Alejandro Valdivia's Portfolio

New Atlanta Headquarters!

2010-06-11T11:28:00.001-07:00

Ok, I admit that by Headquarters I really mean to say apartment and desk, but even so, this is a welcomed change into a great city with great views and all-new Ikea furniture for my workstation.

Now, come on, admit it... you like my workstation, don't ya?

Internship Portfolio

2010-03-14T22:37:00.001-07:00

Work done while completing an internship at PeakBiety branding + advertising (TM)

Manteiga Concept Book

2010-03-14T17:02:00.000-07:00

Concept Design - Uno Records

2010-03-10T20:41:00.000-08:00

This is the Manual documenting the process followed when creating the identity for Uno Records. This projecy was developed about 3 years ago.

Newspaper Design

2010-03-08T12:40:00.000-08:00

Here's the final design and layout for El Informante, a free community service publication that lists important reference information such as what to do in case of an accident, most wanted criminals in the area, rewards and missing people.
I had the privilege of working on this project from the start, developed the identity and all collateral material. More issues will come out soon!

EFF - Capstone

2010-01-19T19:08:00.001-08:00

Here are some screenshots of my Design Capstone project. This is the final step before my Bachelor degree and I can't put into words how much fun I'm having with this.

The idea is to contribute with and redesign the identity of EFF (a pro-bono collective of professionals who defend blogger's digital rights). I'll be posting more soon!

Posters in environment

2010-01-04T08:39:00.000-08:00

Secret New Year Posters

2009-12-31T11:52:00.001-08:00

With these three pieces I'm launching the one day poster campaign (as I'm sure that the powers that be will take them down shortly after) advocating for a little conscience. Advocating for the privilege to know and care about others... and have a swell, swell time...

Hopefully, I'll follow up with photos of these babies in their environment. Stay posted!

Secret Project

2009-12-16T22:23:00.001-08:00

I'm happy to announce that I'm working on a secret Christmas project with a few of my designer friends from the Art Institute of Tampa.

For now I can't disclose anything other than the fact that it will be a low budget, social awareness poster campaign that will hopefully spread like a virus by the city. We'll be putting in practice the teachings of designers like the infamous Banksy and James Victore (y'know, the club with spikes...) as a social experiment.

I promise I will post the results of our efforts soon since I know how frustrating these "news without news" may be, but I just couldn't hold my excitement!

Stay posted for more.

Tampa Latin Chamber Website

2009-12-16T17:00:00.000-08:00

I've just launched into the project of redesigning the website for the Tampa Latin Chamber. If you're familiar with the old website you'll see the difference right away.

For starters it was necessary to accentuate the brand of the Tampa Latin Chamber which was not present on the old template-based website. Also some practical issues needed to be addressed like implementing the ability of the members to post and subscribe to events, (this was solved by using the omnipotent Google Calendar, by the way) and accessibility to the news, etc.

Be aware, the website right now is still a work in process, but I will be posting the progress (as long as I'm allowed) and hopefully will get feedback from you lovely designers who frequent my blog as I go along.

Postcard

2009-08-11T12:51:00.001-07:00

These are simple postcards designed for the Tampa Latin Chamber's upcoming event. I'm experimenting on expanding the brand and making it a bit more accesible to younger crowds.

Flyer

2009-08-11T12:51:00.000-07:00

Yes, another flyer for Los Hijos de Ismael. This time for the debut concert in Miami, FL. I'm trying something new with the old ultra-modern, worn out, bauhaus-y, same ol' Miami flyer. Instead, I'm going for the minimalistic feel... oh, and the books.

Flyer

2008-12-01T18:51:00.000-08:00

Postcards

2008-10-21T05:52:00.001-07:00

Client: WWF

Website

2008-10-21T05:41:00.001-07:00

Client: Mogul Street Reserve

Advanced Image Manipulation

2008-09-26T07:07:00.001-07:00

Poster

2008-09-26T00:19:00.005-07:00

Poster

2008-09-26T00:19:00.003-07:00

Poster

2008-09-26T00:19:00.001-07:00

Advanced Image Manipulation

2008-08-29T07:06:00.000-07:00

Website Redesign Proposal

2008-08-26T06:21:00.000-07:00

Client: Mogul Street Reserve / Introduction to Scripting

Photo Manipulation

2008-08-23T10:25:00.001-07:00

Client: Personal

Advanced Image Manipulation

2008-08-22T09:18:00.001-07:00

Client: Advanced Image Manipulation

Printed Campaign

2008-08-22T09:17:00.001-07:00

Client: Advanced Image Manipulation
Created in Collaboration with Juan Carlos Mora

Website

2008-08-12T08:11:00.001-07:00

Client: Triptico (www.tripticoband.com)

Advanced Image Manipulation

2008-08-08T08:19:00.001-07:00

Client: Art Institute of Tampa

Checklist stand

2008-08-05T07:17:00.001-07:00

Flyer

2008-07-28T12:54:00.001-07:00

Client: Los hijos de Ismael & La pollera colorada

Panel (Cover)

2008-06-09T10:07:00.004-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and experimental

Panel (Kara Walker)

2008-06-09T10:07:00.003-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and experimental

Panel (Murkami)

2008-06-09T10:07:00.001-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and Experimental

Panel (Pipilotti Rist)

2008-06-09T10:06:00.004-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and experimental

Panel (Sol LeWitt)

2008-06-09T10:06:00.003-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and experimental

Panel (Chuck Close)

2008-06-09T10:06:00.001-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and experimental

Panel (Ernesto Neto)

2008-06-09T10:05:00.002-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and experimental

Panel (Jeff Koons)

2008-06-09T10:05:00.001-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and Experimental

Flyers

2008-06-06T10:39:00.000-07:00

Client: J. Schaffer Productions

Logo

2008-06-03T20:21:00.003-07:00

Client: Sweetbrier Apartments

logo

2008-06-03T20:21:00.001-07:00

Client: The Buzz (www.thebuzz.at)

Fold

2008-05-29T12:55:00.000-07:00

Client: Lithobinder

Image Manipulation

2008-05-21T21:58:00.000-07:00

Before:

After:

Client: Image Manipulation

Business Cards

2008-05-21T11:08:00.000-07:00

Client: Roberto y Raul

Flyer

2008-05-20T20:10:00.001-07:00

Client: J. Schaffer Productions

Flyer

2008-05-20T20:03:00.001-07:00

Client: J. Schaffer Productions

Poster

2008-05-19T15:55:00.002-07:00

Client: Los hijos de Ismael / Digital Grid Systems

So, this is a real show. the following Press ad and tickets are ficticious, but the show is real. GO!

Press Ad

2008-05-19T15:55:00.001-07:00

Client: Los hijos de Ismael / Digital Grid Systems

Ticket

2008-05-19T15:53:00.000-07:00

Client: Los hijos de Ismael / Digital Grid Systems

Panel (Cindy Sherman)

2008-05-19T15:31:00.002-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and experimental

Panel (Andres Serrano)

2008-05-19T15:31:00.001-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and Experimental

Panel (Barbara Kruger)

2008-05-19T15:30:00.001-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and Experimental

Panel (Guillermo Gomez Pena)

2008-05-19T15:29:00.000-07:00

Client: Typography: Expressive and Experimental

Website

2008-05-15T06:01:00.000-07:00

Client: Los hijos de Ismael
This is a screenshot of the new site of Los hijos de Ismael (www.loshijosdeismael.com)

Flyer

2008-05-14T14:01:00.000-07:00

Client: J. Schaffer Productions

Flyer

2008-05-14T14:00:00.001-07:00

Panel (Judy Chicago)

2008-05-13T07:36:00.000-07:00

This is one of 12 pages for a book that I'm creating. The subject: art vs art.

Flyer

2008-05-12T16:33:00.000-07:00

Flyer

2008-05-09T10:56:00.000-07:00

Yet another concert flyer for J. Schaffer Productions!

Album Cover

2008-04-24T13:20:00.000-07:00

This is an old album cover of A Limine's Infinity. Live show, very nice...

Image Manipulation

2008-04-23T10:25:00.000-07:00

Eyes

2008-04-23T07:42:00.001-07:00

So... when everything else fails, eyes are your best bet I guess.
Anyway, this is nothing special, just a digital illustration of my very, VERY supressed stage freight.
I guess someday I'll recycle this one into something more productive.

Flyer

2008-04-22T18:53:00.000-07:00

Ok, so this one is current. Is gonna be a good show. I swear on my grandfather's cat's mustache!

Old Flyer 3

2008-04-22T12:22:00.001-07:00

Oh... those A Limine times... A lot of memories these bring

Old Flyer 2

2008-04-22T12:19:00.000-07:00

More of the old stuff. You know.. old bar/concert flyers... priceless in a couple of years...

Flyer

2008-04-22T12:14:00.000-07:00

This is a little flyer that was deigned a WHILE back.... obviously. There's a funny, funny story behind this one... but I'll have to tell you all about it later...

Trade Pin

2008-04-22T07:43:00.000-07:00

That's pretty much it... a trade pin

Disgusting

2008-04-21T13:44:00.001-07:00

Dreamy

2008-04-21T13:12:00.000-07:00

Dreamy Helvetica!

Destructive

2008-04-21T13:07:00.000-07:00

The "destructive" side of Helvetiva!

Detached

2008-04-21T13:00:00.000-07:00

This is the first of a series of panels that I will be creating to explore the expressive quality of type. It was made using my new favorite typeface: Helvetica.
Still in the rough though, I need something to ground it a little bit, but you'll get the idea.

Flyer

2008-04-16T14:38:00.000-07:00

This is a flyer for a concert/film-found-raiser/party..... A found raiser for a zombie movie YEAH!

Flyer

2008-04-14T20:07:00.000-07:00

A tentative design for a concert flyer. Still a work in progress.

Door Hanger

2008-04-14T12:33:00.000-07:00

This is a doorhanger that I designed for "Imprinted Warehouse". I forgot to sign it... so in case you see it around you'll know where to send the money...ejemm..... I'l be signing autographs later today....

Cover

2008-04-11T09:05:00.000-07:00

This is the cover for the catalog of one of the clients. This two page spread is my little contribution to Brushmania!!!

Postcard

2008-04-10T12:21:00.000-07:00

This is my effort to bring the advertising of the office where I work a little bit more into the 21st century....

Calendar

2008-04-10T09:16:00.000-07:00

This is a calendar that has as a priority type hierarchy, having said that is the final project for my Typography Hierarchy class... coincidence?... hum...

Photoshop

2008-04-09T08:15:00.000-07:00

So... I was messing around in photoshop and this blurped out. Just two seconds from deleting it i started to kinda sorta like it. So I'll keep it, at least as a blog piece....(?)

Booklet

2008-04-09T06:42:00.000-07:00

This is another layout project. (I'm seeing more and more of the Indesign panels lately.) Is a Little booklet based on some of my really old post from "Desatasco" (www.desatasco.blogspot.com).

Creativite Table of Contents

2008-04-08T18:42:00.000-07:00

A bit more of the ficticious magazine. This is an Indesign screenshot of the Table of Contents with the all familiar rising sun.

Fast logo

2008-04-08T18:28:00.000-07:00

This is logo that I created for a class project. Is, of course, a ficticious magazine called Creativite. Creativity, ideas, key concepts and the nerdy alchemy that is design is what I tried to put into this logo.
Not too bad for a quick scketch...

Poster/Flyer for Triptico

2008-04-07T14:46:00.000-07:00

An interesting part of graphic design is (well, sometimes is interesting) is the process. Is always rewarding to see that the process, the raw layers look almost as good as the end result.
Anyways... this is a flyer for a Triptico concert, is all about capturing the energy of music and the array of styles in the graphics format.
Oh! and here's a little peek behind the scenes.

Ingepro Cleaning Website

2008-04-01T16:03:00.000-07:00

This is a screenshot of a website that I'm working on. While it is still under construction, I think the layout works great for a cleaning company, and as a plus, the client loved it!

product variation

2008-03-31T17:02:00.000-07:00

A little variation of the same image below. Trying to test the boundaries of light and shape I guess.

Product Advertisement

2008-03-31T15:14:00.000-07:00

This is the final version of a school project from a while back. The class was called Digital illustration and the whole this is vector based... yes... it took a lot of time to finish thoise headlights

Poster

2008-03-27T21:32:00.001-07:00

This is another poster that I designed for the office where I work. Still a work in progress.

A day in the life

2008-03-26T06:31:00.000-07:00

A random poster for a taste of that lovely Illustrator grunge!

Inside Poster

2008-03-19T17:43:00.000-07:00

This is a poster that I've created for the office where I work. The small print spells: art, art...

Illustrator

2008-03-08T07:06:00.001-08:00

This is an illustration that I did years ago. Yes, that is me playing the guitar, and no, those are not my pedals...

Wallpaper

2008-03-05T18:17:00.001-08:00

This is a wallpaper that I created and it is based on the notion that we should all "trust design"... at least a little more than we usually do.

Demo Cover

2008-03-05T06:51:00.000-08:00

This cover for LHDI (Los hijos de Ismael)'s demo was a collaboration between my brother Gabriel Valdivia and myself. I think it turned out pretty nice.

T-Shirts

2008-03-05T06:48:00.001-08:00

These are a few designs that I have planned out for T-Shirts. T-shirts that, hopefully, I'll be making soon if time allows!

Magazine

2008-03-04T21:02:00.000-08:00

This is a little in-class InDesign project where I made up a magazine with fictitious new... or did I?
Anyway, the result is "The Snitch" a TOP SECRET document with inside information to nonsense. Although, I really like the layout!

Mail in Brochure-Menu

2008-03-04T20:54:00.000-08:00

This is the proposal for a menu that was meant to be mailed in the form of a brochure. Clever huh?

Helvetica

2008-03-04T20:47:00.000-08:00

This is a poster that I did for class, inspired in the new movie about type: Helvetica

Business cards

2008-03-04T20:40:00.000-08:00

These business cards are part of a Typography Hierarchy project. Just a couple of ideas for different versions of me!