2013 arch portfolio

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Photography

Creative Design

Press

Architecture

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PHOTOGRAPHY2012-2013 .This section contains selected work from Digital Photography studio and pro bono

portrait shoots. All photos were shot using a Canon D60 and 50mm lens.


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On average Seattle, WA gets only 80 non-rainy days a year. This was one of

those rare cloudless moments and the shot was taken from a ferry.


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The picture in the middle was part of a photography

assignment to manipulate the landscape. The evening sky

reflecting off a puddle on the tennis court reminded me of

a poem about the smallest, deepest lake being mistaken

for a puddle so I floated an origami boat to capture this

image. The image on the right was captured at 4s shutter

speed. I ran around the pipe with an LED flashlight while

the shutter was left open on a tripod.


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Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer

it is my task to reveal it if I can. The revelation, if it comes at all, will come

in a small fraction of a second with an unconscious gesture, a gleam of

the eye, a brief lifting of the mask that all humans wear to conceal their

innermost selves from the world. In that fleeting interval of opportunity the

photographer must act or lose his prize.- Yousuf Karsh


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The tail light graffiti from cars gives a contrasting busy and urban feel to

an otherwise quiet and empty street.


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CREATIVE DESIGN2010-2013 .

This section contains projects s uch as automobile customization and screen and heat-

transfer tshirts where the creative artistic expression were exercised within limits of

legal/environmental/industry standards and technical knowledge.


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The process of splitting the headlight

assembly open to paint the inside is

commonly known as the Joey Mod. Due to

the high melting point of the adhesive, a

dremel was used to cut the plastic rather

than attempt to pry apart a hot headlight.

After painting the chrome parts with a

heat-resistant coating, the unit was resealed

carefully. The interior trim also was sandedand coated using a protective material.

Vera, a 2012 Volkswagen GLI after a manicure and eyeliner makeover.

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JOEYMOD


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This accordian photo book tookcombination of skills from origami,

bookmaking, and photography to

make. Using photographed facial

features from fifteen individuals

of various racial, age, and gender

groups, I mixed and matched them

to create the finished product.

CYCLOPS DIRECTORY


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I volunteer as one of the associates for

the Networking Department for an

organization known as GYC. Among

other things, GYC holds an annual youth

leadership and training conference and

this year, I was tasked with organizing

a race in Seattle, Washington. To assist

with runner identification and event

branding, I designed the tshirts in

Adobe Illustrator.

The simple, two-color screen printedshirts looked good on the crowd of

people who got up early on a cold

New Years Day to jump start healthy

lifestyle resolutions.

What better way to start the new year than to participate in a 5K race to

kick off your healthy lifestyle goals and resolutions?

2013 GYCNEW YEARS

5K


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Screen printing tshirts is cost

effective and quick, but the process

of emulsion and developing screens

require the use of harsh chemicals.

The tshirts that I design and create

are screened and heat-pressed

using vinyl. A Graphtec plotter is

used to make a vinyl template that

can be lifted and peeled off after

use. Not only is it cheap and fast,

but its also good stewardship of the

environment.

GREENTSHIRTS


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PRESS2007-2012 .

This section contains work that were printed commercially on offset presses.

Although I completed the majority of these projects without pay, the opportunities

and exposure to the work was invaluable.


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Most brochure requests are for

trifold or four-panel roll-folds,

but the CAMPUS brochure

project came with an interesting

design challenge. Due to

frequent changes in personnel

and program, they wanted to get

brochures that could be easily

modifed without incurring large

reproduction costs. The solution

that developed combined the

conventional trifold into a jacket

with a custom die-cut tab to

hold in rack cards that contained

information on the organization.

Essential information went on

the jacket and temporary or

short-term information went on

the cards.

BROCHURES


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During the summer of 2007, I had

the opportunity to intern with

CAMPUS p.r.e.s.s., the publication

wing of a then Ann Arbor-based

organization. I took courses on

Adobe InDesign and learned about

typography while working on a

manual for the organization. Other

book projects followed and I was

entrusted with the layout and

design and worked with publishers

to produce three published books

(ranging from 100 to 300+ page

count) as well as product catalogs

for literature companies and video

producers.

The experience from that summer

has proved useful in the 32-page

program booklet project I completed

for a 8000-member international

youth conference. The booklet

contained organization information,

seminar and plenary session details,

and re-created conference center

maps. The final product was printed

on 70# gloss stock with a 10pt cover.

Software used in the process of

creating this booklet as well as all

the other printed work on page 20

were Adobe InDesign, Illustrator,

and Photoshop.

BOOKS

NEWSLETTERS& CATALOGS


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In the last year and a half, the amount of

Pinterest research that went into creating

save-the-date cards, invitations, reception

menus, and programs could get me a gold

medal if Pinterest-ing wedding stuff was

an Olympic event.

The above cards were designed with cost in

mind. To minimize costs, a postcard-style

save-the-date were mailed and invitations

were also two double-sided squares with

a detachable RSVP tab. To save on return

postage, QR codes for online RSVP was

included.

The cards on page 22 were done using

illustrations created digitaly. The bride

and groom requested a cartoon-motif

and the resulting characters were used in

the invitations, reception menus, and in

the guestbook. The thumbprint tree were

printed on a 24 x 36 canvass and once

pink thumbprint leaves were inked, the

canvas was framed for the new family to

hang up.

These invitations were done with dual

languages and I also did the wedding

website bilingually.

WEDDING INVITATIONS


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ARCHITECTURE2012-2013 .

ARCH 218, a Visual Studies course taught at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)

provided my first exposure to an architecture class. This section contains models and

drawings from studio.


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Using geometric shapes constructed out of Bristol

paper, an aggregate composition was developed.

The overall form was to not only emphasize the

object itself but a negative space as seen in the

photo above.

TETAHEDRACOMPOSITION


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The project progressed from a geometric aggregate

made of paper to a basswood model of our vision and

interpretation of the negative space. The sterotomic

feel of the original model was reinforced by section cut

drawings and the basswood model became an expression

of how a plane transitions into a wrapper or container.

BASSWOOD


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A wire model can expose spaces that were hidden in a solid model. For

instance, look at all the space that can be used to hold napkins!


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A study of intersecting volumes led to an

examination of the work by renowned American

sculptor, painter, and architect, Tony Smith. The

objective was to create an isolation shed for a small

child with TB. The picture here is the section cuts of

the sketch model on the next two pages.

Based on these cross sections and longitudinal

sections, a wire frame model was constructedusing piano wire and soldering techniques. The

accuracy of the drawings (or the lack thereof)

were evident as the model came together and

revisions were made.

CROSS &LONGITUDINAL

SECTIONS


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