WHO ARE YOU?
Starting young, I’ve been passionate about the arts. Throughout the years I was trying to figure out whether to make my favorite hobby an actual job. Going through school and having art classes, only made my passion grow. From thinking of going into different fields such as nursing, physical therapy, and computer science to try to satisfy my parents. Ultimately, they allowed me to jump into the digital media field; it was the best decision I’ve ever made. As I always felt the need to create!
Freelancer / Graphic DesignerFEATURED WORK
After sketching out a design of what I wanted as a logo, I decided to seek out a very minimal design. Then this came to be and I absolutely adored it after roughly about 5 sketches. I always improve or change it depending on my appearance, including piercings/jewelry that I wish to rock!
I've wanted to remake my podcasts/passion projects logo, starting started off sketching whilst on my lunch break at work. Concepting what would make sense for the logo in general, making it look like a piece of toast, and having the colors have a "moe" feel (feelings of strong affection).
With a need for a brand new face for our brand, MOE AND TOAST!. Zeri was brought to light, mainly due to the face that it would be somewhat of a polar opposite of our main mascot, Hana. The focus being her streetwear, tomboy-ish looks.
Basing it off one of my favorite animes "Re:ZERO", taking one of the scenes and choosing the MOE AND TOAST! Podcast mascot, Hana", as the main focal point of the graphic.
One of the designs for our project/collaboration with Super Unofficial was made to be a "staple" tee, to represent my brand MOE AND TOAST! Basing it off our original commission from an artist named George.
The final iteration of many designs, a more grungy take instead of my original plan on making it minimal. This turned out to be one of my favorite designs in the past year (2023) because it also feature our podcast mascot along with my personal favorite car, the Mazda Miata.
As I already established myself as a "catboy" on Twitch. I wanted to use this opportunity to create an icon for my online persona.
Inspired by a "NASA" patch, I wanted to make a logo for my Discord server/community called the Constellation Cafe. As an aspiring streamer, I've already established myself as a "catboy", but previously a VTuber on Twitch, so this wasn't too far off of an amazing idea!
Based on the anime "Nisekoi: False Love" this graphic depicts the two love interests' eyes, Chitoge (Left) and Onodera (Right). The key in the background is to represent the key they need to unlock the main character, Raku, a locket that he wears throughout the anime.
Given an opportunity to join an apparel company, I was given a design test. It required me to create a design that is trendy that could be for boys, girls, or unisex! I wanted to try and focus more on the trends that I've seen on socials, that's why I went for "tea" in this context, which means "gossip".
Going through rough times and wanting to show it through a medium I know, he wanted to illustrate the struggles of being broken on the inside but still having to smile on the outside. I'm very much a mental health advocate, always willing and wanting to help those who are struggling and willing to take my advice, though understanding that I'm not a professional.
Needing more things on my portfolio and whilst during what I dub the COVID era, designing and gaming were all I could do. Already establishing a very minimal illustration and design style, I wanted to go for a classic and hopefully make this design for clothes. Heavily inspired by the board game "Battleship", the "X's" would represent the location of the player's location.
A 2nd iteration of my struggles with mental health and struggle, this piece is mostly about "overthinking". The phrase chosen by me, "Find out of be left wondering" is my brain being afraid that people are either talking behind my back or I'm missing out on something that's "in the know".
One of the pieces he had done originally for a class and then taking my own spin on it, making it black and white while also aligning "planets".
An overall relaxing piece, basing it all on one overall color, one that would take me out of my norm of using black and white as the main focus. I enjoyed working on this piece, as I thought it was adorable.
COMMISSION / FREELANCE WORK
Skyline Drive Logo Design (2024)
My friend from my Final Fantasy XIV “Free Company” (Guild) approached me with what he wanted for his band/duo. Mocking up and going back and forth with the idea and came up with the vibe the name gives off and worked off that. Along with the iconography being a silhouette of a Nissan Skyline GT-R34.
Creative Direction / Brand IdentityPartyXP Podcast Design (2023)
My friend Lakan contacted me to create an icon to show off during their podcast, PartyXP. As they don’t use webcams they wanted to use a similar style to another podcast, “Deadlock Podcast”.
Social Media / Brand IdentitySuitup Sulit LLC Logo (2023)
My friend Adrian contacted me to create an updated logo for his fashion influencer brand, Suitup Sulit. I wanted to go down a simpler route going for minimal colors to give a sophisticated and formal look, while adding small elements of his background of being Filipino.
Social Media / Brand IdentityKadiwa Meet & Greet Design (2023)
Contacted by my local leadership at my church, Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) to create a graphic representing the location of the event taking place, which was in NY. The design ended up being on tote bags, and t-shirts!
Creative Direction / Brand IdentityIKASAYA Keyboard Weight (2023)
My friend Nil Ivan contacted me to craft up a design for a keyboard weight to represent his brand and Filipino representation. Going back and forth between ideas, he ultimately ended up wanting a design closely resembling that of traditional Filipino tattooing called “Tatak”.
Creative Direction / Brand IdentityMasterGee Streaming Assets (2022)
My mutual friend contacted me that someone had wanted assets for their stream, so this would be the first time that I’d do a commission from someone who isn’t a friend. The overall experience went well and the client knew what they wanted, which was something along the lines of Steven Universe themed which was a popular Cartoon Network show!
Social Media / Brand IdentityTyphoidUnicorn Streaming Assets (2021)
Creating streaming assets for my girlfriend, now ex, at the time was simple as can be, I knew that a lot of our mutual friends loved to call her a “silly goose”, so I honestly rolled with the theme. She was really supportive of the simple design overall and loved it!
Social Media / Brand Identity“CATS ARE THE BEST” Audio Edit for CypherDen (2021)
Social Media / Audio Editing“Can They Survive Mortal Kombat?” Audio Edit for RECREYO (2020)
Social Media / Audio Editing“Oscar Winning Imposter Acting” Video Edit for ChillyPanda (2020)
Social Media / Video Editing“Can They Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?” Audio Edit for RECREYO (2020)
Social Media / Audio EditingIvanAnimated “Balut” & “Banana” Merch Photoshoot
My friend Ivan contacted me to do a little photoshoot for his merch repping a infamous Filipino treat and the famous banana meme. At this point, I was still new to photography but always had the passion to shoot, so I thought I’d give it a shot.
Social Media / PhotographyINSTAGRAM POSTS
