Magazine Design
Masher Magazine is a gaming hobbyist magazine that digs deep into how games affect us on multiple levels. This May 2023 issue is themed around pin the tail on the donkey. The issue also pokes fun at gamers, as they can be stubborn like donkeys. The magazine has a humorous and playful nature, with a clean structure. One of the challenges that I faced creating this magazine was not being able to use imagery from video games, as I wanted it to be 100% original visual content with each department and article being distinct.
Book Design
The Earthsea Trilogy is an American high fantasy classic, written by Ursula K. LeGuin. I chose to design the covers for this series, because of its impact on me as a young reader. Book covers for the series have been very illustrative and image heavy. I wanted to give the series the respect of a classic. The icons and titles are hand drawn digitally to mimic ink and linocut aesthetic. Consistency and simplicty were a design
Book 1 - Wizard of Earthsea: The ink icons for this book illustrate the struggle and transformation of the main characters coming of age story. The drowning hand reaching for the sky, once the sleave is removed becomes a soaring hawk. The image on the back of the book is an establishing drawing of earthsea, with a boat sailing into the sunset to show the journey that awaits.
Book 2 - The Tombs of Atuan: The ink icons for this book illustrate the conflict resolution of the two main characters within the dark tombs. On the sleeve they are facing each other, and the book illustrates them holding hands to navigate their way through the darkness. The icon on the back of the book is a dagger and 7 keys, which the protagonist carries when exploring the tombs.
Book 3 - The Farthest Shore: The imagery on the sleeve and cover shows the conflict of life and death, resembling an eclipse, and the sword creating the iris of a dragon's eye. With the sleeve, two hands are reaching for the sword, and the book shows on hand grasping it. The skull on the back illustrates the death obsessed antagonist of the book, who has become mentally and physically twisted in the pursuit of immortality.
Hofmann - Book Design
The design approach for HOFMANN was greatly inspired by his work and the swiss movement, of which he was a key player of. The title Discipline & Freedom is derived from his belief that great graphic design is a balance of those two qualities. I also made promotional content utilizing a unified design system, which is displayed in the flip book.
