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My name is Adrian Gonzalez I am a recent

graduate from California State University,

Dominguez Hills and earned a Bachelor of Ar ts in Ar t, concentration in Graphic Design

with a Minor in Motion Graphics. I originally

majored in art education but once he trans-

ferred out from Long Beach City College I

realized that I wanted to pursue a bachelor’s

degree in graphic design instead. I enjoy the

aspect of visual communication through the

use of type, space, and image.

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Five of my designs were published in

Communication Arts March/Aprill 2015 issue.

The work that was published consisted of

posters and photography.

Selected as 1 of 12 students for the 2015 Communication Arts Annual

Student Showcase

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Packaging design for a class project consist-

ing of a kit designed for people who suf-

fer from chronic dry eye disease. The color

palette for this kit is a selection of cool colors

that provide a sort of relief. The Renew dry

eye kit consist of lubricant eye drops, aller-

gy eye drops, omega-3 supplements, night

ointment, uv sunglasses, and a warm eye

compress. The also has a infographic to give

the give the user a better understanding of

the causes, preventions and treatments of

dry eye syndrome. The kit was designed to

be able to carried and taken anywhere inside

it’s custom designed carry bag.

Renew Dry Eye kit is intended for people who suffer from chronic dry

eye disease.

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Postcard design for a 2015 exhibition. The

dimensions of the postcard are 4x6 in and

color palette is blue, pink, burgundy and

orange. The front of the postcard was de-

signed by taking the title of the exhibition

and re-creating it in a conceptual design. The

back of the postcard has a unique design

consisting of the information for the exhibi-

tion. 3000 copies were distributed through-

out the community. This project was intended

for the anyone who is interested in arts or in

the art and design program at CSUDH.

Postcard design was for the 2015 annual senior exhibition at

Cal State University Dominguez Hills.

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Conceptual book cover design for a well-

known novel. The cover design was accom-

plish by only using photography. The color

palette for this project is blue and yellow.

The color palette was chosen to create high

contrast. This book cover design was intend-

ed for people enjoy reading and are intrigue

by unque book covers.

Custom book cover design for the Life of Pi novel.

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Poster series consisting of three different

plays that were popular during the mid

1900’s. Each poster design was approach in a

conceptual way and making it more attractive

today’s viewers. The series color palette are

blue, red, and yellow. Each image in the post-

ers photographs that were taken to create a

dramatic poster. This poster series is inteded

to advertise current plays.

Series of theatre posters from plays that occurred in the mid 1900’s.

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Several logo designs for different organiza-

tions. Each logo was designed to specifically

represent the organization it was designed

for. The color palette used for each logo is

based on the choice of the organization.

Variety of logo designs for clients, projects, and companies.

Youth Design Club / A logo design for the Boy and Girls Club of Carson, CaliforniaRenew dry eyekit / A logo design for a school project used for packaging design

Carrillo Strategies / A logo design for a client in Los Angeles, CaliforniaGreen Vets / A logo design for a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California Loker Student Union / A logo design for a campus competition in Carson, California

Art and Design Department / A logo design for the Art and Design Department at CSUDH

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Logo design for the Loker Student Union.

The color palette used for the logo design

are the same colors that are use to repre-

sent CSUDH. The basic mock-up stationary

includes an envelope, business card, t-shirt,

notebook, pencils and a interactive app. The

stationary was created to show how the logo

would appear in different items.

Logo design selected as the new logo for the Loker Student Union at

CSUDH and will also be used for the rebranding of the building.

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Calendar design for Toro Productions in-

cludes information about upcoming events in

campus. Each month has a consist of a dif-

ferent illustration that pertains to the specif-

ic month. The illustrations were created by

altering text and making sure there is some

sort of hierarchy between the words dis-

played in each illustration. The color palette

for this project consist of black and khaki.

This calendar design was intended for cur-

rent and incoming students who are interest-

ed in participate in campus activities.

2015 spring calendar of events for Toro Productions at Cal State

University Dominguez Hills.

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Magazine including high school student’s

design work. There are six participants that

had their work included inside the magazine.

Each student was able to established their

own identity by attending a series of design

workshops. The outcome of the workshop

was a magazine that was used to expose

how design need taught in high schools. The

magazine was printed and distributed to the

community in hope to bring more exposer to

graphic design.

Magazine including studetnts design work from Carson High School.

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Poster designs that were produce while

working as a graphic designer at Loker Stu-

dent Union. Each poster was designed for a

specific event in campus or outside of cam-

pus. The advertisement poster design were

inspired by online posters. The photography

seen in the posters are not my own photog-

raphy they are images provided by google

images. I was only able to design the place-

ment of the images and text.

Variety of poster designs for a numerous of campus events.

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Second place winner of the Don Quixote

exhibition at CSUDH. The exhibition includes

aspects of the world famous Don Quixote

novel. The image on the left pertains to ma-

nipulation the top middle image pertains to

gender . The middle center image pertains to

violence, the bottom center image pertains

to madness. The image on the right pertains

to race. Each image was taken by using day-

light and using a white construction paper as

the background. The images are a conceptu-

al approach to the novel.

Photography series for the Don Quixote photo exhibition at Cal State

University Dominguez Hills.

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Screen shots of stop go animation that was

made for a motion graphics course. The ani-

mation was made by taking over 900 photos.

the scenes in the animation are all unique

and do not repeat, There are four different

color backdrops which were created by using

different color construction paper. The letters

are 3D cardboard letters. The letters were

painted different colors to appear different

throughout the animation. ,

Stop go animation for a class project.

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