Graphic Design

Full Project Descriptions

Housing Crisis

It’s no secret that New York City is an expensive place to live. Short film Housing Crisis illuminates this in a way that maintains a comical and light-hearted tone. Upon approaching the project, I wanted to ensure that the movie poster complimented the film’s jovial quality.

Jono Freedrix, the writer + director, felt it was imperative that the poster feature a key image from the film – the main character in a ballet-esque pose, stretched across her apartment windowsill.

Since New York is such an essential aspect of the film, it was important to incorporate imagery symbolic of the city’s grandiosity. Thus I repurposed some street photography I had taken of buildings in the iconic Flat Iron District.

Research: I reviewed The Last Black Man in San Francisco film branding to kickstart my brainstorm, which also has a gentrification storyline as well as Medicine for Melancholy’s film branding, which also has a similar (though more serious) plot.

Malafafone

Film Asset

Still From Film

What a girl won’t do to get rid of those pesky bags under her eyes! Short film Malafafone captures the absurdity of our beauty-obsessed culture with blithe tonality and clever humor.

I was given specific instructions from writer/director Jono Freedrix for what the cover would feature. He wanted the tone to match the wackiness of the film, i.e., bold text with a somewhat exaggerated arch and a backdrop that felt like a knock-off Maybelline commercial.

It was also important that the model be airbrushed (retouched) and seemingly floating, symbolic of the perception that models levitate above normal, everyday women.

The Thriftier Side

The Thriftier Side is a fashion blog created by New York blogger and fashionite, Jhenene Louis. The tone of the blog is fun, metropolitan, and à la mode. I wanted to create a logo that embodied the playfulness of the content, while also representing the creator’s individual style.

Research: In the development of this logo, I reviewed the following blogs and resources: Ring My Bell, Brand Candi, and Refinery 29.

Prince + Bowie

When both David Bowie and Prince – two of my favorite and the world's most celebrated musicians – passed away in 2016, I was compelled to create a piece that paid tribute to both men.

It pretty much goes without saying that Prince’s style in terms of wardrobe and his album covers was specific in its use of purple; this is particularly apparent in his classic album cover for Purple Rain as well as for 1999. The color gold was dominant in his seventeenth studio album cover for The Gold Experience. As for Bowie, Gold was essential to his aesthetic as well, one example being his album cover for Diamond Dogs.

The levitating ball is a symbol of the power both wielded in their music and the impact they made on pop culture.

Untitled Book Cover

*This book cover is for a novella that has a TBA release date. I will share the title once proper copyrighting had been confirmed.*

It’s written by New York author DeQuaina Washington. Themes of the story include crime, sex, romance, and the apocalypse. Thus, I wanted the cover to feel dangerous and enigmatic. The central character is a femme fatale to say the least so it was also important that the cover be characteristic of her power and menacing nature while also nodding to the emerging feminist landscape of our modern society, hence the manicured nails in contrast with the blasting gun.

A Band Called Death

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Death is now realized as the initial pioneers of the punk rock music genre. (See A Band Called Death documentary.)

I saw Death play for the first time in 2015 and felt particularly moved by their music and their story. I took it upon myself to create a t-shirt design inspired by their first album cover ...For The Whole World to See. I wanted to keep within the general color treatment but with a little more vibrance. With their resurgence in mind, it was important that the vibe of the design feel more uplifting than the album cover while keeping true to the overall style.

I May Destroy You

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For those who may not be familiar, I May Destroy You is an HBO series that aired in 2020 created by, written and directed, and acted in by Michaela Coel, deals with the very layered subject of sexual assault. The story centers around Arabella, a young writer soon realizes following a night out with friends that she was drugged and violated. The show balances comedy and drama so well and in a way I hadn’t quite seen before. I wanted to create a design that encapsulated the colorful, artistic quality of Arabella’s character, her true spirits, but also gives insight into the emotional rollercoaster she experiences throughout the series. I felt the vibrant color scheme spoke the former and the blurred face represented the latter.