YOUR BAG? Date
July 2011 Client
Class Project Project Type
Post Card, Illustration Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5
This is a series of postcards I made for a class requirement. The task was to make three postcards which feature things that can be found in your bag and interpret it in your own way. I chose to vectorize the stuff and match them with phrases that match the illustration. I also chose to use the primary colors for the series.
BLAST OFF! RECRUITMENT WEEK Date
July 2012 Client
Council of Organizations of the Ateneo Project Type
Poster, Illustration Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5 I made the promotional collaterals for one of the biggest projects of COA which was RecWeek where students are given the chance to join organizations of their interest. The event had an outer space theme and I decided to make the promos have a cartoonish feel. I designed different aliens which were specific to a cluster of the council (as seen on the opposite page). The poster on the left is the main poster for the event. I also made a shirt design for the said event which can be seen on the opposite page.
BLAST OFF! RECRUITMENT WEEK Date
July 2012 Client
Council of Organizations of the Ateneo Project Type
Character Design, Illustration Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5 I illustrated an alien and their home planets for each of the clusters of the council and each alien had the characterics of the cluster they represented.
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI Date
November 2012 Client
Class Project Project Type
Poster, Illustration Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5 A movie poster I made for the documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” that tells the story of Jiro, the top sushi maker in Japan. This was made as a class requirement
DOWN THE DRAIN Date
2010 Client
Personal Work Project Type
Poster, Illustration Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5 A poster I made about what the future of the Earth would be if we don’t change the way we live.
ACCENDO SCHOLARS’ PARTY 2012 Date
July 2012 Client
Ateneo Gabay Project Type
Poster Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5 This was a poster I designed for a party for the scholars in the school that was organized by an organization. The event is the culmination of week-long events organized for the scholars with the theme of fire to resemble the passions of the scholars which continue to motivate them to do more.
STARKNESS: PACisama 2011 Date
August 2011 Client
Performing Arts Cluster Project Type
Poster, Illustration Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5 This is poster series I made for a concert by the performing arts groups in the school. The theme of the concert, as seen in the title, is starkness which means bare. I decided to take photos of different performing artists doing what they do and from that branching out into discovering what they can do. Illustrations were all done by me. Photo credits: Rachel Nocom
UNBOUND PACisama 2012 Date
December 2012 Client
Performing Arts Cluster Project Type
Poster, Logo Design, Typography Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5 This was a poster series I made for PACisama 2012 which was a concert showcasing the five performing arts organizations in Ateneo. The event had a theme of freedom for the arts.
ANG KUSINANG PINOY Date
March 2012 Client
Class Project Project Type
Branding, Identity Software
Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Indesign CS5 I did a mock branding project for a fictitious restaurant I created which offers gourmet Filipino food. I wanted to give the restaurant a very classy personality, hence the logo. I also made several collaterals for the restaurant.