Design 

This is a beauty ad for a mock company Pearly Beauty. It could be used for digital or print. I enjoy playing around with designs and try new things out. Pearly beauty is meant to have an elegant and stylish essence. The grayscale, granite background, iridescent font, image, and copy all attest to the character of the ad. 

This is another beauty ad for a mock company Pearly Beauty. It could be used for digital or print. Same idea and vision but done a bit differently with new copy, images, and layout. With both of these ads, I focused on visually telling a story rather than with words. I typically write about educational and informational content, so I enjoyed doing something a bit different for fun that is more artistic and stylized. 

This is a data visualization design from my "Document design" class. We were tasked with recording some type of data that we can put into some kind of graph, chart, or etc. I used Canva to design this and make something interesting and captivating that also included all the found data. My main challenge was finding a color palate that would suit the design but after trying many types I found something that felt cohesive while still providing color variety. 

This is another sample from the "Document design" class. I chose a quote and constructed a design with Canva that showcased and matched the quote. I used a lyric from the girl group Twice's "Moonlight Sunrise". It's a love song, so I knew I had to make soft and romantic design choices. Hence the gradient background resembling a night and day contrast, rounded and iridescent font, and diagonal text placement. I loved this work because I feel every element brings that soft romantic feeling to the design. 

This photo is from the blacktop recess photoshoot for "The New". As a part of the creative team I was tasked with directing certain models and photographers to get some shots. This was one of our bigger shoots and having many creative team members on site was helpful. I would look around the court and at the models and take initiative to pair people up doing certain poses in certain locations I thought looked good. This image was meant to resemble the iconic "Love and Basketball" pose. I loved these two as a pair and think they compliment each other well to pull off the vision. 

This photo is from the Odd One Out photoshoot for "The New". This concept was mentioned in my creative writing poem sample. Since this was an idea I came up with, our creative director looked to me to help flesh out details and direct the shoot. I wanted a group of people to be simple and almost robotic surrounding a colorful, graceful, and eye-catching model who thrives in the spotlight. She doesn't mind to take up space and make her presence known. Flipping the narrative and showing there is beauty in being the odd one out. These photoshoots urged me to be more assertive and take initiative to see my imagination executed properly.