Design

I have applied design skills to

 

Product Design

PASS kitsThe "First Aid Kit" for Mental Health

During my undergraduate career also at the UW’s Applied Health Sciences faculty, I developed the concept of a first aid kit for mental health, based off the coping skills I had to learn to be successful in academics. The idea blossomed into a self-sustaining business, Panic, Anxiety, & Stress Support (PASS) inc., and is the alum of two UW incubators: St. Paul’s GreenHouse and Velocity Garage. PASS inc. has sold over 45 000 products to date all across the world and has been highlighted by Maclean's, BBC, CBC, and the World Economic Forum.

Graphic Design

As a retired comic artist and illustrator for UW's student newspaper Imprint Publications, I now apply my artistic endeavours to the marketing needs of the Games Institute, such as creating eye-catching posters for the termly GI Game Jam, and volunteering to design swag items for academic conferences.
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Conference poster
2018 Game Jam Poster
Anime character style art used in homage of popular Japanese games.  (Adobe Photoshop, Canva)
2019 Game Jam Poster
Theme reminiscent of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, recently released at time of event advertising to attract attention.  (Adobe Photoshop, Canva)
Illustrative W3 Poster
Digital painting of fantasy characters representative of game research tool, Merlynne, invited conversation when used on conference posters.  (Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Powerpoint)

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2018 ISS Conference Student Volunteer T-Shirt
Shirts were designed to be eyecatching and palette was comprised of "colours locals (of Tokyo) would not wear," so volunteers could be easily spotted in crowds. Japanese text provided by local organizers was on the back of shirts.(Adobe Photoshop)
Research Recruitment Poster
Removable tabs with researcher's contact information had their own unique pixel character design to encourage potential participants to rip tabs.  (Microsoft Word)
 

 

Game Development

I try to obtain what can't be taught through Youtube and Stack Overflow through a community of peers equally interested in Game Development. I regularly attend Game Jams to create games, with some available on Android.

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Mr. Goose's Dressup
A mobile idle dress-up game using Unity.
*On Google Play
World Smash
A mobile tap battle gap with cartoon planets and accessories using Unity.
*On Google Play (prototype)
Hit+ESC
An escape room and life stimulation created entirely on Microsoft Powerpoint.