"It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life story will develop"
As someone dealing with the insane ride that is looking for a new full-time position in today's job market, it's hard to not get discouraged. Rejection emails from companies sent by bots, being ghosted after good remarks during interviews, or countless applications simply falling into the void.
So, I decided to challenge myself to create and post something daily until I find a new position.
As someone dealing with the insane ride that is looking for a new full-time position in today's job market, it's hard to not get discouraged. Rejection emails from companies sent by bots, being ghosted after good remarks during interviews, or countless applications simply falling into the void.
So, I decided to challenge myself to create and post something daily until I find a new position.
This is the collection of work I created during this process.
Day 1: The Porsche 918 Spyder has always been a huge favorite of mine, so being able to get up close with one during this year's Chicago Auto Show was a dream come true! After shooting the images you see in the poster, I wanted to do something with them... and here we are!
Day 2: a mock magazine cover with a hidden question we should all be asking ourselves! The main model's geode head was a random thought I had pop into my mind, and so I thought it'd be a fun challenge to bring to life!
Day 3: I tried out a cheeky combo of logo and packaging design! I personally LOVE rootbeer, so I had a ton of fun with this one! Super excited with the final result.
Day 3 Contd.
Day 4: album art! I've started to get back into punk/metal/midwest emo recently, so when Spotify slid 'Tonight (demo)' by Amira Elfeky into one of my playlists, it hit *just* the right vibe I was looking for. Give it a listen and let me know what you think!
Day 5: a mock ad for Glossier, Inc. featuring their YOU eau de parfum. Had. the chance to give it a whiff and I can see why it's been so popular recently!
Day 6: a Chicago-themed stamp! I wanted to give myself an extra challenge and only gave myself 2 hours to complete this one.
Day 7: here’s my idea for a new Riddell helmet design, which incorporates the new Dawg logo!
Day 8: a sticker design calling for something I myself need to do: Go Travel!
Day 9: a fun tote bag for Shedd Aquarium!
Day 10: another fun digital art/sticker type design!
Day 11: A fun loyalty card for TE'AMO BOBA & DESSERT. The idea is the drink would get filled in with the color of whatever drink the customer ordered!
Day 12: I decided to channel that into this cheeky mock ad for Lyft, with a fun nod to Ghost Busters and finishing with the tagline "Get Going Faster."
Day 13: Hot Sauce logo and bottle mockup!
Day 14: a tin for Art of Tea that features a pattern that seamlessly wraps around the can, set so opposite corners match. Making a seamless pattern was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed the color palette for this one!
Day 15: Out-of-Home work for Lotus Cars USA.
Day 16: a mock logo for a beach bar! With this design, I wanted to capture the feeling of chilling out with an ice-cold cocktail on a hot summer's day!
Day 17: a movie poster for Civil War.
Day 18: more digital art.
Day 19: I created a retro-style ad for PepsiCo, and thought it would be extra fun to create it as if Pepsi positioned themselves as a luxury brand. The photo manipulation it took to compose the can and glass to the image in a way that made it look realistic was a nice added challenge!
Day 20: a new login screen for Unsplash! My idea was to. bring images from Unsplash's featured images page to their login screen, rotating daily. I simplified the page by hiding extra buttons in the hamburger menu, and giving the on-screen elements a more floaty appearance with lower opacity, in order to be prominent, and still showcase the artwork behind it!
Day 21: new title screen for Skyrim, by Bethesda Game Studios. I kept the scrolling fog that is present not only in menus and loading screens but throughout most of the game. As for what's new, I went on to bring a stylized clipping of the game's main antagonist, Alduin to the front page in the foreground, and add a sprawling landscape containing the player to the background. I feel this design does a good job of immediately immersing the player into the world of Skyrim.
Day 22: album art for 'Not Like Us' by Kendrick Lamar
Day 23: Inspirational quote design.
Day 24: geometric digital art!
Day 25: UI/UX design with a scrolling gallery wheel for Valve corporation's Steam App. This provides an engaging and eye-catching way to display many titles in a compact segment, with each title card replacing the main section as the user scrolls through them!
Day 26: Was realizing I need new business cards, so I made some! Designing for yourself is always the hardest, but I’m happy with these… for now.
Day 27 & 28
No better time than right now to learn new/brush up on skills, so I decided to pull one of my past daily designs and animate it. I worked with what I had on this one due to the file not originally being set up with animation in animation mind, but happy with the outcome in the short timeframe nonetheless! My favorite part of this is definitely the fizz in his head!
No better time than right now to learn new/brush up on skills, so I decided to pull one of my past daily designs and animate it. I worked with what I had on this one due to the file not originally being set up with animation in animation mind, but happy with the outcome in the short timeframe nonetheless! My favorite part of this is definitely the fizz in his head!
For these videos, I went with a simple, but algorithm-friendly, format, using trending audio (not shown here) and a setup that allowed the videos to appear as if they were looping.