Digital Drafting Class

I just finished my 6-week Digital Drafting for Interior Design class at Los Angeles Mission College. The class was about learning AutoCAD and SketchUp, two programs I have been using for years. I took the class because I want to get the Certificate of Achievement for Digital Interior Design.

Since I was already familiar with the programs, it was a refreshing experience not dealing with technical issues and focusing on adjusting my mindset. 

Here are 4 of 5 assignments I did for the class. Assignment 1 was the floor plan used in Assignment 5.

Brand Design: Fitness Apparel

The class assignment was creating a visual identity guide for the fitness apparel brand Verkz. My biggest challenge is, I strongly dislike working out.

I decided to design a brand for people like me. People who enjoy movements as part of daily living. People who love dancing along to beautiful music. People who are attracted to colors and textures. I drew inspiration from traditional Spanish culture and vibrant colors such as flamenco dance, matador outfits, stories of Carmen and Don Quixote, tapas bars, artists such as Salvador Dali and Joan Miro, and architecture by Antoni Gaudi.

I designed the logo, color palette, a promotional image for poster and social media, and a concept of the store. I just had fun with the assignment.  

Visual Identity Guide

This is a documentation of my journey of creating branding for a local bakery café that desperately needed creative help when COVID-19 hit. I was clueless and had to figure out everything. Many thanks to wonderful professors at Arts Media & Performance at LAMC for their support and encouragement! There is still so much to do. I am not satisfied with what I have done but is thrilled to see some results of my sweat and tear.

https://indd.adobe.com/view/964e8507-1134-4c30-a7f4-06477f639e54

Blurring the Lines

Sustainability was part of my motivation to becoming a designer of the built environment. In this series, I wanted to blur the line between the land and the sea and show the beauty of our planet. My wish is for people to love and appreciate our environment and take actions to protect it.

Delicious Architecture

Some examples of delicious architecture in Southern California.