Author: KC

  • I’ve been thinking how it’s kind of been year of the triangle for a lot of us in graphic design school. I know I fell victim once or twice. I felt like the Promotional video that the video editing team did for the portfolio show was strong, but I wanted to play with it some…

  • This painting is now this painting. This painting is now this painting. This painting is this painting. This painting is now this painting. This painting became this painting which became the one above. It’s amazing to have taken something I painted over five years ago and make it something new. Today I spent some time painting words. I have…

  • Today is my first “workday” since graduating from graphic design school. I’m looking for jobs, drinking tea and trying to stay optimistic about my future. There were some things I wanted to do after graduation as a treat to myself. Thing 1: painting some words. I have a list of beautiful words. I’m starting at…

  • The teachers in the program have been encouraging “leave-behinds,” something  that a designer leaves behind as a token after an interview to be remembered by. It’s a gift that seems to get the attention of employers. After making the “lessons from graphic design school” video, I was thinking about little things I could give out…

  • I went to Portland last weekend and found Oblation Papers. Apparently, I have been using “Unryu Yellow.”  I knew I had found my yellow and I bought three sheets of it. I made portfolio booklets. I chose the “zine” book style because I wanted to make something I could give to my parents, my greatest…

  • I made this video to summarize my time at Seattle Central Creative Academy. Considering all the mayhem of corrupted files and exporting issues and a virus on my portable hard drive, I managed to save this from the rubble. The video reflects my state of mind at the moment– a little messy pastiche– with the…

  • I wanted to summarize my two years at the Seattle Central Creative Academy’s graphic design program for my last project in special topics class. Process: I wanted to capture something authentic about myself as a designer to show to employers. I interviewed my teachers hoping for some insight and asked them about myself and about…

  • Here I am at the 25% complete mark of the animations for the portfolio video. A lot of masks that are a bit over their time limit causing stains in the animation. I’m hoping that some color correction will make it look more seamless.