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    • Creature Cards
    • The Recipe Basket Cookbook
    • TV Vixen 1 & 2
    • 1by7 illustrations
    • Open House: Department of Art & Design
    • Art in the Annex Auction
    • Cymbeline (Studio Theatre)
    • How to Make the Perfect Cup of Coffee
    • A Map from Home to School
    • Eat Local conference material
    • Christmas Cards
    • 40 Day Dream Booklet
    • Type Specimen Booklets
    • Subculture Zine
    • Longboard Graphics
    • Hand Portraits
    • Craftifesto Website
    • Museums & Archives Website Redesign
  • Creature Cards
    Creature Cards was a project first taken on in an illustration class. Since then I have sold them at a few craft sales. Each pack comes with ten different illustrations of animals native to the Edmonton area.
    Crafts, Illustration
    2012
  • The Recipe Basket Cookbook
    For this project I took a bunch of my family's favorite recipes and combined them into a cookbook.
    Graphic Design
    2012
  • TV Vixen 1 & 2
    A poster series I did for a poster show held by the Student Design Association at Harcourt House Gallery.
    Illustration
    2012
  • 1by7 illustrations
    In January of this year a few friends and I decided that we wanted to challenge ourselves to creating one illustration every seven days. To help document this, we started a blog titled http://1by7.tumblr.com/. Each week we create a new illustration following a different theme.
    Illustration
    2012
  • Open House: Department of Art & Design
    For this project we had to come up with Open House materials for the Department of Art & Design at the University of Alberta.
    Branding, Graphic Design, Illustration
    2012
  • Art in the Annex Auction
    Identity created for the annual Art Auction held at the Harcourt House Gallery annex.
    Advertising, Graphic Design, Illustration
    2012
  • Cymbeline (Studio Theatre)
    For a class project we were asked to create a poster for a University of Alberta Studio theatre production.
    Advertising, Graphic Design, Illustration
    2012
  • How to Make the Perfect Cup of Coffee
    For this informational project, we had to come with instructions to complete a specific task. I chose to illustrate the steps its takes to make the perfect cup of coffee with a french press.
    Illustration
    2012
  • A Map from Home to School
    For this project we had to make a map showing our route from home to school.
    Directing, Graphic Design, Landscape Design
    2012
  • Eat Local conference material
    For this project we had to come up with a make believe conference and create branding and event materials for it. I chose to do an Eat Local Conference (an event which focuses on showcasing local food and produce and restaurants that use these ingredients).
    Branding, Graphic Design, Illustration
    2012
  • Christmas Cards
    In November 2011 I participated in my first Royal Bison craft fair. I created/ illustrated packs of gift-cards as well as gift tags.
    Crafts, Illustration
    2012
  • 40 Day Dream Booklet
    For this typography exploration project we had to choose a song and portray it in different type layouts.
    Typography
    2012
  • Type Specimen Booklets
    An exploration of the different eras of typography.
    Print Design, Typography
    2012
  • Subculture Zine
    Zine which features certain subculture groups from the last 50 years.
    Illustration, Print Design
    2012
  • Longboard Graphics
    A student group at the University of Alberta put on a longboard auction. I submitted these designs to be used as deckles.
    Illustration, Product Design
    2012
  • Hand Portraits
    A book of portraits. Each spread contains hand writing done by the individual who's hands are photographed. The people in this book were directed to write something about themselves or words that they try to live by.
    Digital Photography, Writing
    2012
  • Craftifesto Website
    For this class project we had to choose a manifesto to create a website for. Being a craft enthusiast, I chose to make a website for the Craftifesto manifesto written by the Chicago Craft Mafia. I've chosen to only include some of the pages I fleshed out on Dreamweaver.

    Some of this information displayed on this website was pulled from their website at http://diytrunkshow.com/

    This website was created using Dreamweaver CS5.
    Crafts, Illustration, Web Design
    2012
  • Museums & Archives Website Redesign
    For this project we had to take the content from an existing website and recreate it making it more appealing. My goal was to create an identity for Museums & Archives through the web that would entice more visitors to come and visit this historically significant building.

    This website was created using Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.
    Web Design
    2012
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