Living and exploring in my Q60

Modern life requires our moving around the local areas we inhabit and live our lives. Sometimes it involves traveling to the other side of the world, but in documenting the different places we go and the ways we get there we can start to paint a picture of our daily lives and the story behind […]

data Visualization and visual story telling

This week we are learning more about data visualization and taking raw data and translating it to something graphical/visual that people can break down easily and understand the data being presented. There are several different methods and common data visualizations out there such as bar graphs and pie charts, and something I have learned as […]

Creating my Visual Design Portfolio

Full Portfolio page: https://introspectivedesigner.com/ Creating my online portfolio was a challenge. Not just technically when creating a cohesive design for every project I worked on this semester, but because of the extension I needed while battling with Covid-19. It put me out of order for a few weeks, over a month, but I wanted to […]

The look of YouTube

One of my favorite websites is also one that has been popular since the earlier days of the internet: YouTube. It has been a game changing video hosting platform that has changed how we consume entertainment, share our memories and moments, and explore a whole range of media from music, movies, tv, platforms, content creators, […]

Visual storytelling

Freedom! A moment where through careful planning, and a sense of adventure, 8 friends planned to sky dive on their vacation in the tropics. If you are going to sky dive why not sky dive in a place that has some of the best views on Earth? The group had already sky dived in various […]

Wire-framing and prototyping a project for Native Instruments

For this week’s project we were tasked with creating a promotional email newsletter, and a simple one-page website. I chose to create my project around a company called “Native Instruments”. As soon as a learned about this project, I instantly knew that I wanted to create a piece with this company in mind because 1. […]

EDC Event package – Event campaign creation

EDC is a yearly electronic music festival. The cool thing I like about the brand and event is the awesome designs they make to compliment the great brand name! Every year the create different iterations for visuals that define the electric daisy carnival. If you think of movies like avatar or other sci fi movies […]

Imagery in Design

One of the biggest parts of design is imagery. As designers we use images as well as artfully and strategically placed type to convey a message, inform, inspire, etc. Images have a huge impact on how a message is received and when it comes to design, it’s usually the center point for any created piece. […]

Color Theory In Practice

In design, elements that create a final aesthetic are important in equal parts. Design, Typography, and Color are key in creating a professional quality logo, and branding conventions for any business or organization. Knowing how to use these different elements in a design made for a company can have a significant impact on the company’s […]

Color and Culture

Color has always been an important part of culture across the world be it through our national flags, through the color pallet of our county’s signature dishes, or through cultural meaning and symbolism that includes specific colors. Colors and culture have always intersected as well as imagery and symbolism. Even meaning comes into play, for […]