I’ve been writing for a while and I wanted to show that in this 11×17 two page spread. As a kid I was never good at drawing but I’ve always loved the process of writing, especially writing songs. It’s been the most fun to dissect other artist and even write my own verses and that’s…

Today, I was speaking to a friend about international branding. Different brands or clever puns are often taken for granted but language barriers are a pretty hill to climb for marketing. An example is YouTube. Here in the states YouTube doesn’t have auto-translate for other languages, because of the vast pool of languages spoken here…

Link 1: https://youtu.be/NLz6PXwYnuE?si=cWkEoe_SlCvzcPYu -I learned how to put animated gifs in projects. -I learned how to make a table of context Link 2: https://youtu.be/fUzO7crWpgk?si=egfM9FMr8OMN90Id -I learned how to import files directly into indesign Link 3: https://youtu.be/4_Hi3tiCa7s?si=S1B8DMrTWln5KStJ I learned a lot of shortcuts which are very important in the ease of use.

This creative exercise is one I got from an old teacher called ‘trust fall’. Like the name implies you are to close your eyes and let your hand fall on an object. Normally you’d have to describe it to someone behind you and they’d choose wether or not to let you keep passing it, changing…

For this assignment, I wanted to show the comfort of my Mexican, Haitian and Italian flavors through typography. The concept is the comfort that people feel absorbing cultures so the typeface needs to feel inviting, expressive and easy to read. Typographic Direction 1: Home in a ladle Headline Sample- Sound Sizzles -Pally Bold Subhead Sample-…

This project is the experience of a restaurant, the smells, the color, the sounds etc. The prompt is as follows: “In this course, branding begins with experience. For this assignment, you will imagine and describe a unique fusion restaurant built from strong, identifiable tastes and aromas. You will translate sensory information—taste, smell, sound, space, and…

The creative exercise I’m doing is one about making something from nothing. A word that doesn’t exist. First you make up the word, like ‘shworm’ then give it a definition in this case Shworm can be defined as extreme discomfort, to the point of wanting to leave immediately. Then use that word in a sentence…

Today we were tasked with making a self-portrait in illustrator. The start of any project is always the hardest for me, the idea of what I see myself as. I never thought about it but in the design world, what you can do is attached to your image. The things you pick up a bit…

This week is another creative exercise about breaking old habits. Namely we take an item in our house hold and find something it isn’t suited to do, as in impossible to do, a paper cup shouldn’t be used to hold boiling water but it won’t be destroyed if it does, maybe. The idea as previously…