Educational:
Through my work at Miami University, I learned the importance of education. My goal while working for the university was to help teachers convey interesting content headers and engage students in an exciting and educational manner. Learning the teacher's perspective of classwork was eye-opening, and gave me a greater appreciation for professors, especially at my alma mater.
Aside from MU, I created work for a company called AYC Media, located near my hometown. I created an infographic for Email Marketing, which is similar to my current work at PentaVision. I needed to convey how important and engaging Email Marketing was, even back in 2013. Currently, Email Marketing is going strong and is still very successful in every industry, and will continue to experience greater diversity of email designs in the near future.
Event Poster Design:
Above are some poster designs I've worked on throughout the years for many different events. My objective with these was to create not only visually interesting designs, but also to replicate the atmosphere the event. For example, I created the Kentucky Derby Party poster (bottom-middle) to indicate it would be a formal event. Conversely, I designed a fun poster for an event called PorchFest, which was a casual event in the summer.
Logo Designs:
These are some logos I've created during my freelancing job, "CharBar Design". All these clients were local start-up companies and I wanted to make sure I was true to their brands and visions. My current brand, CEH, and I believe putting this in is important because I updated my brand from "CharBar Design". Most of the experience with logo design at my current job is working with premade logos, but having the ability to create a logo from scratch was a great experience and was an important step in my graphic design career path.
Video Game Projects:
Due to the increasing mainstream and commercial success of the video game industry, there have been greater creative opportunities for inspiration. I have been following the video game industry for some time, and Blizzard Entertainment has been one of many sources of inspiration. Their cartoony, dynamic, and intricate designs for their video games provide a platform for which I can create designs.