I am currently a front-end web developer at Pappas Group in Arlington Virginia and I just recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BA in Graphic Design. This is my ever-expanding portfolio and I hope you enjoy it!

The assignment was simple: choose a designer that works outside of the field of graphic design and construct a website for them that fits their sense of design. I decided to go with Dieter Rams and built a portfolio website for him that best portrays his 10 principles to good design. This is, so far, my favorite piece of mine yet at VCU.

Under the guidance of instructor Andrew Ilnicki, the fall 2010 Advanced Web Page Design class assembled a fresh and new website for the Child Development Center at VCU. The project was used to familiarize us with WordPress and the act of meeting with a client to get a good understanding of what they wish to present on their new website.

This is a new typeface NEXT I recently developed two months ago. It is based off of very similar Art Deco typefaces that used varying thicknesses of strokes to build up the letterform. The result is a very geometrical letterform with much contrast. For my application I produced a series of posters with song quotes by a band I think the typeface fits.

This is a type specimen book I designed for the German typeface TAZ. The book finely details the intricacies of TAZ along with presenting the typeface in various compositions. I am currently in the process of photographing this book.

The assignment was to produce a PSA on an issue that is impacting people today. My group ended up deciding on Net Neutrality as our focus. I, along with 2 group members, constructed multiple Lego sets, dozens of Lego letterforms and several late nights editing 1,200 photographs together to bring you this PSA. Enjoy!

“Migraine inducing frustration eventually leads to good work” This is how I felt after I completed this Varekai poster. After weeks of research and process that was leading me in no desirable direction, I threw almost everything out and started anew. This poster you see here is the final result and one that I am quite happy with.

This is an experimental typographic book with each “page” being a unique composition utilizing the lowercase a. Cut-out letterforms were smothered in ink and thrown on a page until an interesting composition was created. I call it, splatter type.

The assignment was to film and edit an introduction title sequence for the French classic film The 400 Blows. The introductory scene to the movie deals with the writing and passing of notes in class, which is where I drew my concept from.

For this assignment I created a logotype that could easily be developed into a system for my assigned organization, London 2012 olympics. I used my system in conjunction with the Olympic’s calendar of events and designed booklets for each specific event. The imagery I created are conceptually based on each sport.

This open-ended Print I assignment was to put together a book which could be about anything, so long as the story is interesting. I took this as an opportunity to tell the story of our family’s Canon AE-1 which has had limited use over it’s 26 year life.

For VCU’s Design Technology III class, students begin to learn how to animate with After Effects. The assignment was to create a kinetic type piece of any spoken audio track. This being my first time in After Effects, I chose to challenge myself with a difficult back and forth dialogue from Burn After Reading.

Students had to choose a museum in Richmond, VA. to design a new identity for. After choosing the Science Museum of Richmond and doing my initial research, I was drawn to the idea of an identity in which the pattern could extend and develop, but still remain recognizable, depending on where it is placed.

After being randmonly assigned a graphic designer to research in order to get to know their work and aesthetic better, we were set out to create a poster for a hypothetical event lecture that they would be giving at VCU. With Mike Perry as my subject, I set out to create a poster that accurately portrayed his beautiful usage of patterning and dimension.

This was a simple assignment that dealt with syncing the pacing of a quote with the beat of any sort of musical track. For this I chose a quote from Albert Einstein and an appropriate musical track, then used subtle effects to illustrate the sounds with the typography. The result is clean and simple.

Designed by Eric Karnes, I built this custom WordPress theme for him to easily use to update his portfolio website using his designs. I felt that having it be a single page website with content brought in dynamically would best compliment the simplicity of the design. As of right now Eric has yet to post his portfolio. A link and images will be posted as soon as his work is up!

A poster depicting the frustrations when dealing with corrupted files and computer viruses. The image you see is an all in-camera photograph utilizing various screen technologies and a macro lens. I am currently in the process of photographing this piece.

Collateral designs for the 2011 VCU Graphic Design Senior Show on Friday May 20th. My design originated from creating a pattern based on a calendar. By utilizing the specific date of May 20th and the birthdays of all 42 students in the show, I was able to produce a visually stimulating pattern that could be used on a variety of collateral pieces.