I am a 24 year old graphic/web/print/everything designer with 8 years of experience under my belt. My passion began at the age of 10 and I have loved every minute of it since then. I am a bike fanatic, lover of ginger ale, and a conduit for food. This is just a small portion of my work from the past 2 years.
Created all the assets for WordSquared - a massively multiplayer HTML5 word game. I did everything from UX to UI and beyond, including both web and Facebook versions of the game. www.WordSquared.com
Created the logo for WhitePages.com's new venture DealPop. www.DealPop.com
Vanilla is a platform for digital artists to remix the original source files of other digital artists. We call it a big game of visual telephone because remixes can keep going and going, you can remix piece in a line of remixes, and you can always trace back to where everything started. Vanilla is currently being redesigned and will make it's debut on it's sister site DesignersCouch.org
I founded Rotten Apple Fight early 2009 with a long time friend and associate. Long story short, it is a one on one design competition where competitors have 20 minutes to complete a piece. The catch is, they have to do it on the spot in an Apple retail store. Once they do that we put them on the stage where they can compete for cash, prizes, and fame. It is a non-profit, and a portion of the proceeds go to benefit arts education in america. The company was then rebranded to World's Best Designer aka WBD and still lives strong at www.wbdlive.com
I worked closely with the store owner to come up with a logo that best represented the store, as well as the store's location. When that was all done, he slapped it on right on the front window. Neat! Gamma Ray Games sells tabletop games, both used and new.
This was actually a project I did for myself early last year. Yes, I redesign the websites of large companies just for fun. I targeted the Zune site and went to town.
This was not the final logo used, but this logo sheet represents my style much more than the final product. I like to use this as an example of how I work with my clients. I generally make up these logo sheets so that the client has a chance to pick, choose, mix and match. I include all versions of the logo from start to finish
For this project I was asked to collaborate and work with another designer to come up with the company's informational print posters. The final versions were used at their booth for the 2008 Seattle Boat Show.
Here are some examples from my assignments at the Academy of Art.
Here are some of my smaller projects for clients as well as some personal projects. In my free time I enjoy doing illustration, painting, and murals.
Aaron Oak
10541 Phinney AVE N
Seattle, WA 98133
Phone: 206.307.9349
E-mail: aaron(at)vnl.la
[OBJECTIVE]
To bring my skills and talent to an agency that is forward thinking in new media design and provides learning potential and career advancement.
[SUBJECTIVE]
Because sometimes it just takes being in the right atmosphere to flourish, y'know?
[CLIENTS]
Massively Fun
Web/Graphic Designer
Built all the assets for WordSquared - a massively multiplayer HTML5 word game. Responsibilities included all game UI and UX, ads and web presence, logo, and print.
White Pages
Graphic Designer
Created logo and other branding materials plus static and Flash banners.
Gamma Ray Games
Graphic Designer
Logo, front window signage
ArrowCat
Graphic Designer
Worked closely with another designer to create all elements for the company's 2009 Seattle Boat Show informational posters. Main responsibilities were image editing, and layout.
Pluggd
Web/Graphic Designer
Graphics integration to RealNetworks' Rhapsody digital music service. This included UI/UX, and heavy image editing.
[SKILLS]
Mac - Expert
Windows - Expert
Illustrator - Expert
Photoshop - Expert
InDesign - Expert
Flash - Intermediate
HTML/CSS - Intermediate
Beard growing - Expert
[EDUCATION]
Nathan Hale High School, 2005
Academy of Art University San Francisco