Community Associations Institute wished to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary with a commemorative poster that would be given away to members during the Annual conference. The goal was to capture the organization's motto, Committed to Community, and to represent many different aspects of CAI. I incorporated the CAI publications and the associations many resources and designations by organically incorporating text and illustration. The types of buildings in the background are not chosen randomly; they all represent types of communities that CAI members work in. The final version of the poster included names of all 64 CAI chapters along the border of the illustration. 

This is an editorial illustration to an article about HOA rules and regulations for the Common Ground magazine. The challenge was to represent HOA regulations and the struggle to maintain all of them in an engaging image. I presented the art director with several ideas and ended up deciding to go with this one, steering clear of the imagery of a detective investigating rules, as this imagery has already been used on several occasions. Rather than showing a community manager, which is typical for articles on the subject, I personified "rules and regulations" as a paper-man.

Germany is famous for having an infinite variety of breads and baked goods, so a visit to a bakery can easily get overwhelming. Especially because different regions have different names for the same things. I decided to create this spread educating about perhaps the most famous, even though for a wrong reason, German pastry.

The article in the Common Ground magazine drew inspiration from cookbooks, so the illustration was supposed to be evocative of a vintage cookbook. I researched imagery from the 1950s and 1960s, analyzing the illustration style commonly used then and adapting my own style to mimic that. I chose the typography in a similar manner, aiming to make the text look vintage, but not outdated. Knowing that I would also be designing the layout for the article, I conceptualized the illustration to include individual elements which would work well as spots throughout the pages. Art director: Cori Canady

These fall-themed editorial illustrations were created for the Brown Daily Herald.

Real Zepeda Tequila was looking to promote their product by advertising signature cocktails made with their tequila at specific restaurants. I was given the task of creating social media posts for that purpose. The only issue was, there weren't photos of every single one of them. This is where my illustration skills came in handy. I created around 20 images, some painted, some collaged, capturing each restaurant's unique character. These are my favorite pieces from that project.

I was commissioned by the Association of Corporate Counsel to create an exciting banner illustration to be displayed at their Annual Meeting 2024. The brief was to create a celebratory feeling and incorporate imagery characteristic of the city of Nashville with ACC logo and tagline. A unique challenge was the fact that the final banner needed to be 18x25 feet. I adjusted my illustration style in such a way that permitted me to turn this into a vector artwork suitable for large-format printing.

This Instagram campaign I proposed was aimed at promoting the Sarah Doyle Center’s library. I created portraits of several authors who examined the issues of gender in their work, accompanied by bios and quotes. Many students who started college during lockdown were not aware of the Center and the resources it had to offer, so the series of posts was helpful in educating the community about the Center.

The goal of this project was to create imagery that highlights florals in a way that would appeal to craft beer enthusiasts. I did so by contrasting flowers and swords and picking a title that has a shock value element to it without being disturbing or unpleasant.

In this label illustration, I reinvented the brand's visual identity while maintaining its core values: hard work, family, and tradition. I always start by brainstorming ideas through thumbnails, then I map out the image in a rough sketch, and, once approved, I render the final illustration.

Community Associations Institute (CAI) Membership department wanted to attract more students to the organization during career fairs at local schools and colleges. A plain t-shirt design they used in the past was not very popular, so I was tasked with representing members and communities with this single-color design.