Miss Represented is my senior capstone project; the work spanned over the course of a year and was completed in the spring of 2019. The end deliverable—an animated video—is a tool for teenagers to understand the importance of fiction and representation through
women in comic books.
The following is some of my illustration work, all drawn in Photoshop using a Wacom tablet. I have spent years illustrating purely for the sake of enjoyment, but more recently I have been commissioned by authors and readers alike to create art based on scenes from their favorite books. View the rest of my work on Instagram.
A set of deliverables created for the the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Chest Wall Center, focused on pain management and The Hero’s Journey. Completed in the Fall of 2018.
Animated video created in the Fall of 2018 for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, as part of the Cancer Journey video library.
During the Fall of 2017, I took a collaborative studio about autonomous mobility for Graphic Communication Design and Industrial Design students, sponsored by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). Over the course of the studio, I was able to work alongside Industrial Designers and my peers within GRCD, participating in a variety of assignments and exercises that have helped me grow immensely as a designer and as an individual.
This project was an aim to market autonomous FCA vehicles of the future; essentially how to monetize each distinct brand that our class was tasked with designing. I helped create this video alongside four other students: Shelly Boylson, Alexis Jerome, Julia Lakemeinen, and Jared Wine.
I took on the task of storyboarding, creating assets for, and animating the video segments on Jeep, Fiat, and Dodge (1:34-2:15).
Find out more about the class here.
The Cincinnati Project engaged students and faculty at the University of Cincinnati in research projects examining the barriers to equity for women of color in Cincinnati. The information gathered was displayed in the form of a traveling exhibition, titled What Is and What Can Be. I had the privilege of being brought on by Dr. Stephanie Sadre-Orafai and my professor, Matt Wizinsky, for design support on the project. What Is and What Can Be was both an exhibition and a small book series, and while Matt created the exhibition, my main role was to design each of the books. The books served as takeaway publications with more extensive coverage of the information displayed in the exhibition.
Read more about it here.
While on co-op at The Brand Experience (Cincinnati, OH), I had the opportunity to create the identity for The Future of Storytelling (FoST) 2017 Summit and Festival. The theme was “FoST University,” a historical, Hogwarts-esque take on storytelling. I designed the brand, developed the brand guidelines, and applied it to a variety of media, including signage, environmental graphics, and print collateral.
FoST is a creative community of people from around the world in the areas of marketing, technology, and media; celebrating storytelling and the way it is evolving in the digital age.
Every year, FoST has a Summit and Festival. The Summit is a two-day invitation only event attended by approximately 500 people; an interactive event filled with speakers, workshops, role playing, and immersive exhibits. The Festival (which happens directly after the Summit) is a more public event, featuring hundreds of booths where visitors can experience specific stories through different kinds of technology, mainly augmented and virtual reality.
Find out more about FoST here.
For my final Intro to Time-Based design project, in the spring of 2017, I created a title sequence for my narrative concept, Falcon Quest.
I experimented heavily with vector illustrations for this project, using color palette and and passage of time to carry the viewer through the piece.
My narrative follows the story of three young adults from different parts of the kingdom of Prithink. Their mission is to defeat the villain Karthog, who has invaded the land with his demon monsters and alien armies. This quest is not just critical for all of Prithink, but it is also a test of courage for our three heroes. To do this, Amara, Wes, and Yunus must travel through the land, defeat Karthog’s awful monsters, and find the villain himself.
A collection of motion projects from the course of my college career.
