Graphic Design – Astral Omens

A poster of a simplified birds head bowing its head to a feather beside it. They are encased in a moon with clouds swirling around. The poster is surrounded by a thick border.

The Firebird's Grace. 2025, 18in x 24in, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. A poster displaying a metaphorical depiction my interpretation of the slavic tale of the firebird.

A tri-colored poster inspired by Soviet propaganda poster. A soldier with their back turned to the audience, he is surrounded by rugged buildings and two trucks. Above is a large head covered in a gas mask and helmet with the barrel of guns surrounding it. At the bottom, in the border, is the words, "Наше Восхождение, Их Контроль," which translate to, "Our Ascent, Their Control."

Propaganda Post-Apocalyptic Poster. 2025, 18in x 24in, Adobe Fresco and Adobe Illustrator. A poster inspired by Soviet propaganda posters, but in a militant, post-apocalyptic context.

Thank You Card. 2025, 4.25in x 5.5in, Adobe Illustrator & Glowforge. A thank you card for continued patronage of my fictional company with a handwritten note.

Two identical books laying over each over on different pages. They are both displaying the chapter illustrations. On the left is a character wish shaggy hair looking up in horror. The other book displays a mutant human hunched in front of a light and a puddle of blood while two other monstrous faces peek out from the darkness.

Book Illustrations and Manuscript Layout. 2025, 5.5in x 8.5in, Adobe Fresco, Adobe InDesign, Blurb.com. Displays how a book published by my fictional company would look.

Two of the same navy blue shirt. One side displays a distressed illustration of a crazed man peeking through blinds. The other side shows an astrology-inspired graphic with the company name and tagline beneath, "Moonlit Harvest Media: Run From the Night."

T-Shirt. 2025, Size Small, Adobe Illustrator. A t-shirt design for my fictional company.

Three sticker designs of gas masks. One has a full eye shield and a singular, rainbow-colored filter. One has two round eye holes with a singular filter hanging down. The other has two filters on either side and angular eye holes.

Gas Mask Stickers. 2025, 3in x 3in, Adobe Fresco. Three stickers of different gas masks.

A blue-framed book. The illustration displays a glowing feather falling over a crescent moon, surrounded on both side by a decorative cliff-face. There is text saying "Moonlight's Descent: an Ember in the Shadows" and "Darroh Sokolov".

Moonlight's Descent 1 Book Cover. 2025, 5.5in x 8.5in, Adobe Fresco and Adobe Illustrator. A book cover of the first (unpublished) book of Moonlights Descent book 1.

Three laser engraved wooden bookmarks. They have skulls at the top. Below two of them is the company name, Moonlit Harvest Media, and decals around it. The third is flipped, showing company contact information.

Bookmarks. 2025, 2in x 8in, Adobe Illustrator and Glowforge. Bookmarks for my fictional company that were laser engraved. They also act as business cards.

Moonlit Harvest Media Fictional Logo. 2024, 5in x 5in, Adobe Illustrator. A logo for the fictional company I made up, Moonlit Harvest Media.

A sticker design. A skull holding a rose that is shedding petals. On and around the skull is the words "Emporia First Friday Art Walk."

Emporia Art Walk 2024 Sticker. 2024, 3in x 3in, Adobe Fresco. A winner of the 2024 Emporia Art Walk sticker contest.

A 3D model of a can of iced coffee, front and back. The can itself is bronze and has slight wear on it. The front, which is displayed on the left, is most lit up and shows the most important information, which is the following; "Sunflower Coffee Company. Organic Flint Hills Iced Coffee. Blended with clover organic milk, organic chicory, and organic cane sugar. Keep refrigerated. Net Weight: 12oz (355 mL)." The graphic is a coffee bean splashing into liquid coffee. The back, which isn't as lit up as the front, has a nutrition label and a bar code.

Organic Flint Hills Iced Coffee. 2024, 1024px x 768px beverage can design, Adobe Illustrator and Dimensions. A hypothetical design for a can of iced coffee.

A flesh-colored parasitic worm with rows of razor sharp teeth. Blood is around its mouth and is being flung around counter-clockwise. The phrase "draw blood, you parasites" is formed through veins and blood. Draw, you, and parasites is formed with the bulging veins and blood is formed with the blood that was flung form the mouth. The background is abstract; goes from yellow, to salmon, to blue, to green.

Parasite Phrase in shape. 2024, 1024px x 1024px, Adobe Fresco. A parasitic creature with the phrase "Draw blood, you parasites" incorporated within the illustration.

A greenish grey zombie head with a dislocated jaw and melting flesh. Its teeth are yellow and rotting. The melting flesh splits at the mouth and pools behind at the bottom of the head. Eyes are popping out of the skull, the optical nerves trailing behind into the eye socket. All together, it vaguely forms the letter Z.

Zombie Letter Z. 2024, 1024px x 1024px illustrated letter, Procreate for the IPad. The letter Z illustrated in a way to look like the head of a decaying zombie.

Beyond the Banners Refreshed Website. 2023, web design, WordPress and Beaver Builder. A refreshed website for Beyond the Banners, because the old website is outdated. Check out the website here. https://m15btb.astralomens.com/

Star Burger Website. 2023, one-page web design, WordPress and Beaver Builder. A website about a fictitious food truck that serves burgers. Check out the website here. https://m12onepage.astralomens.com/

A dark package design that had been been mocked up and folded together. The package has information about Avenir, a typeface, including who created it and the fonts seen with it. Orange and yellow lines are placed throughout the piece.

Avenir Type Box. 2023, 2.75" x 2.75" x 2.75" box design, Adobe Illustrator. A package design around Avenir, a typeface, and the research about it.

Sticker design that features a black hand with mystical designs all over it. It's surrounded by text that says "Emporia First Friday" and "Art Walk."

EFF Sticker Entry. 2023, 4.25" x 5.5", Adobe Illustrator and Procreate. This was made for a sticker design contest to promote Emporia's First Friday Art Walk.

White graphics that resemble a link of chains. The way the white space is filled in the shapes, it forms the word "chains."

Chains Word-Graphic. 2023, 11" x 8.5" word graphic, Adobe Illustrator. The word chains manipulated in a way to look like chains.

Graphic design poster with a simple, illustrated city landscape. Text says What is Anatomy of Type while a key at the bottom shows the anatomy of the letters used.

Anatomy of Type. 2023, 12" x 18", Adobe Illustrator. Anatomy of Type poster that points out the anatomy of the letters that are used throughout the piece.

Four graphic design banners containing landscapes representing the four seasons. The spring banner has a bright grassland with cherry blossom trees blowing in the wind. The summer banner has a beach with a palm tree in the foreground. The autumn banner has a forest with trees whose leaves are a bright orange and red. The winter banner has mountains with scattered pine trees. In the foreground is an elk overlooking the landscape.

Seasonal Banners. 2022, 30" x 60" each, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Four banners representing the four seasons. Created while inspired by the work of Alex Asfour.

A keychain design. On the front is the head of a black octopus with the acronym ESU lied across the head. On the back, the tentacles of the octopus have wrapped around onto other side. On the center of the back, it says "Emporia State University Department of Art." On both sides, there are ink splatters.

ESU Octopus Keychain. 2022, 2" x 1" keychain design, Adobe Illustrator. A keychain designed to hand out for visiting students. An octopus was chosen for this specific design.

Polycon Business Card Design. 2022, 3.5" x 2" business card design, Adobe Illustrator. A business card made for a fictitious company whose purpose was secure banking.

Distressed Emporia t-shirt design inspired by old fashioned gas station signs.

Hometown T-Shirt. 2022, Adobe Illustrator. An Emporia t-shirt design that is purposely made to look rugged and worn down. It was inspired by vintage gas station signs.

Graphic Design Work