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Design is a way to make outcomes for particular end users that enhance and improve the world around us.

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Equitable: I used colours that I thought best represented the word equitable, calm colours such as blue and green. I made all the circular shapes at the same level on the same line as I think this best captures the definition of equitability. The circles have horizontal lines throughout them, again this is to represent being at the same level, being equitable.
Alternative: In this experiment, I utilised bright colours that reminded me of being different. I used sharp, harsh lines and forms as the word alternative inspires me to think of being erratic or hard to follow. Overall I wanted to evoke a feeling of standing out and being mismatched, which is why I have blocked the colours into different sections. The colours don't flow into each other, they're within their own section.

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Expressive: For the word expressive, I wanted to utilise various different forms and lines. I showcased how the term expressive cultivates in a calm, but very varied set of shapes and colours. The blue lines surrounding the shape represent how expression impacts the world around us. Expression of ones self is how you interact with the world around you.
Vibrant: In this experiment I use an extensive amount of colours, the word vibrant to me indicates a colourful chaotic mess of beauty. The colours mix together to create a harmonious expression of bright colours, while the line work within the splatters of paint creates some sense of order within the chaos.

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This was the beginning of my exploration of this composition, I was really enjoying the repeated imagery and aspects of colour being abstracted. However, my face is not visible enough in this image for it to properly represent myself.

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1. Equitable
2. Alternative
3. Vibrant
4. Expressive
5. Transformative

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Compilation of colours I like, things I like, people I like and film photography

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Out of Control. Acrylic, oil pastel. 20 x 25 cm. 2020.

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"VYXTRT is a 26-year-old painter from and currently living in Toronto, Canada. As a self-taught artist, she has been painting for 6 years, just starting out as a realistic portrait artist, she later found her passion for figurative expressionism in 2017 and has continued with it ever since. Though preferring to use acrylic paint for most of her projects, the use of oil paints, oil pastels to everyday items like a pen and pencil are not out of the picture to get the desired outcome in most pieces." (Source: https://artmarketmag.com/vyxtrt/)

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Dead Daisies. Acrylic, oil pastel, marker. 41 x 51 cm. 2020.

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Vyxtrt creates work that embody her experience with her own perception of herself. Steering away from traditional human figures, her works are extremely expressive and vibrant. I am inspired by the combination of realism through the eyes and mouth and the use of abstraction to create the forms and backgrounds. Her work is extremely alternative and unique.

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"Maddie is a teen artist based in Detroit, MI, who primarily paints and draws using all different types of paints, markers, pens and embellishments in vibrant colours. She has been creative her whole life, she remembers having always enjoyed the expressivity of art, creating characters and experimenting with form by hand." (Source: The Collective Magazine, 8th Edition, https://issuu.com/thecollective.magazine/docs/final_edition_008_mag_for_ref_and_issuu).

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Madeleyess. Acrylic, collage, pen. 2021.

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Madeleyess focuses on people and anatomy. Using various mediums to create beautifully vibrant and expressive works. I am inspired by the focus upon human faces and anatomy as well as the use of texture and colour to create a beautifully flowing, yet extremely busy work.

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Keith Haring, 'Retrospective', Silkscreen, 1989. 

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"Keith Haring was an American artist and social activist known for his illustrative depictions of figures and symbols. His white chalk drawings could often been found on the blank poster marquees in New York’s public spaces and subways. “I don't think art is propaganda,” he once stated. “It should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.” Born on May 4, 1958 in Reading, PA, he grew up in neighboring Kutztown, where he was inspired to draw from an early age by Walt Disney cartoons and his father who was an amateur cartoonist." (Source:http://www.artnet.com/artists/keith-haring/)

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Keith Haring made huge strides in creating social change during his time. Donating his time and works to support research into a cure for AIDs during the peak of its pandemic. He was a major influence politically and socially, being extremely vocal through his work about the importance of fighting AIDs.
The vibrant and expressive colours used by Haring in his works inspire me greatly. I also am inspired by his social and political work during that time.

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Outfit and hair by Twink Trash, 2020, Source: @Twinktrash on Instagram

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Twink Trash is a Chicago-based drag artist and performer who hand-sews all of her unique garments. She embodies alternative and out-of-the-box drag styles. Using uncommon materials in her looks, she creates extravagant works of art through drag.

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Outfit by Twink Trash, 2020, Source: @Twinktrash on Instagram

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Drag itself is inherently political, especially with such an alternative style of drag, Twink Trash evokes the world to reconsider the limits of drag.
She inspires me through her use of colour and form to create alternative, expressive and transformative looks.

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Misaligned.jp, 2021, @misaligned.jp on Instagram

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Misaligned.jp is a Sydney-based artist who creates "romanticised automotive culture goods & accessories with a pleasant mixture of both new and old styles coming together."
Pictured is his latest release of designs, which are high quality die-cut stickers for cars. Drawing inspiration from Japanese culture and language, Misaligned creates designs that not only look good but hold a powerful message.
Promoting mental-wellbeing through his designs, in previous releases the stickers included things such as: "Be good to yourself", "Better days are coming", "Leave it behind - Be present", and many more.
Socially, Misaligned challenges the reckless and harmful culture of the car community by constantly promoting safe driving, mental health and inclusivity.
I am inspired by his constant work to create a safer, more accepting community. His creations don't just look amazing, but they're transformative within automotive culture.

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These were my sketches of my idea before I converted it into a digital vector. I was inspired by the shapes I could create within the different colours of the bird I chose to draw.

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Isolation: The word isolation reminded me a lot of being in lock-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Having almost all of my social interactions be online made me feel just out of reach of the people around me. As if we were so close yet still so isolated, this is why I chose to express the world isolation through a series of circles that are just nearly touching.
Crowded: Personally, I hate being in crowded places, so I chose to express this word through overlapping, spiky shapes. The spiky shapes represent my feelings for the word 'crowded', its a spiky situation that I prefer to avoid. The overlapping of the shapes is the purest representation I could come up with to showcase the word.
Wistful: The word wistful made me think of flowing, soft shapes. I created a form that uses overlapping lines to show the longing feeling the word creates.

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This experiment challenged me a lot, I am very much a perfectionist and not being able to lift my pen made it very hard to draw. I wasn't able to fix any of my mistakes, but I found that as I went along it became easier to work with my mistakes and turn them into intentional parts of the drawing.

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I was inspired by the bright colours of this bird, it relates to my keywords and overall this was a fun vector to create.

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My mood board works with a very vibrant colour pallet, seen through the background and illustrations. The background is expressive and alternative through the abstracted forms and colours. There is a cicada in the centre of the board, used to symbolise the keyword 'transformative' through their transformation into a vibrantly coloured creature.

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This is my day, starting by waking up, having breakfast, brushing my teeth, driving to work, working, getting groceries, driving home, showering, having dinner and then going to bed.
I wanted to stick to a simple form, using the same line weight throughout each pictogram. The same three colours were used throughout each pictogram to link each of the pictograms together.

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I started working with the cicada used in my mood board

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Simplified the drawing

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Created heavier lines to show the "M" shape of the cicada, symbolising my last name

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Experimented with colour

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Experimented with colour

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This image captures my identity through the vivid colours, alternative composition and aspects of nature. I was influenced by the abstract nature of the artists that inspire me. The way the image repeats and shows different perspectives of me, from the back of my head to the front, a core aspect of me is being reflected all around. All of these separate perspectives are representative of the transformative nature of my identity. This image was created by photographing through a crystal, which creates flares and streams of colour throughout the image which further represents my vivid, transformative and expressive identity. Even while the entire image is distorted, my face is still clearly visible, clearly highlighting my identity while being surrounded by alternative and transformative forms. Finally, the use of nature throughout the image relates to the consistent references to nature in my experiments and designs, such as the cicada in my mood board.

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After getting feedback, I experimented with using imagery and adding texture to the logo

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Eventually, I decided on adding the detail back into the logo, as it creates more depth

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My final logo represents multiple aspects of my identity. Starting with the key form of the cicada, a transformative, beautiful and changing creature. The detail in the cicada shows my artistic expression, a key representation of my creativity. The colours used throughout the logo are vibrant and expressive, which are directly related to my key-words. Finally, the natural shape of the cicada is highlighted through the "M" shape within the wings and body. This represents the initial of my last name.

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Began using colour to connect some key-words together over my image to create a map.

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After getting feedback, I removed the words as they weren't cohesive with the image. They made the image look dis-jointed.

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Further created the map by using colour and form.

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My final self-map uses colour, form, line and shape to represent my core identity. Inspired by the shapes within the wings of the cicada and organic forms of nature, I drew abstracted forms all across the image. Each of the drawn forms are connected through flowing, abstracted lines where each of the separate colours merge together. The drawings transform around the image, following the natural shapes that the image creates. The drawings themselves are vibrant, transformative and expressive, which are all key aspects of my identity. The shapes surround my face and are embedded into the image, further linking them to my identity. The forms directly link to me and represent that I am abstract, transformative, flowing and vibrant. The colours within the image are inspired by the leaks of light in the original image, as well as the nature that is repeated throughout. I was also inspired by artists such as VYXTRT and Madeleyes due to their use of abstract shapes and use of colour and bold forms.

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I will inspire and challenge people with my art, inspiring new ways of understanding by designing sustainable and equitable solutions to problems in our communities.

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https://www.behance.net/tylermarszalek1
My professional Portfolio utilises my designed logo to represent the core of my identity. Not only this, but I have utilised my photographs taken for my padlet as the banner. This was done to further represent me through the unique shapes and colours the images capture. I have also showcased some of my previous works, which I think highlight my skills as a designer while also embodying my identity through vibrant colours.