A graphic designer and illustrator focused on the intersection between visual art and human psychology. An avid music listener, mental health advocate, and pesto chef.
During the COVID-19 lockdown, people were inundated with statistics about the pandemic. Curves and waves were what controlled people’s daily lives. What could they do? What did we have to sacrifice to avoid another upward trend in case?
I spent lots of my time scared of these waves and wanted to change my perspective on these emotionless numbers I was so fixated on. I started to see the bigger picture and realize that waves follow the same nature that everything does in our lives. They simply oscillate between positive and negative amplitudes. They remain in constant flux.
This poster is a reminder that life constantly alternates between the positive and the negative, and there is always a positive in the future even if everything in the moment feels so negative. Time only moves forward.
During the COVID-19 lockdown, people were inundated with statistics about the pandemic. Curves and waves were what controlled people’s daily lives. What could they do? What did we have to sacrifice to avoid another upward trend in case?
I spent lots of my time scared of these waves and wanted to change my perspective on these emotionless numbers I was so fixated on. I started to see the bigger picture and realize that waves follow the same nature that everything does in our lives. They simply oscillate between positive and negative amplitudes. They remain in constant flux.
This poster is a reminder that life constantly alternates between the positive and the negative, and there is always a positive in the future even if everything in the moment feels so negative. Time only moves forward.
6 months before Roe v. Wade was overturned, I designed a set of posters warning of the United States treatment towards our refugees. I researched many of the horrors that the U.S. border patrol has committed on the edge of American soil. Women having unwanted hysterectomies, women being forced to conceive a child in a detention center, IUDs and other birth control options being withheld from them. If this country claims it promotes freedom, then why does it stand in the way of a woman’s basic rights?
In a post-Roe world, I believe these posters are even more poignant in illustrating the current state of this nation. The use of orange symbolizes awareness for refugees, resembling the orange color of life-jackets and life-boats. The pink symbolizes femininity and also adds to the warm, aggressive atmosphere that instills urgency in the viewer. I created a symbol to go along with the posters by combining the peace sign and female sex symbol.
Olive was a typeface born out of a series of typographic experiments based on yellow colored objects. The “O” was inspired by the forms of a small lemon juicer in my kitchen. I later named it after its resemblance to pickled olives. Olive is meant to be funky and playful while also keeping a classiness to it. It’s thin lines are contrasted by strong ball terminals.
Olive was a typeface born out of a series of typographic experiments based on yellow colored objects. The “O” was inspired by the forms of a small lemon juicer in my kitchen. I later named it after its resemblance to pickled olives. Olive is meant to be funky and playful while also keeping a classiness to it. It’s thin lines are contrasted by strong ball terminals.
WAX ANIMATIONS
Invisible Barriers
Invisible
Barriers
In My Head
The panic script poster is meant to be an intimate look into what a panic attack is like. It shows the physical and psychological pain of the experience. Each thought is honest and real. At the time I fully believed the urgency I was feeling even though the irrational nature of these thoughts becomes apparent when documented in this way. That was part of my goal. Through artistic expression I have been able to separate myself from the mental illness I experience.
In My Head
The panic script poster is meant to be an intimate look into what a panic attack is like. It shows the physical and psychological pain of the experience. Each thought is honest and real. At the time I fully believed the urgency I was feeling even though the irrational nature of these thoughts becomes apparent when documented in this way. That was part of my goal. Through artistic expression I have been able to separate myself from the mental illness I experience.
I was the manager for Loyola Marymount University’s 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. I directed the brand design and constructed a variety of materials for the campus-wide event.
The logo was inspired by architectural forms and the concept of multiple pieces coming together to make a whole. We wanted the logo to represent a strong return to campus after a long 2 years of online instruction.
Lorenzo Lizardi was the manager for Loyola Marymount University’s 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. He spearheaded the brand design and constructed a variety of materials for the campus-wide event.
