Graphic Design

Alongside the automation and web work, I have a graphic and visual design background that runs through everything I build — editorial layout, typography, image-making and visual systems. A selection of design projects below. For a full hand-coded web project, see the Nojuka Crimson case study.

Gaming fanzine

Gaming fanzine front cover
Fanzine interior spread
Fanzine interior spread

A 16-page fanzine celebrating the sixth generation of consoles, built on contextual research into period magazine design to capture the editorial language, structure and pacing of the genre. Editorial layout · InDesign · Photoshop

Album cover — “Blackmail the Universe”

Final album cover design
Album cover concept exploration
Album cover concept exploration

A promotional vinyl cover for a Megadeth track, translating its lyrical themes of political instability and apocalyptic tension into symbolic imagery through lyric analysis and four tested concepts. Image-making · Photoshop

Protest placard

Protest placard final design
Protest placard held up in context
Protest campaign social media post

A placard and social campaign for a fictional typographic convention, critiquing Western “Asian-mimicry” typefaces through historical research, ideation and slogan testing. Typography · concept

Photomontage — cost of living

Cost-of-living photomontage final design
Photomontage research and ideation

A photomontage on the UK cost-of-living crisis, built on a deliberately constrained set of assets so the visual metaphor and typography carry maximum symbolic weight. Compositing · Photoshop

Music city guides

Birmingham music city guide book
Gothenburg music city guide book
Helsinki music city guide book

A set of music-led city guides, each translating a city’s musical identity into its own colour system, cover and book design. Editorial · branding · colour

Type specimen — Copperplate Gothic

Copperplate Gothic type specimen sheet
Baskerville type specimen sheet
Industria type specimen sheet

A set of specimen sheets championing a chosen typeface, using historical and contextual research to present its character and range across diverse layouts. Typography · layout

International visual alphabet

Visual alphabet example words
Visual alphabet icon letter set

Ten letters reimagined as icon-based symbols drawn from personal and cultural references, balancing literal and subjective readings to encode meaning visually. Iconography · visual systems

Creative manifesto

The Creative Muscle design manifesto poster

A personal design manifesto poster built from statements that resonate with my own philosophy, exploring type, pattern, colour and layout in a single refined piece. Poster · pattern-making

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