art & design

As part of a group project, I was in charge of packaging design for a fictional product called Dropletts- which provides instant, tasty & safe potable water to those most in need. The product display shown is the result of months of hard work and reiterations.

Buffalo’s own Reddy Bikeshare purchased a new Ford E-Transit Van during my internship with them. The local nonprofit wished to express their commitment to clean energy & modernization. We settled on a circuit board pattern covering their “Sharrow” logo & the Buffalo skyline for the rear doors.

My submission for a contest to redesign the album artwork for “Barter 6” by Young Thug. Adobe Illustrator. Spring 2020.

Once again, very loosely inspired by the cover art for a 1925 Soviet war film entitled “Battleship Potemkin.”Pen and ink. Winter 2020.

Very loosely inspired by a nightmare that I had. The dream wasn’t in an Art Deco style. That’s just where the inspiration took me. Adobe Illustrator. Spring 2021.

One of my first projects at Buffalo State, in the thick of the pandemic. The original pen and ink version of this piece was intended to capture the moment in my own artistic style. The foam core version on the left was created after using an X-Acto knife and a Dremel. Pen and Ink/Foam…

Created using Snapseed, these experiments with color swatches and found objects were part of a larger project for my introductory photography class. Snapseed. Spring 2022.

A play on the song ‘Futura Free’ by Frank Ocean, this piece reimagines the artwork for his iconic 2016 album ‘blonde’ in a Futurist style. This project also features an earlier draft of an Impressionist-style painting inspired by the track ‘White Ferrari’ from the same album. Adobe Illustrator. Spring 2023.

Inspired by the movie Princess Mononoke, this Cactus Kodama was created to watch over and complement my two small cacti. According to Japanese folklore, kodama are spirits that imbue trees with vitality. The scarf was created in my Introductory Fibers class (bottom right.) Cardstock. Fall 2023.

A fictional creature used as a test subject for sculpting and to create a walk cycle animation (shown in another post.) The creature was also animated using shape keys (bottom right) to give it the illusion of floating while in stasis.Blender. Fall 2023.