https://www.zion-alexander.com/about daily 0.75 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/1a5e6ad9-998a-4b3e-a398-c026ddb8ef12/Portfolio.jpg https://www.zion-alexander.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/cea4317a-368e-4406-b874-9d0586c8487b/Tiger+Alone.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/2fddcad9-a157-49a9-8cec-091e6306e488/Tiger+Alone.jpg https://www.zion-alexander.com/work daily 1.0 2026-03-03 https://www.zion-alexander.com/work/zionalexanderstorytelling monthly 0.5 2024-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/e12733da-5f28-4a5a-997b-d71bc960f36a/Star+Face.png Work - Story Telling "Star Sailor" an illustrated silent film dedicated, to the weary. (Click on me!) Involvement/Contribution: Director, writer, illustrator, actor, editor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/1710868913826-JQR8OXA6Z9FLQ71FMCJ5/Star%2B1.jpg Work - Story Telling "Star Sailor": page 2: Depicts our sinister star upchucking our protagonist. Recompence for his sin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/43c23858-09ee-465b-bd6b-b9de8e94fe0c/Star.1.jpg Work - Story Telling "Star Sailor": storyboard page 1: While a shot list only consisted of two shots, it was important for me to convey what the expressions would be. That visually I was shooting for uncanny and slightly sinister in regards to the star. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/1b58951e-767f-4e65-bf38-94b07454c30e/Screenshot+2026-03-16+at+9.43.49%E2%80%AFAM.png Work - Story Telling A black and white video, combining the themes of Clown & Emptiness...these two states of being go together quite well (Click on me!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/392436f2-9f63-4b79-8e17-bf9a4141a06c/Screenshot+2026-03-16+at+9.55.17%E2%80%AFAM.png Work - Story Telling My final project for Foundation Time class, we were given complete creative freedom to make an art piece/game you can interact with. I started thinking….you know, SCAD bathrooms are really unique, and color coordinated in fact. We can experience 4 out of the 5 senses, being sight, sound, smell, touch but not TASTE !! How cheated I felt by this realization, so I made a video of the bathrooms, edited it, and curated jelly bean flavors in many toy toilets that you’d eat from upon watching the footage of the bathroom theme. I’m curious what you think these bathrooms would taste like…(Click on me!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/e6e8170b-365c-40e3-944d-734602ce5a7b/Screenshot+2026-02-18+at+3.40.33%E2%80%AFAM.png Work - Story Telling A film pastiche, pulling from the influence of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari & The Shining (Click if on me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/64ca90b7-46f5-47dc-9c76-657534aeafcd/BBad_1.jpg Work - Story Telling "Breaking Bad-Hot Sauce": page 1: I was tasked with a commercial concept for a hot sauce company. The owner was bald and his love of Walter White was evident through his branding. My director Jase O'Brien provided a shot list, and I, a storyboard to accompany it. Involvement/Contribution: Storyboard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/ecf8b58c-cb45-4d23-a313-20b1c13cccbb/BBad_2.jpg Work - Story Telling "Breaking Bad-Hot Sauce": page 2: While at the time, I had never seen Breaking Bad, and had no preconceived ideas, I placed importance on lighting and the intentionality of sound once applied to these close ups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/7d71b75d-0c1b-4205-8da3-2898f4ecac7d/BBad_3.jpg Work - Story Telling "Breaking Bad-Hot Sauce": page 3: It's almost as though you can hear the foggy breaths steaming the mask, crunch of crystals, and bubble-goo of the pot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/99efb9f2-a4e1-4842-aad9-97638671024d/BBad_4.jpg Work - Story Telling "Breaking Bad-Hot Sauce": page 4: Fish eye lens, to a look of comradery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/8dd78ef9-f0fd-44bf-bf69-8c29138b2bfa/BBad_5.jpg Work - Story Telling "Breaking Bad-Hot Sauce": page 5: The grand reveal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/3ebeb35a-ef83-4eb1-8856-b65116eb3201/_MG_1018.JPG Work - Story Telling "Carina's Kitchen": Replicated as the storyboard shows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/0daff91e-e441-4e25-a5c0-595a30e581b8/_MG_1211+%281%29.JPG Work - Story Telling "Carina's Kitchen:" Running through lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/df53259b-90ad-4450-8431-e5e7c5fe1b1d/Carina%27s+Kitchen+1.jpg Work - Story Telling "Carina's Kitchen": page 1: Lost World Productions produced a YouTube analog horror. This is the first episode I had the pleasure of pitching. Involvement/Contribution: Writer, actor, storyboard, costume https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/f3cd239f-950f-45d4-9df7-575979ab5077/Carina%27s+Kitchen+2.jpg Work - Story Telling "Carina's Kitchen": page 2: Establishing a friendly face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/b79a8fd0-3129-4745-8a33-bf921dbfa809/Carina%27s+Kitchen+3.jpg Work - Story Telling "Carina's Kitchen": page 3: Monotony of slicing and searing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/1598ad84-b722-480d-9696-6a99341661d3/Carina%27s+Kitchen+4.jpg Work - Story Telling "Carina's Kitchen": page 4: Oh...that takes a turn... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/a25d98fb-47d5-4fdd-9ae9-e95ce2eac4ac/AF2BC0AF-0195-4215-A2BB-D1AE49AB272E.JPG Work - Story Telling "Name": On set debut of my original stage play, Name. College of the Mainland graciously put into production, with Jase O'Brien as the director. The performances resulted in standing room only. Involvement/Contribution: Author and acting consultant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/ae614790-be69-4974-a752-2c16ad7874c7/Name+Dates.jpg Work - Story Telling "Name": Original poster I designed to promote its attendance. (It made for a pretty cool cast shirt too!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/1fdbdfb7-0d1e-430c-96d8-b87768a381a3/Men+in+Cars.jpg Work - Story Telling "Men in Cars": Molly Vernon's short film that swept the competition circuit with 65 wins. Involvement/Contribution: Script supervisor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/c6da9e62-ad08-494d-a611-74aec7e9d69e/Men+in+cars+BW.jpg Work - Story Telling "Men in Cars": Behind the scenes. Photography courteous of Heather Leigh Jackson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/194ae9d7-61dd-4475-a6b0-e422c8b77aaa/Men+in+cars+BTS.jpg Work - Story Telling "Men in Cars:" Last day on set. Photography courteous of Heather Leigh Jackson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/dd276d35-00d8-49b5-a9f3-f67d1add5e0c/_MG_1585.JPG Work - Story Telling "Indiana Jones & The Gifts of the Wise Men": Directed by Jase O'Brien, featured here are David Wheelis and Fox Elrod on set. Involvement/Contribution: Co-writer, storyboard, props. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/6025c297-5985-44be-9b67-c4d337d7d1ed/_MG_1624.JPG Work - Story Telling "Indiana Jones & The Gifts of the Wise Men": Behind the scenes with the actors in 30 degree weather, needless to say, it was a touch chilly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/8e7577ce-25d3-4421-909f-aa5839b63031/Screenshot+2024-03-20+223146.png Work - Story Telling "Indiana Jones & The Gifts of the Wise Men": The last stand, Indie protecting the artifacts in the second to final scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/2d024f1b-0c53-4d5b-beab-a8cd15b0f45e/IMG_3181.jpg Work - Story Telling "Indiana Jones and the Gifts of the Wise Men": A 5x5 foot tile I depicted the wise men with gifts in hand, led by their glistening star. Mediums: Acrylic paint and marker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/b9843a36-c1ba-4185-8eda-38ff5ec9ab2a/Montage.jpg Work - Story Telling I was asked to create frames for the opening logo sequence of The Lost World productions. I was asked for something as minimal as a stick figure as to not trouble me for time, but a fully fleshed out character was unavoidable. I find him quite adorable! https://www.zion-alexander.com/work/zionalexanderart monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/bae67561-427f-4074-bc05-e3767b1a6ed3/Our+Meeting.jpg Work - Art "Our meeting, without any reason. The divine change of season, not in passing, but submissively intertwined." Mediums: Pen, color pencil, marker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/0e2b08f5-21e1-45c4-8c84-441b322fe5a6/As+You+Are.jpg Work - Art "As You Are" To begin with honesty, as you are. Aside from playing the fool, being the heroine or dame, what performances I wake and aspire to. Who am I, and who are you when left alone with no one to call your name. Without an audience, a soul slips away, shedding off porous skin and slicking the lament floors. I can’t tell if I’m disgusted, or relieved, looking into a face with no shape. Mediums: Prismas, Markers, Photoshop & Illustrator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/9462526c-bd10-4574-9c94-f6ccd0cfd903/Pacifism+and+High+Praise.jpg Work - Art "Pacifism & High Praise," there's no place for me in this growing world, what I knew, no longer is. Mediums: Pen, marker, color pencils, Photoshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/f341c5c7-6e98-46f9-a672-2cfdb6994a7a/I+See.jpg Work - Art "Slough" The world changes, turning to a new season for you, yet old to the likes of mankind. We weather and age by the caresses of cat tongues speaking of blessings, uttering curses, and staring proclamations of what should be or of what you may become. Sometimes people feel like betrayal, what we knew of each other wasn’t so once the moon arose with a blackened face. What might I become? Some praise thick skin, turning callus, as if hardship be beauty’s pinnacle, but how unjust to barricade. What weapon should I adorn if comforted by such shield? None. Soft. You’ll know me as new, soft skinned and reborn, so that you may know a gentle touch in a hardened world. Mediums: Photography, Acrylic, & Photoshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/e87b5fb9-c5ef-481c-bb0a-8e6a869f340b/Bathe.jpg Work - Art A jellyfish lady bathing in the hush sounds of Hawaiian waves. A tropical blue bath bomb fizzes, lapping over in this jacuzzi. Mediums: Photography & Adobe Photoshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/faa57305-8d12-4085-afba-531eb87350f0/Leif.jpg Work - Art This happens to depict an adventure I haven't yet had. An unfounded desire to touch the chilled waters of Iceland. Lush in its verdant landscape and isolated by a glacier barricade reminiscent of the rim of a crystal punch bowl. To look up at the sun and know it gently. That is what I seek. As one who hasn't left the country, my thoughts meander to the existence of Leif Erikson, what it must've been like to take to the choppy seas in search of, well, anything, at the risk of everything. ...this is beginning to sound like a "Visit Iceland," ad, apologizes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/0aeacebb-b589-4d95-b8b3-260528cadf3f/Down+Jandro.jpg Work - Art "The fork in the road is a knife to the heart." Mediums: Pen, color pencil, marker, color corrected digitally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/b3124258-b018-47b0-b4a0-c59529ccd7b6/Clock+Out.jpg Work - Art A crusty cup properly placed in a handicap space, and a line gathered round for the illuminant burger. Praise be to meat and cheese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/bc61c4f8-8f45-4d84-ab73-0aa5b1ec8048/Office+Cubes.jpg Work - Art "9-5 it's so simple..." Mediums: Pen, color pencils, marker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/58a32cf4-4768-4c67-b8c8-c36d960e21a7/Look.jpg Work - Art Must you be so cold? Turned away at sight of me, too transparent, displayed opaque. Forceful love, unrelenting in allowing you to slip away. So, you solidified to ice, in my grasp, but piercing, touch tormenting. It's clear now, I see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/b23a5cf3-40ab-407a-9f56-6bf636563b95/Bubbles.resz.jpg Work - Art "Last week of care, any notable effort, but the freedom of an early summer isn't so satisfying. Days are melting into chocolate fondue. Coating my brain in an unconscious time cavity. Decay from a source not that sweet." Mediums: Pen, color pencil, marker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/ee4d3bd4-ce6f-4c87-8f27-09093f508ad4/Suppression+Insta.jpg Work - Art "Hands that gravitate to a malleable object, clay that is flesh, flesh that is pressed. The contents that spew are from none other than you." Mediums: Pen, pencil, color pencils, color corrected digitally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/d3cfa462-8078-4fcf-bd54-6697dbb49b05/InkedProduct+cropped_LI.jpg Work - Art "Claim a mind, you have their body." Medium: Digital https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/5d4e8183-615b-4006-b193-2c5c8b56ba0a/Rhapsody+in+Blue.jpg Work - Art "The stars are my entertainers. Dancing in liquid footsteps, one over the other, without fear of constraint." Mediums: Pen, Paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/51ecc587-fd26-4601-8e0b-6934938c1a4a/InkedSmoke+Screen_LI.jpg Work - Art "I prayed to God for an answer but refused to receive what was given. Knowing the truth well, but choosing to see through my smoke screen." Mediums: Pen, pencil, marker, color corrected digitally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/f54f6cc1-296c-480b-82a1-dbacaf0a9f89/InkedForgive+Me_LI.jpg Work - Art "In defending your honor, I destroyed my self-respect. Stooping to a lowly creature with no form, no name. What will become of me, I ask for forgiveness." Mediums: Pen, pencil, marker, color edited digitally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/07f3d82e-785e-4f03-92bf-dc501f640543/Girl+from+Goop-de-Galax.jpg Work - Art "Our apathetic heroine, the saturated city surfer, the girl from Goop-de-Galax!" Medium: Pen, color pencil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/94895f46-b337-41ad-bf82-a31cf40cb05a/Fade.resz.jpg Work - Art "A convivial cut away from this world, but perhaps a more milder melting into nothing. This is an unoffensive exit." Mediums: Pen, paint, marker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/d0770438-59bb-492e-9748-c86a2dd585df/InkedOrchid_LI.jpg Work - Art "The Orchids speak of me staying, dependent, in need of standing stems to the sun." Mediums: pen and pencil, color edited digitally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/98af4936-6aed-4788-9f55-1b04ba542c60/InkedGluttony_LI.jpg Work - Art "There's a vacant patterned seat, it draws me near so that you might not sit alone. But...the feast at this table was not for me, never, just for you in that insatiable appetite to see it rot among the flies." Mediums: Pen, pencil, color corrected digitally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/953243d0-ddf8-4975-b2cf-32be5ee48339/Goodbye.jpg Work - Art This illustration depicts a Mother and her star child, silently wishing it goodbye. There's a life before this one, somewhere in the heavens. Up there we knew our mission, how our destiny would unfold and what love and grievances this world would gift unto us. I wonder if we kick and scream before we are made flesh, missing a divine we'd have to forget...or if stoicism takes hold, and we leave without a word, fading into a feeble mind. https://www.zion-alexander.com/work/zionalexanderacademia monthly 0.5 2024-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/afd71f6d-4205-45c1-b7d0-c07216064cc2/2024-mardi-gras-poster-winner.jpg Work - Academia "Mardi Gras! 113th Celebration": I was honored to have been tasked with creating 2024 Mardi Gras! Galveston poster. Upon submitting it into Yaga's official poster contest, I won first place! This photo was featured in an article for College of the Mainland. (Click on me!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/5b7d1fe0-23a2-4ecb-acff-e8a8acf40cd5/Mardi+Gras+V2.jpg Work - Academia The poster itself. I had envisioned a scene that people could latch onto upon viewing, allowing them to build a narrative and seek out details that enrich the story. This was also the subject of an interview with I45 Houston. (Click on me!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/6183adc1-7a0d-4af0-a5a0-e65270a8ea82/Automaton+V3.png Work - Academia A creative response to our reading, “The Invention of Hugo Cabret.” Drawn to the face of the automaton Hugo so lovingly humanizes. I thought I’d perhaps try to embody it with crackled porcelain skin, ruddy roses for cheeks, and a touch of pale blue translucence. Returning to this book after many years, it reminded me of day time dreaming, and the stirring love for woeful faces amidst silence. So much is said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/745ae73c-0a05-47ea-8bcc-ba1899d2142b/Zion-Alexander+Mood+Board.png Work - Academia Some familiar faces resurfacing. Tasked with creating a personal/professional mood board, I had forgone an ageless maturity in favor for the flavor of old acidic sugar. I guess the subconscious wanted to make light of the lava pit, melting into a shapeless, unending, creator who’s looking to have a good time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/4d7a24e0-6c0b-4dcf-a186-9e71683c7db6/Prophet%27s+Throne+3.jpg Work - Academia "Prophet's Throne" To know, is contentment, to know better, is challenging. To whom might take offense upon speaking of what the world is and of what you could be? These questionable words turn to one’s own condemnation; from that state, hastily drawing sword to attack the enlightened. Perhaps it be not from your own hand but with the conspiracy of another. So it goes the prophet’s head, will it be honored with polished silver, or left for the grubs and millipedes to turn in fleshy catacombs? I look to the prophet and furrow a brow at dying to anything, perhaps my family, yes any soul would, but for the metaphysical? What did you know? Entering with measly words that stirred, and leaving in silence, having seen the end from the beginning. I listen and wonder what it would take to have a prophet’s resolve. Show me. Medium: Photography & Adobe Photoshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/15fc3e17-6e3b-440c-8d98-748218f6f5e3/Ghost+in+the+Machine+30x24+copy.jpg Work - Academia My father having worked at Valero refineries, would tell stories of friends and coworkers suffering sudden and fatal incidents. When chemical spills, gas leaks, or explosions took place, he’d be asked to name and identify those that he knew. Mediums: Adobe Illustrator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/087187bf-94af-4e91-984d-63d503218369/Screenshot+2025-04-16+at+11.01.15%E2%80%AFAM.png Work - Academia "Moonlight Chase.” I’m reminded of the presence of German Shepards roaming the property at night in delight seeking trouble, in a pack of doubles and the rabbits that wished to nourish themselves under the gentle star-lit illuminance. Together they run in circles, continuing their waltz for as long as the moon allows it. I too am on a mission, longing for more. As a dog, I chase after a future that at times alludes me. As a rabbit, I must swiftly evade the wetted fangs of comfort. All the while, I dream of the home, at the center, it pulls me in with its gravity, providing a sanctuary of reprieve. To my parents, this mobile belongs, they who’ve allowed me the space to chase. Mediums: Laser cut wood & Spray paint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/253f2d0c-cf02-4cc0-b4cf-d2a2cfcbac04/Samba.jpg Work - Academia "Samba," a variation of Pool Party. A wood panel art piece made from an original design, painted, and assembled, to create what will become my favorite piece of home decor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/dc5c5ee7-b632-40e7-a274-83667af0cb87/Four+Square.jpg Work - Academia Color Theory: Mandala Project "Pool Party" After so many revisions of an organic shape, it’s hardly recognizable from its source material. Though distinctly, I remember there being one curly fry seashell whose spirals looped me down a water slide. Unintentionally, the color palette matched this quiet thought, by hosting a pool party without my permission. There are blow up tubes, foam noodles, and unsupervised play here. Mediums: Acrylic Gouache & Photoshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/d326920c-4098-4eec-8c0f-3acbe41295b8/Image+5-9-25+at+10.29%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Work - Academia Tee shirt design for a Georgia non-profit: I chose Sweet Olive Farms due to the obvious heart the owners have for their animals. The design directly credits the farm, allowing the back to speak to the wide open space that even the mighty mustang, “Pastis,” can roam freely in. I chose this color palette as to disrupt the anticipated earth tones, and provide a color shock that mirrors the energy of the caretakers, Kat & Susan. I enjoyed employing a minimal design and frankly, just drawing a horse, there’s so few occasions to do so. Mediums: Illustrator & Photoshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/f14bdb1d-6e68-4e92-863b-1f78f6f56724/562238FE-8ED7-42A6-B3BE-DCFA68127489.JPG Work - Academia "Mardi Gras 2025" While I didn't win the following year, it's not without having illustrated a fine coachman inspired by Cab Calloway and horses with a sense of life! Mediums: Photography, Pen, Prisma, Markers, & Photoshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/f6c77fb5-921d-4156-bffb-444688e78deb/Animal+Style.V5.jpg Work - Academia In-N-Out made a call for summer picnic t-shirts to be designed and submitted by their employees, I couldn't pass up that opportunity. Of all design concepts they have for their brand, I hadn't seen anything that elevated their off-the-menu items. Thus, "Go wild, Animal style," was born. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/e01ccf05-b554-4bfa-a413-35502272f34a/Master+Class.jpg Work - Academia In tandem with Boonies, it felt appropriate to fabricate ads that would target artistic readers. Masterclass would be no outlier to this. The drawings were done in marker and digitally colored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/08d4a50a-1185-475a-9336-ccf347e7f1ae/Image+5-7-25+at+3.38%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Work - Academia Color Theory: Bezold Project “Taken in Stride,” is the name of my lovely lady. There’s something cool and liquid about her that embodies how I wish to enter and leave any given scene. She’ll be used as gift wrapping paper, appropriate for long time, no see, kind of presents, or any occasion that isn’t explicitly holiday related. I chose her color scheme of purples as there’s a grounded mystic that conveys a level of femininity without an aloof or sexy approach. Her design is meant to ride the line of playful but mature. Mediums: Illustator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/a69650b1-086a-47e3-bb89-5f9473f0f936/Teef+copy.jpg Work - Academia “Teef” In creating a piece for a texture project, I considered the state of our very own teeth. Being filled, coated, and covered in most anything. And how in my own dreams I’d have a bottom grill of the finest silver…one of these days. Mediums: Photography & Adobe Photoshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/61c13fbf-2a9a-4447-8a7b-ae3aee90f3b4/Boonies.jpg Work - Academia The magazine cover of my, "Boonies," concept. The unearthing of artists in small towns in all forms of self expression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/680e4c34-0d05-4f0a-bb28-78c9ec611928/Hobby+Lobby.jpg Work - Academia Seasonal Hobby Lobby Ad that isn't just a page of coupons. (Though that is greatly appreciated) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/cf318a25-c093-42da-88a0-6b6a2d03b7dd/Typographic+Poem.jpg Work - Academia My original poem, "Blue Bird," brought to life through pen and marker, refined through Adobe Illustrator. I wanted the piece to reflect the first line, "Blue bleeding from behind the blinds." Something cozy about it, in its solace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/d65644ea-a10d-419e-a846-8121473b085e/Sulfur.jpg Work - Academia Original font named, "Sulfur." I was inspired by the graffiti branded on train carts headed towards the chemical refinery. While I personally find them eye sores, there's credit due in its distinct features... An hour would pass under the red blinking traffic light. It's night and I want to be home as work will demand many more hours in tomorrow's day. Sitting there, music turned to the volume of bloody drums, playing to the fuzzy, graffiti, amateur hour of some gang's brand. All passing, hardly moving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/e0521aa5-a997-4d36-94cf-cf08793e7acb/Rat+Front.jpg Work - Academia Yet another imaginative business, this time of a pest control service named, "Road Rat." Drawing made through traditional pen/marker mediums, refined through Photoshop and scripted through InDesign. In designing a rack card, the pun created itself...a, "rat" card. Ha! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/364159c3-9814-45f4-a0b5-29cc1e2c3092/Road+Rat+Mag-1.jpg Work - Academia Road Rat magazine spread, page one. Compliments to The Spruce: "9 Signs of a Mouse or Rat Infestation in Your Home," for the article I could adjust and tailor accordingly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/132ffd8e-36c7-4d6b-87bd-da31e32de8a2/Road+Rat+Mag-2.jpg Work - Academia Road Rat magazine spread page two. Though it may not be evident on the layout of this website, side by side, these pages make a cheese wedge. A little extra detail. Usage of Photoshop and InDesign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e89aedc7342f3fa423a172/49a36386-e43f-4cfe-bf8d-7a48ce5e04fb/Self+Portrait.jpg Work - Academia Self portrait created through Adobe Illustrator. An exercise in using the pen tool for all those painstaking details! Not too shabby...though I might've flattered myself with brighter eyes and vibrant face paint, ah well.