GRAPHIC DESIGN

These t-shirt designs were done in collaboration with Nashville–based design company Dead Horse Branding for my Visual Storytelling course at Middle Tennessee State University. We were provided with the images, copy and logo to created t-shirts memorializing the iconic musician Bo Diddley.

I took inspiration from his album covers for the color scheme and created two colorful, eye-catching designs for Dead Horse Branding to potentially sell as official Bo Diddley merchandise. I used Adobe Illustrator to create the designs and used Adobe Photoshop to alter the colors and add texture and halftones to the images. This project gave me experience working with a real design agency and was incredibly rewarding!

I won first place in Middle Tennessee State University's College of Media and Entertainment t-shirt design contest in 2023. The design had to include all the majors, minors and concentrations offered by the College of Media and Entertainment (CME), so my design process involved a lot of kerning and finessing the type to make it fit.

 My design was printed on black t-shirts and distributed around campus at CME events and at the college's freshman orientation. It was awesome to walk around campus and see strangers wearing my t-shirt!

I did branding work for The Walden Hotel, a restoration project taking place in Harriman, TN. The 1890s boarding house is in the process of becoming an upscale cigar lounge and bar. I wanted to establish a brand identity that reflected the owner's vision while also highlighting the historic nature of the building.

This magazine layout was done for a project in my Visual Storytelling course at Middle Tennessee State University. The goal of the project was to create a cohesive magazine layout with all the required type. Outside of that, we were free to be as creative as possible with our designs!

I found stock photos I liked and edited them in Adobe Photoshop. I drew the "CHAT" logo on the cover by hand, scanned it in and used image trace in Adobe Illustrator to create a vector file. The layout for the magazine was done in Adobe InDesign.

I designed this graphic for the SideView podcast hosted by Sidelines, the student run news organization at Middle Tennessee State University. Other work I did for the podcast includes hosting, writing scripts, and editing the audio of some episodes. The design was created in Adobe Illustrator.