Before I was a writer, I was an artist.

My early sketches were done hunched over the kitchen counter, scribbling furiously in dozens of sketchbooks. Now, I transfer them to my computer.

I don't draw as much as I used to, but I still love making art. Visual work, like graphics and UX/UI design, speaks to me because of how it allows me to incorporate my love for bright colors and creative flair into tools that make news more digestible, interactive and accessible.

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  • A digitally illustrated business card for Daneen Khan featuring bold pink and pastel blue text, a stylized feminine character with brown hair, wearing a pink shirt and blue pants, sitting and looking at her phone. The card includes contact information and references font styles ITC Avant Garde Gothic Pro in bold and medium oblique.

    Portfolio

    If you click one link here, let it be this one. As my final project for MEJO182: Introduction to Graphic Design, I created a magazine-style portfolio featuring my work.

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  • A woman with curly red hair holding a microphone, wearing a studded leather outfit with dramatic makeup, with a cloudy sky in the background, on a website homepage titled "A what? A Feminomenon!"

    A what? A Feminenomenon!

    I designed this Chappell Roan fanpage with HTML and CSS coding, along with constructing a timeline and data visualizations. The site is no longer active, but the button below should take you to a screen recording.

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  • History of Sesame Street

    I used Adobe Illustrator to create this infographic about the history and mechanics of Sesame Street. This was a project for my Information Graphics course.

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  • Screenshots of a webpage about the season cycle in Rochester, featuring sections on spring with images of blooming trees and pink flowers, and a project overview with a sunset over a waterfall and cityscape.

    Season Cycle Sprint

    I created this mobile design for a UX/UI course. Our assignment was to redesign a seasonal image gallery app connected to the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

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  • Infographic about Barbie doll history and facts featuring a cartoon woman in a pink dress, holding a bag and skateboard. A timeline highlights key events from 1959 to 2019, showing Barbie's evolution with images of notable Barbie dolls like original Barbie, Totally Hair Barbie, Malibu Barbie, and President Barbie on the right.

    Barbie Infographic

    This infographic was for my MEJO187: Introduction to Graphic Design course. I utilized Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign to put the piece together.

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  • Collection of colorful stickers featuring a goldfish with a sword, a kitten with fairy wings, a girl with pink and yellow flames for a mermaid tail, a green dinosaur with the text '23 ART CLUB', a circular badge with the text 'art club 22-23', and a blue sign saying 'HELLO! I AM so confused'.

    Sticker Designs

    These are an array of stickers I drew in Clip Studio Paint. Some were sold at local art markets and events. Click below to view a larger version.

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  • 404 Error Page

    As a UX/UI Sprint exercise, I chose to redesign the New York Times Cooking site’s 404 error page. The result is a dynamic, responsive and humorous addition.

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  • Screenshots of a music playlist app showing the user logged in as Anna, with sections for favorite songs, recent searches, recommended songs, and a music player interface, with album art, song titles, artists, and playback controls.

    Music App Redesign

    Another UX/UI Sprint, this assignment required us to redesign a popular music app for a 60+ age demographic. I chose to revamp Spotify.

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  • Book cover titled "The Woman in Me" by Britney Spears. The front features two photos of Spears: on the left, a smiling Britney in a pink top with her hand on her waist; on the right, a more serious close-up of her face with parted lips and a pinkish tone. The background has torn paper effects revealing the images.

    Nonfiction Book Redesign

    Another MEJO182 assignment pushed us to redesign covers for fiction and nonfiction books. This was my redesign of Britney Spears’ memoir, “The Woman in Me.”

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