Let's Talk Graphic Design!

I love bringing a concept to life: collecting every stray detail, arranging it on a canvas, and nudging one element two pixels to the left for forty minutes. The results tend to meet expectations. Here are a few of my favorites from over the years.

Design made to advertise an antique-style chair

Poster design made for a ballet performance, featuring a ballerina figurine

Poster Design made to advertise a seafood restaurant

Design made to advertise a hybrid generator

Art for the Cause

Digital art made in support of Save Asaase Yaa: confronting illegal mining and land degradation in Ghana. Scroll for the full gallery and follow @saveasaaseyaa on Instagram!

An excavator in a forest.

This piece depicts the scene before forests that have stood for eons are decimated.

An illegal miners' raft on a muddy river.

This piece depicts illegal alluvial mining in Ghanaian rivers.

A young boy in a river with dead fish.

This piece depicts the deadly effects of illegal mining on the local community and wildlife.

Where do you get your gold from?

This piece was designed to challenge consumers to reflect on the true cost behind illegally mined gold.

My favorite tools for art and design

• Adobe Photoshop
• Procreate
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Fresco
• Adobe Premiere Pro

I'm a firm believer that tools make a difference in an artist's skill. A bad workman blames his tools; I just quietly buy better ones. Here are my favorites.

A collection of my articles on digital media, journalism, and CSR, published on my personal blog called Hermes Post.

• A Reflection on Corporate Social Responsibility and Its Communication Restrictions
• The Pantheon Show: A Discussion About Data Centers and Their Implications
• Shelves of Selves: A Look at Our Online Identities as Products
• Virtually Everything: How Extended Realities Are Shaping Our Real Lives
• The Legal Remix: Navigating AI and Digital Creativity

SJMC Newsroom

Articles I reported, photographed, built, and published for the Texas State School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

• Sara Shields Shares Career Experience and Advice for Students with Matilda Svhan
• High School Students Learn Mobile Storytelling through Summer Intensive Program with Chinaza Okechukwu
• Daniel Seed Brings Broadcasting Professionalism to the Classroom with Chinaza Okechukwu

Inspired By the Masters

The works of the leaders in the Graphic Design field have always amazed me. I have eagerly gleaned from their expertise. Below is a list of my favorite "Greats" and the work they are most known for.

Graphic Designer	Most Notable Work
David Carson	RayGun
Saul Bass	Opening sequence for The Man With the Golden Arm
Milton Glaser	I Love New York Logo