Here you will find a collection of complete projects, works in progress and other odds and ends. My work ranges from animation/videos to websites/back-end development to illustrations/front-end development. Feel free to relax and scroll away or click on one of the buttons below to filter the pieces by type.
October 2018
Here's a quick look at how I get from point A to point B with a branding/logo project. The process involves getting a lot of ideas onto paper before choosing and refining the best ones. My weapon of choice for some more refined drawings is a dotted sketchbook.
For any logo project the best way to get the best design is to put as many ideas on paper as possible. I thought I would play on how "J" when spoken can also mean "Jay", the bird.
For the most part, the chosen logos played with a mirror effect. These were all cleaned up and then evaluated. I showed these to as many people as possible to get constuctive feeback and a general reaction.
These were the chosen logos. The decision was made based mostly on the feedback received. The slightly more abstract "double jay" logo was the most effective and required no additional explanation or description.
October-November 2018
Lighting is probably one of the most challenging and important aspects of photography. This series of photos is all about lighting. The challenge is getting the right lighting in a fully controlled environment or working with what is immediately available.
One of my favourites from a photo session in the studio for Kayleen Wu.
March 2014
This is a project I worked on as part of a two-woman team. Our intent for this project was to immerse ourselves in creation. We decided to imagine a bunch of little monsters that work as a unified whole and then brand the little critters. We started by making a poster in a digital environment and then transferred it to paper via silkscreen. We took the project a step further by also silk-screening the little monsters onto t-shirts and stickers.
All these different sections were necessary to silkscreen the final poster with the correct colours.
Top Left: Fill red
Top Right: Dark red
Bottom Left: Fill blue
Bottom Right: Dark blue
This was the final digital version of the poster.
Out in the woods taking pictures of the local wildlife patience and reaction time are key. My favourite photographic subject is nature and animals are the most difficult and rewarding things to capture on film.
