j365design
This is my website. This site summarizes the magazines and posters I’ve done, as well as some of the exercises. This class has taught me a lot of useful knowledge and I feel happy that it has given me some more skills and I enjoyed taking the class. I hope you all have a wonderful vacation!
My goal with this poster was to capture a cozy, playful vibe that feels like an invitation to a pet-friendly gallery show. I focused on two tumbling cats to signal fun right away and kept the layout clean so the event details stay clear. A cream-to-honey gradient sets a warm stage, while a bright honey-orange highlight on the date line draws the eye. All artwork is original vector; I used a single 1-pt charcoal stroke to keep every element consistent. The toughest part was balancing “cute” with readability—my early drafts were too busy, so I trimmed extra paw prints and recentred the text block. Next time I’d explore variable-weight lettering for the headline and add a light paper texture earlier in the process to avoid late-stage color tweaks.
For this magazine project, my goal was to create a clean and visually unified design that felt like a real publication. I wanted to highlight the artistic energy of London while maintaining clear readability across all six pages. I chose the Giacometti theme for the main article because I felt that his artistic style matched well with the architectural depth of my selected cover image. For the ASF page, I used a clean grid layout to showcase the five best album covers of all time, keeping typography minimal to let the visuals speak for themselves.One of the main challenges I faced was making the cover text readable on a busy photo background. I initially tried both white and black text, but neither stood out well enough against the brick wall. I considered using a semi-transparent black box behind the text, but in the end, I decided to go with a bold blue font color, which created a strong contrast while still matching the overall tone of the image. I think this solution balanced visibility and aesthetics in a cleaner way.