2023-24 Bronco Guide
My first year with The Poly Post, Cal Poly Pomona’s student-run newspaper, was a dramatic push into the design world of quick concepts, tight deadlines, and revisons, revisions, revisions.
With this magazine, I met with my teammates on a weekly basis through Zoom and we developed and critiqued layouts that fleshed out the stories we were given. I enjoyed being able to visualize a concept based on the story’s topic and create a cohesive layout, aiming to present stories with a sense of fun that would increase engagement with readers. My most well-received design has been my fashion spread, which I tied together with a paper doll concept.
With this magazine, I met with my teammates on a weekly basis through Zoom and we developed and critiqued layouts that fleshed out the stories we were given. I enjoyed being able to visualize a concept based on the story’s topic and create a cohesive layout, aiming to present stories with a sense of fun that would increase engagement with readers. My most well-received design has been my fashion spread, which I tied together with a paper doll concept.
2024-25 Bronco Guide
Entering my second year with The Poly Post as a Co-Lead Designer for the magazine, I had one main goal: consistency. My main critique for the previous Bronco Guide was the broad range of colors in the design guide’s color palette. I still wanted to allow our designers the freedom to experiment, but implemented a more restrictive color palette and stricter use of guidelines.
I designed almost two times the amount of layouts that I did the previous year, with the same intention of making stories come to life through visuals. Flexible to the concepts developed from the stories, I experimented with different illustration styles and collage, such as the loose, stylistic graphics in my “8 Colleges” spread and the pixel art style in my “Senior Projects” spread.
Editorial Illustrations
"Weekly wellbeing: how to prioritize your health at CPP" by Victoria Mejicanos
"Immature marketing shows consumers have grown up, companies should next" by Gerardo Sanchez
"Growing up with immigrant parents" by Kristine Pascual
"We are Latinos, not Latinx" by Daniel Felipe Duque
"Review: Cruising through ‘College Park,’ Logic’s new album" by Jose Hernandez
unused illustration about New Year's resolutions
"Sitting in the front seat" by Michael Yu
"Review: ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’" by Daniel Felipe Duque
"Review: ‘The Whale’ is a story deeper than skin" by Michael Yu
Select editorial illustrations for The Poly Post's online and printed news articles.
