A few of my more artistic pursuits. While some projects are for myself, most tend to be made for others, whether it's commission work, or gifts.

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Each sketch is done in approximately 20 minutes using a reference photo. Only a Pentel RSVP pen was used. A few of these were given to friends, while others were more for personal practice.

I was given a Surface Pro 3 as a gift and instead of buying a case for it, I decided to make one. I took the official measurements of the Surface from Microsoft's specs online, and added some extra length in all directions to compensate for the thickness of the leather.

I first started off with a cardstock prototype to work out what pieces need to be cut. I decided on a two part design: a top cover piece, and a bottom that folds over. The two parts overlap in the back to form a folder for documents or pens or whatnot. Inside the case also includes a holder for the pen that accompanies the Surface. The case is completely hand cut, and hand stitched.

I've created personal logos as gifts to friends, and I try to design them to best reflect the person they're made for. This includes the personal logo I've made for myself that you see on this website. In it, you can see the character for "M", "X", and "Z", to reflect the main characters in my name.

I've done graphic design projects for clubs and organizations on campus while at Berkeley, local organizations, and even for companies I've interned at. Most of my designs are made either in Illustrator, or in InDesign, my default thanks to my first introduction in high school newspaper. Most of these undergo a number of design iterations, especially those that are more graphic in nature, rather than layout style, as flyers are.

I take into consideration a few things as I brainstorm designs: What information does this design need to communicate? What is the end form of this design (apparel, flyer, etc)?

This site was a project on its own! I took a web design course while at Cal and learned how to create websites from scratch using HTML, CSS, and JQuery. This was the final product. I decided if I ever decided to go into more CS stuff, it would be front end design. It's been fun debugging design through a website like this, and it's shown to be a great way to exercise and show some creativity.

I decided to create a visual resume to provide some color in what I see as a typically uncolorful presentation of information. This was more for fun and was actually meant to be a layout of what I wanted this website to look like, until I realized it functioned pretty well as a design project on its own.

You can link to the visual resume through the project homepage, or click on this text