illustration
themed calendar
project
In my second year of university, I was tasked with creating two illustrations for a themed calendar for the front cover and the month of March. I was inspired by cherry blossoms and researched Japan's Vernal Equinox day- a festival which celebrates the beginning of Spring in March. This inspired me to create the front cover based around festivals.
editorial illustrations
I completed a set of editorial illustrations in response to a brief for a magazine article about eco-friendly ski holidays; I undertook this project in my second year of university. I used Adobe Photoshop and a Wacom drawing tablet to create the main illustration and the two spot illustrations. I enjoyed creating these illustrations and experimenting with a simple drawing style. After completing this project, my skills in digital drawing improved and I learnt that using a colour palette consisting of a few similarly toned colours can enhance your illustrations.
Rebecca book cover
This was the finalised digital illustration I created in response to my first marked brief in my first year of university, where I was tasked with creating a book cover for the mystery thriller book Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. I really enjoyed this brief because it challenged me to think about how to portray the book's theme and elements of the narrative as well as create an eye-catching book cover. One element that I think looks effective is the composition of the book title Rebecca as the reflection of the light from outside of the window. I am pleased with the outcome of this illustration and would enjoy designing more book covers in the future.
Tourism poster
In my first term of university, I was randomly assigned a small town in Canada, Loretteville, to research and create a tourism poster for. This was a challenge because Loretteville had very little information, however, I discovered that it was well-known for its indigenous history of the Wendake Reserve, the birthplace of 80's pop star Mitsou and ice hockey team, the Rockford Ice Hogs. I created the poster with this research in mind and based my colour palette and layout of the poster around vintage tourism posters I had found. As it was my first time creating a tourism poster, I am happy with the outcome as I think it successfully shows the tourism Loretteville has to offer, despite it being a small town with limited information.
THE LOVELY HOUSE book cover
I created this cover for the gothic mystery book The Lovely House in my third year of university, where I was tasked with creating the front cover illustration as well as the lettering for the title and name of the author. The four illustrations and the lettering were all hand-drawn with coloured pencils and then scanned in and altered using Photoshop. I drew half of the four illustrations, mirrored the other half in Photoshop and cleaned up the edges using the clamp tool. This was my first time using this technique but I found it saved time and enhanced the mystery aspect of the book. Overall, I'm pleased with how this turned out because I think the combination of the coloured pencils and the mirroring technique creates a grainy, eery effect which ties in with the gothic setting and mysterious storyline.
logo & brand design
Logo & visual identity design placement
In my second year of university, I undertook a logo & visual identity design placement where I had to redesign two logos for two vet clinics owned by the same client. The placement gave me valuable experience in freelance work and carrying out tasks independently such as: producing deliverables, setting deadlines, the whole process of designing the logos, colour contrast ratio analysis and font research. I also developed my skills in Illustrator and navigating other Adobe Creative Suite applications like Adobe Stock and Adobe Fonts which I had never used before.
women's auxiliary air force association logo redesign
I volunteered to redesign the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) Association social media icons and produced two different colour ways for use across their social media accounts (Instagram and Facebook). I am pleased with the outcome because I think the use of three main colours with a high contrast makes the logos look effective and provide a high level of accessibility which suits their purpose.
webpage design
women's auxiliary air force association webpage redesign
Along with the social media icons, I volunteered to redesign the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) Association webpage header. I was inspired by the style of war ribbons which featured 3-4 colours and different sizes of stripes, so I decided to base my header design around this. I experimented with different colour ways and designs, but this design is my favourite because I think the colours work well together and I like how the pink outline adds some femininity to the overall look which ties in with the fact the website is for the Women's Air Force and also matches the social media icons.
animation & GIFs
stop-motion animation on mental health
For a university project, I worked as part of a group to produce a stop-motion animation on mental health. I like how the animation incorporates a range of different media and materials to represent the indescribable emotions felt when dealing with anxiety, paranoia and disassociation. Problem-solving, communication and teamwork were core skills I built upon as the project required us to work together in every part of the process -from the first initial idea up until completion. Despite the short time frame we had and my limited experience with stop-motion animation, I'm pleased with the outcome and I thoroughly enjoyed working together with my group on this project.
hedgehog gif
This is the first GIF I made using Adobe Photoshop as part of an illustration workshop from my first year of university. I'm proud of how this turned out considering I hadn't made GIFs before and created it using a technique I learnt in a short period of time.
personal work
