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Withered Poster

Withered

Withered is a poster series created to promote environmental protection. The design is based on positive and negative shapes. Withered trees form the main image, and the reversed shapes reveal the appearance of human internal organs. The visual link suggests that wasting natural resources harms people themselves. The message asks viewers to treat nature with the same care given to the human body. The posters are made with four-color printing and are displayed in stations and subways as advertisements and printed promotional material. The images are also used as magazine illustrations.

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BlackDrop Brand Identity

BlackDrop

This is a personal Brand Strategy and Identity Project. BlackDrop is a chain of stores and brand that sells and distributes coffee. BlackDrop is a personal project initially developed to set the tone and creative direction for personal freelance creative business. This Brand Identity has been created for the purpose of positioning Aleks as a trusted brand consultant in the startup community. BlackDrop stands for a slick, contemporary, transparent startup brand that aims to become a timeless, recognizable, industry-leading brand.

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Pattern Gift Paper

Pattern

Pattern is a gift wrapping paper design based on traditional Chinese motifs. Abstract graphics taken from flame, fish and bat forms are combined to shape the head of a dragon. The dragon motif is repeated with vertical and horizontal squares to form a continuous pattern. The paper is produced with four-color printing on high-density special paper. The design is also applied to product packaging, printed promotional materials and carton design. The intent is to join traditional Chinese aesthetics with modern design.

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Ten Posters

Ten

The design is a campaign for Kingston University's Fashion show event. The photography for this campaign is done by creating 'X' marks by on a model's body which indicates the symbolism of clothes on one's body. 'X' also indicates the tenth anniversary of the fashion school of Kingston university. E-vite was sent to all the guests and posters and brochures were displayed in the Design Museum of London.

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Heheqingtian Tea Brand Identity

Heheqingtian

Heheqingtian is a tea brand identity created for a tea living and cultural experience space reborn from a private Japanese style dwelling. The identity begins with the idea of convergence. The door shape of the building is combined with the Chinese character He to express the spirit of serving tea and the meaning of gathering together and expanding outward. A restrained design conveys the calm atmosphere of tasting tea at leisure. The tea box is made of wood with a tenon and mortise structure that needs no glue, supporting an environmentally friendly approach.

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Let's Get Better Together Personal Projects

Let's Get Better Together

Let's Get Better Together is a series of illustrations about the relationships between people and between people and nature. The illustrations present love, peace and mutual support as forces that can improve the world. Each image tells a short story and conveys a message to the viewer before any written explanation is read. The work was first drawn by hand in a sketchbook, then colored and finished with digital editing software. The series aims to remind viewers that the connection between humans and nature is important and often overlooked.

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The Sacred City Illustration

The Sacred City

The Sacred City is a digital illustration created as a key visual for a high fantasy video game. The artwork depicts a legend called The Oracles, which occurs once every several centuries. On that day the kings of each land gather at the cathedral beside the waterfalls and await the arrival of the messengers. Many spectators travel from distant lands, hoping to receive blessings from the gods. The scene was hand drawn with digital software using a photo bashing method. Romanesque and Gothic architecture were combined to give the imagined world a sense of reality.

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Support Small Business Poster

Support Small Business

This visual is making an attempt to support the local restaurants in the community, an experience which many people missed during quarantine. The designer aims to provoke people's desire for tea and food pairing when they order a food take-out and displaying what a great eating experience looks like. The goal is to make the brand more unique, creative, and high quality that represents the brand's soul and mission in the premium beverage market.

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Jiangmen Culture and Tourism Logo and Brand Identity

Jiangmen Culture and Tourism

Jiangmen Culture and Tourism is a logo and brand identity created for the culture and tourism sector of Jiangmen, a city in Guangdong Province in southern China. The logo is inspired by the traditional Chinese character Men, meaning gate, and by the structure of the memorial archway. Elements drawn from the cityscape, architecture, cultural heritage, landscape and plants of Jiangmen are combined within the gate shape. Matte gold suggests a city that is rich yet modest. A brand identity guideline was developed to support consistent application.

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SuNeungDokHae Reading Solutions Brand

SuNeungDokHae

SuNeungDokHae is an educational book series and brand identity for reading comprehension study. The series supports students preparing for the College Scholastic Ability Test in Korea. The covers use the motif of a window, showing illustrated scenes linked to the texts studied in each chapter. A color system separates the fields of study for elementary and middle school levels. Inside, infographic layouts present the learning content in visual form. Each book measures 220 by 280 by 7 millimeters and has rounded corners for safety.

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He He Logo

He He

He He is a brand logo created for an artistic agricultural products brand. The design combines the Chinese character he with the Western ampersand symbol, as both forms express the idea of fusion. The two signs are merged into a single character symbol that is recognizable in Eastern and Western contexts. Graphic creativity is used to fill the mark and its auxiliary graphics with cultural and artistic elements from China and Europe. The logo has no fixed size and can be applied directly to packaging and outdoor publicity.

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Firefly Songling Volunteer Branding

Firefly Songling Volunteer

Firefly Songling Volunteer is a brand identity created for a volunteer service organization in Songling Sub-district, Wujiang, Suzhou, China. The logo is based on the image of a firefly with open wings, a reference to the local ecological environment and to volunteers who give light through quiet effort. The simple and modern form is intended to appeal to younger people. The identity is applied through professional printing, embroidery and hot stamping. The design gives the volunteer team a distinct image within a field where many groups use similar symbols.

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