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A Reader’s Roller Coaster

A Reader’s Roller Coaster visualizes the emotional roller coaster of reading, distilling the highs, lows, and twists of a story into a single conceptual spot illustration. Created as a speculative editorial piece, it reflects the intensity and joy of narrative immersion.

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Steps in Bloom

A speculative conceptual editorial illustration for a NYT wellness feature, visualizing walking as a meditative practice with transformative, blooming steps.

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Los Angeles, Illustrated

A personal series of observational sketches focusing on the people of Los Angeles. From a parent with a baby at the farmers market to commuters, coffee shop regulars, and beach wanderers, each drawing distills a fleeting human moment into minimal black-and-white linework. The series highlights the subtle gestures, moods, and interactions that bring LA’s neighborhoods to life—intimate, cinematic, and grounded in real daily experience.

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Our Planet Week

Swimming with the Giants was created for Our Planet Week, a global art initiative spotlighting Earth Day. This piece celebrates the vision, resilience, and leadership of women advocating for the protection of our planet’s oceans and ecosystems.

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Pieces of Us

This conceptual piece imagines the journey of self-discovery as a puzzle. Inspired by a New York Times wellness narrative, the illustration reflects on identity, vulnerability, and the lifelong search for wholeness.

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New York Fall Fashion Illustrated

An ongoing collection of observational sketches that explore Los Angeles through composition, light, and lived-in scenes. The series blends city landmarks—like the LACMA lamps or the coastline—with intimate people moments such as a parent at the farmers market or friends waiting for coffee. Drawn in minimal black-and-white linework, these pieces capture the layered mood of LA: cinematic, ordinary, and quietly full of character.

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Wellness Brand Mood State Illustrations

This branding project for Mr. Moxey’s introduces a refreshed visual system built around the brand’s signature six mood states — Relax, Relief, Energize, Balance, Zen, and Dream. Each illustration captures the emotional intention behind the product line, helping customers intuitively understand the experience each mint or gummy is crafted to support.

The project also includes website homepage illustrations, serving as a welcoming visual anchor for the brand’s digital presence. Together, these assets establish a cohesive, optimistic, and thoughtful identity rooted in everyday feel-good moments.

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Sports Gear Illustrated

A minimalist print series celebrating the distinct equipment of tennis, pickleball, and baseball, illustrated with clean lines and a nostalgic palette. By focusing on the tools of the game, the collection offers a quiet tribute to the rituals and rhythms of play.

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