Bruin Review: The Review Illustrations

Bruin Review: The Review IV Spring 2020

For this publication, I worked on illustrations for two articles.

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The first article is about pornography addiction in adolescents. The first line of the article gives really cool imagery, comparing access to pornography to a shot of whiskey instead of a glass of milk before bed. Working off this, I wanted to contrast the things you would typically find in a kid's room with an out of place, glittering bottle of Jack Daniel's. I really like how this turned out. Check out the article here!

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The second article is about how career fairs seem like a waste of time and stress on both the recruiter's and the student's part. Being an ex-engineering major, I know the exact feeling. I wanted to convey the dizzying stress that I felt with bright colors and bold lines. I also had a lot of fun with this piece. You can read the full article here!

UCEAP Shirt Design Contest

My friend called me the other day to ask for help with a shirt design. The design was for UCEAP, the UC system's travel abroad program. I ended up getting really into it, and I guess you could say I "spent four days working on a shirt design for a school I am not even attending yet instead of doing calculus homework," but I see it more as "having a good time with my friend."

Anyways, let me tell you a bit about this design. I wanted to incorporate aspects of traveling, learning, and living (ooh, it's the UCEAP slogan!) into it. Obviously, the plane and landmarks represent traveling. They all rest on the foundation of traveling to learn, hence the book holding everything up. I included the "live" aspect by making the whole shape of the design into a heart. "Wherever you go, go with all of your heart," as Confucius said. I wanted the elements to look like they were exploding out of the book, so I used some clouds to do that. To represent that this was from California, there is a teeny tiny California under the banner, which is where the plane's dotted trail originates from!

I poured my heart and soul into this and I absolutely love it. Please take a few moments to bask in my artistry. Thank you.

UPDATE: We got second place B)