web and graphics

UConn Health Promotional Materials

Flyers, booklets, brochures, and posters promoting The Cato T. Laurencin Institute and programs relating to the Institute.

UConn Health Marketing Materials

Working with UConn Health as the sole Web and Marketing Associate, I was responsible for all outreach materials coming from our Institute. That included the design process, implementation, and digital or print distribution. Here are some examples of flyers and brochures that I created for the Institute.

5 Year Impact Report for The Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Math

The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering 2023 Institute Booklet

UConn Health Website

All web edits at University of Connecticut's Health Center.

The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering

As the sole web and marketing associate for the department, one of my main responsibilities was to update our current website and create new pages when we introduced programs and events. Edits include transitioning to UConn's newest theme, Beecher-Stowe, adding hero banners for new pages, updating photos of faculty, staff, and students, and adhering to UConn's brand standards. All websites I've edited through Aurora, a multi-site WordPress web content management system. Made with HTML and CSS.

Sutradhar Institute of Dance and Related Arts Branding

A new, updated brand guideline for a classical Indian dance school.

Sutradhar Institute of Dance and Related Arts

Sutradhar Institute of Dance and Related Arts (SIDRA) is a local non-profit dance organization in Silver Spring, Maryland. Even though the main focus of classes are Kuchipudi, a traditional Indian dance style, they offer other disciplines and services that can be a fit for anyone who is insterested in art and spirituality. Being active since the 1980's, they are an established organization that stays active in their community. Their program manager reached out to me about updating their logo and website, and I managed to finish their brand guideline and a press kit but had to decline the website design due to time constraints.

PRESS KIT

Little Tiger Kung Fu

Branding project for an upcoming martial arts school.

Little Tiger Kung Fu Branding

Little Tiger is an upcoming Kung Fu school that wanted to have a more modern look as compared to their competitors. Typically, graphic design within the martial arts world is limited to "oriental" fonts like Chop Suey or something involving brush strokes to match the stereotypical Asian aesthetic that is known by everyone. With Little Tiger Kung Fu, I was able to work on making something that does not involve any of that. The branding for LTKF combines the fitness aesthetics to that of martial arts (tiger and sword).

Valentine's Day Cards

A set of Valentine's Day cards specially made for my nephew.

Valentine's Day Cards

For Valentine's Day, my nephew wanted to give out cards with him on it. Personal projects like this fuel my professional life, inspiring my use of color, hierarchy, and graphics in the office. Thinking about K-pop album photo cards (one of his mom’s favorite music genres) I took some pictures from his mom and added casual graphics to make him the star of the show. Everyone in his class and family loved the cards, and so I took the liberty to also make them digital to share.

Werth Institute Webpages

Webpages designed during my internship with UConn.

Werth Institute Design

Working with the Werth Institute I both maintained the current website and created new pages that featured their work. I sent out weekly newsletters through mailchimp that I designed through HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Healthcare Thesis

A commission for an honors thesis at Wesleyan University. Including print layouts.

Healthcare for All Thesis

One commission that I worked on was with a biology student at Wesleyan University. Knowing her through mutual friends, she was passionate about making healthcare in the United States more accessible to the Bangladeshi community. As part of her thesis, she wanted to create a flyer that was easy to read for both English and Bengali-speaking patients to raise awareness. The pamphlet contained translations, information from the New York City Health Department about the services they provide throughout, and encouragement for the usage of medical interpreters/social workers.
I first created the logo (based on the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, Bangladesh) and then added English and Bengali text which translates to the same thing: "my health, my rights." The colors that I worked with throughout in logo and pamphlet are also based on the flag of Bangladesh, which are a simple green and red.
Once I finished with the logo, I worked on the layout of the pamphlet. The biggest challenges I faced were trying to fit as much information as possible on a trifold brochure that was to be printed on 8x11 paper and finding a good font for the Bangla translations, as I realized that fonts were so limited for non-Latin languages. With a bit of paraphrasing and font resizing, I was able to fit all the necessary information provided onto the pamphlet and send it to Wesleyan for review. Her thesis was published in Olen Library at Wesleyan University.

Flyp Nebulizer

A collection of motion graphics that my agency and I created for a new product by Convexity.

Flyp Nebulizer Infomercial

Working with Convexity Scientific Inc, my classmates and I were in charge of creating an "informational" video for one of their products: the Flyp nebulizer. We started by learning more about the Flyp and the audience that they wanted to market towards; because the product is not meant to be used by children, we had to be sure to not use any imagery that depicted kids. I was on motion graphics duty along with a couple others. Our goal was to film and add graphics on top which provided medical information as well as marketable terms that Convexity provided.

ui/ux in games

Staraway

My Senior Project, based on identity and friendship. Created with my friend, Rory.

STARAWAY

Coming from a family of refugees who fought to be where they are, I wanted to share their experience and express our perspective of what it's like to be on the civilian side of war. Growing up, my mother and father would tell me about the Khmer Rouge and how they were running for their lives just to survive. STARAWAY is meant to be a dedication to my family who were forced to flee what they considered home. Working with my good friend, Rory Senior, we were able to make the first level of what can be a promising game.

Spaceshooter

An infinite shooter minigame. Test your survival skills!

Spaceshooter Sample

The main objective of this project is create an infinite space shooter by utilizing enumerators and random spawning. With this, I used Kenney's free assets for any of the non-GUI sprites (spaceship, enemy ships, and power-ups). The longer you survive, the more frequent enemy ships will spawn!

Simon Says

A minigame of the classic "Simon Says." Sounds are open-source.

Simon Says

In this game, we were tasked to create Simon Says, focusing on coroutines and enumerators to generate the randomness and lists that fueled the original game. I picked out the sounds that the buttons make when pressed, as well as created my own buttons to add a bit more personality than what the original Unity assets provided.

RPG Sample

A turn-based battle minigame. Defeat the enemy before you run out of health!

RPG Sample

This RPG Sample was assigned so that we would be able to learn the mechanics behind how turn-based interactions work as well as programming an enemy to attack when it's their turn. All non-GUI assets are of Kenney's Free Assets, and the UI sprites are of Unity's default sprites. In this, I chose to focus more on making sure that it stays turn-based, any animations happen ONLY during certain turns, and to make sure that the buttons activate the right moves.

Sidescroller Sample

A sidescroller treasure hunt. Collect all artifacts without getting caught.

Sidescroller Sample

The last project of my game design class was to create your own sidescroller game. I chose to also integrate a dialogue system mostly because I wanted to be able to explore more of what I can do with Unity. With this, I was able to add a bit of story into the sidescroller by giving the player insight with each artifact that they pick up.

Level Design Sample

A VR-Compatible classroom that has become homebase for a student's path.

Level Design

In this project, our goal was to tell a story with the environment that surrounds you. Originally designed for VR, I chose to recreate the art classroom that I would always hang out in throughout high school, but with a darker twist. Instead of using just my own perspective, I decided to put the focus on a student who lost their father and is willing to do absolutely anything to simply talk to him.