One of my favorite things to design is cards. Each one of them is a tiny artwork, and their designs have to be beautiful enough to make someone want to give it as a gift. On the left you can see my Christmas cards, I sent these out for Christmas 2010. I wanted to create something that had a traditional feeling, but with a slightly modern edge. As such I designed it to be reminiscent of something that would have been printed on a letterpress (though I couldn't afford to actually get it printed on one). I've also created a valentines day card which is available on Chirply. For this I wanted to create something a little more vibrant and playful, so I used bright colours and a light pattern in the background.

These visual sentences were created as an assessment for the graphic design course at the University of Queensland. They are meant to take the meaning of the sentence and visually represent it through typography and the basic design elements. There are four on the left. The first is "It wasn't built to last forever", for which I wanted to create an image of something string, to represent a structure, and then have the image fading away. Then you can also see "A bright idea" for which I wanted to create an image that was like a burst of creativity. Below that is "It's Beautiful" which is supposed to supposed to convey a classic elegance. Finally there is "Honk Honk" which is supposed to be fun and playful.

Whilst on exchange to the netherlands I wrote a bachelor thesis on how the brain processes speech, so when it came time to create an infographic I figured this would be a good topic to use. Initially I struggled with focusing it around the brain regions, however I realised that most people wouldn't be overfamiliar with them and that they should be more of a background element. Instead I used a narrative of the processes that occur. To help support this narrative I tied it to a mining metaphor, something that people should have a basic understanding of.