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Portfolio

Below are some of my latest web designs and fine arts work.

If you like what you see, please feel free to contact me. I’m for hire for your web design and development projects, and would love to build my experience! Whether it be small fixes or large design conceptualizing, I would love to help! :)

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Web Designs

Spring Break Pho
Spring Break Pho
July 2009

A current side project, this is a draft design for SpringBreakPho.com, which is an annual gathering for celebrating the traditional Vietnamese noodle dish. I designed a layout that’s fun and playful like the event itself, while providing room for fruitful content and resources.

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Caden's Room
Caden’s Room
July 2009

I created a small dedication site for my friend’s 5-year-old nephew, Caden. Modeled after objects in his room, I loved creating the cartoon-styled images! This was a rush project that I completed in a week.

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Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government 2009 Application Form
Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government Application Form
August 2008

Customizing the Harvard Kennedy School’s Embark application form was a rushed project to replace the application’s former, outdated style. I designed the form to similarly reflect the styles of Harvard Kennedy School’s main page, while ensuring the minor styling details were consistent throughout the site.

University of Michigan, Office of Undergraduate Admissions 2009 Application Form
University of Michigan, Office of Undergraduate Admissions Application Form
February 2008

Another revamp project, I designed the UMich Undergraduate Embark application form for easy readability of the form’s sections. With the project manager, we highly considered placement and formatting of the answer fields and their labels for the best user experience.

Craisin.com: "The Resume"
Craisin.com: “The Resume”
2007

For this design, I wanted my resume to be the main content for my website, along with an emphasis on my portfolio work. Although clean and simple, I soon realized that this design was too rigid and bland for my style, and didn’t match my personality very well.

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Craisin.com: "The Plain/Clean One"
Craisin.com: “The Plain/Clean One”
2005-2006

This is one of my favorite designs that I’ve done for my site. I designed this with the intention of learning CSS. It was very content-centered design with minimal graphics. The blog links with hover photos of my friends on the left side was a pre-cursor to the ever-present sidebar blogrolls we see now.

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The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
2005-2006

Enhancing the previous webmaster’s design of the Cotsen site, I redesigned portions of the site to reflect more of an archaeology theme. I also created graphics and images to make the site more visual.

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Craisin.com: "UCLA Girl"
Craisin.com: “UCLA Girl”
2003-2005

This layout focused mostly on visuals. It was very fun to design: from coloring a hand-drawn picture with Photoshop to making a film strip-like border. I was excited to be away for college, and shared my experience through photos and blogging. The layout, however, proved to be restricting on content and text space due to the nature of the layout.

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Drawings / Paintings

Here are some of my latest drawings and paintings. Most are from my Figure Drawing classes, and the Color Dynamics class I’m currently taking. I LOVE working in pencil and charcoal, and I’m now getting used to gouache paints!

Legend of Zelda - June 2009 Color Dynamics - "Megaman + Protoman" - May 2009 Color Dynamics - "Mario Mushrooms" - May 2009 Color Dynamics - "Boxer" - Altered Palette Study - April 2009 Color Dynamics - "Ready, Set, Go" - Primary Palette Study - April 2009 Color Dynamics - "Ask.com Building" - April 2009 Color Dynamics - Lemon Still Life Study - April 2009 Color Dynamics - Illusion of Transparency & Space - March 2009 Color Dynamics - Illusion of Transparency - March 2009 Color Dynamics - "Pokeballs" - Combined Saturation Study - Feb 2009 Color Dynamics - "Whisk" - Combined Saturation Study - Feb 2009 Color Dynamics - Prismatic Colors Study - Feb 2009 Color Dynamics - Tonal Progressions - March 2009 Color Dynamics - Color Wheel - Feb 2009 Figure Drawing - 40min pencil drawing - Sept 08 Figure Drawing - 40min pencil drawing - Sept 2008 Figure Drawing - 40min pencil drawing - Oct 2008 Figure Drawing - 20min charcoal drawing - Nov 2008 Figure Drawing - 40min pencil drawing - Dec 2008 Figure Drawing - 20min charcoal drawing - Dec 2008 "Catharsis" May 2006 "The Monsters In Your Bed" Dec 2006 "Art Final" July 2004 "Nani!?" - May 2005 "Sealing of the Silence" May 2002

Sculptures

Figure Sculpting - 8 hour piece - March 2009 Figure Sculpting - 2 hour piece - March 2009 Figure Sculpting - "Bonnie" - 8 hour piece - Feb 2009 Figure Sculpting - "Bonnie" (back) - Feb 2009 "Fallen" - May 2006 "Skyscrape" - March 2004 "Belldandy" - May 2002 "Dragonmug" - Nov 2001

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2 Responses to “Portfolio”



  1. sunny
    ∙ November 4th, 2009 ∙
    8:38 PM

    thanks for illustrating how to make one color look like two-its my assignment as well as making two colors look like one. i never understood this stuff before, but it sure opens up a whole new world to get it!

    your portfolio is awesome!

     
  2. ∙ November 13th, 2009 ∙
    5:44 PM

    Hi Sunny! No problem! :) Learning about color interaction is definitely a challenge, but incredibly advantageous to get a handle of! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions and I’ll try my best to help out. :)

    Goodluck, and thanks so much for your input! <3

     
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