Editorial design for NACMS’s annual music gala
| Visual Design | Editorial | Art Direction |
Amber is a visual design piece for NACMS’s 2021 annual gala event. The concept of this system is to illustrate the artist & creator's journal book. The journal symbolized the artist's creative process from scratch. That captured the ideas, the brainstorms, the plans, the overthrow, and the rebuild. The main visual element for the design is a display-typography collaged based on the Chinese character of autumn “秋” with natural components.
| Adobe Illustrator | Adobe InDesign | Adobe Photoshop |
NACMS - Fall 2021
Poster design for a competition held by UNI on the topic of oil spills.
| Poster Design | Editorial Design | Competition Piece |
Oil spills are major human-caused disasters, although preventable, have occurred time and time again in history. These accidents are stifling mother nature and the detrimental impacts on the environment are non-negligible. The poster design represents a crime board that displays the oil spill events and their long-term consequences, with an image of a human portrayed as a criminal. The main goal is to arouse people's reverence for nature and encourage accountability for their decisions and actions.
| Adobe Illustrator | Adobe InDesign | Adobe Photoshop | Ink & Paper | Watercolor |
Contain Credit: United State Environmental Protection Agency, Understanding Oil Spills And Oil Spill Response
SMUDGE Competition held by UNI in 2020 | WINNER
"A Book Created for Coffee Lovers."
| Editorial | Art Direction | Illustration | Hand-Lettering |
32 pages 6”x9” printed book along with 3 posters were created to present my favorite beverage; coffee. Coffee played an essential role in my life, especially in my design career. Therefore, the concept of it was to disseminate the knowledge about coffee, and the cultural value behind it. There are various elements incorporated in this project, they all presented my interpretations of coffee, from colors to textures, and from the smells to the tastes. Dear all coffee lovers welcome to my senses feast, enjoy!
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Photoshop | Color-pencils | Watercolors | Graphite | Ink | Coffee (textures) |
Hypothetical Project - Winter 2017
Book design on the topic of mental health and positivity.
| Book Design | Editorial | Art Direction |
“Mindfulness” is an 8-pages editorial book presenting the idea of treating anxiety without medication but with the power of positivity. The line-art represents different emotional states from negative to positive; unorganized to tidy.
All the line-art and textures were hand-done by me.
| Adobe InDesign | Adobe Photoshop | Ink | Watercolor | Image Collage |
School Project: Typography I - 2017
Book cover design for Ema J. Chiang’s first novel "Summer Rain Belongs Here."
| Book Cover Design | Illustration | Editorial |
It's my pleasure to work with Ema on her first novel. She came with a request to create the cover in my watercolor style based on the painting "Chop Suey" by Edward Hopper. I began the process by reading the story of Ema, which helped to craft the image in my mind. The challenge of this project is to imply the mystery tone in the illustration, however, not overpower the organic chemistry formed by the medium itself.
| Adobe Illustrator | Adobe InDesign | Adobe Photoshop | Watercolor |
Ema J. Chaing - Spring 2020