I made motivational postcards for a project that I will send out to friends and family in order to instantly brighten their day. If you want one, by all means, send me your address and I will gladly send you one!

Sandy's ordering kiosk

Sandy's is a well known burger joint here in Austin and has had the same dreary look for 20 years. For this project it was our task to bring Sandy's into the 21st century and design a touchscreen ordering kiosk for them! Not only were we designing the interface for the kiosk, but we also were able to give Sandy's appearance a "facelift". This was a group project and I feel the final result really showcased our individual personalities through our collaborative work. Trying to stick to Sandy's roots, we kept their basic color scheme of yellow and brown but added some present day flair to their look. We chose to stick with effective simplicity to allow the customer to easily navigate through their order by using effective instructional text, immediate feedback about their order, and a logical flow that would ultimately make the ordering process easier, faster, and most of all, pleasant.

Concept Map

With every new project, your mental process matures, and this project was no exception. We had to create a concept map on a specific topic. I chose Fresh Water and wanted to use the concept map to show the scarcity of fresh water use around the world. I wanted everything to lead to everyone at the end to show the importance of this situation and how everyone is affected by it. It was a challenge connecting everything in a logical sequence and pushed me to design in a clear effective way.

History of Graphic Design Diagram

One of our final assignments in History of Graphic Design was to pick one relatively new image and connect as many graphic design movements in history as you can to that one image. I chose a Luke Rudolf painting and tried to make a unique presentation out of it. I chose to make little flip ups that reveal a connection and description to a previous movement.

East Austin Postcards

East Austin has a lot of life to it. Because of that, I feel this project had a lot of life to it. Our task was to make postcards about East Austin. Our concepts were totally up to us and through the use of collaging we were to create unique postcards. I had a very hard time with this project, mainly because I had a preconceived idea I wanted to use. This idea didn't fit the criteria of the project so I had to start fresh. This was a big stepping stone for me because I was pushed completely out of my "design comfort" and was forced to explore collaging , which I had never done before. I was shocked at how happy I was with the results! I loved this new, unique, and edgy look I had never gotten before. These postcards were also chosen to be included in St. Edward's first annual Juried Art Show. Looks like hard work does pay off!

East Austin Book

After completing our East side postcards and flash project, we then moved into making a book about East Austin. This book was a lot of fun to make. I loved the process of documenting a certain place and then making a book that showed it through your eyes. I wanted to keep the collaging element throughout the book because I feel it add a sense of life to each page and it also the reader to get a feel for the east side as well.

Found typeface

We created a new typeface out of found materials. I chose to make my letters... out of letters! We created the whole alphabet and then a word that went with our materials and setting. My setting is the library. The library is filled with knowledge just waiting to be learned. From knowledge I thought of the saying," Knowledge is power" and thus chose to use the word power.