I am an ever-evolving product of my environment, and the work I create is a patchwork illustration of who I am at that moment. I have always operated from a place of sentiment and intuition when I am performing, and I bring that same philosophy to my design process. As a movement artist, I am surrounded by music and am heavily influenced by everything from Neil Young to Metallica. I find inspiration in the rock and roll photography of Mick Rock and David Bailey, and the contemporary still life photography of Alice Gao.
I tend to visualize the composition of my digital designs in the same way I do with photography, focusing on negative space and balance within a frame. I aim for a clean and contemporary aesthetic in my work, often utilizing limited, organic color palettes and 90-degree angles. I place a great deal of emphasis on the overall feeling conveyed by design, and I do my best to facilitate that ambiance through thoughtful curation of color choice and typography. This curation is typically my starting point, so I like to think I work from the inside out.
I am still finding my footing as a designer so I learn more about my process every day. Until then, it will exist under this rather vague description, which is preferable to me. I feel grateful for and confident in the artistic intuition that has brought me to this point, and it doesn’t seem fair to standardize it. At least not at this very early stage of my career.
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