Connection is a series of conceptual promotional materials for underground electronic music events, spanning from 2024 to 2026. After moving to Los Angeles to attend Otis College of Art and Design, I was inspired by the welcoming, artistic community of the local party scene. Drawing on my background in game and entertainment design, I wanted to give back to my community by creating visual communication that thoughtfully represents our niche. I chose the name Connection because of the literal production of the music through electronics and the emotional bond of the community. This project marks the beginning of my exploration into promotional design, merging my passion for the underground scene with my technical artistic training.
11 x 14 in | Digital composition | Connection.
Incision is the first installment in my Connection series and my debut project in graphic design. I challenged myself to create a grayscale flyer design as a proof-of-concept to demonstrate my skills to local event organizers within the tight-knit community of queer electronic music. Since I had never attempted anything graphic design-oriented before, I spent a lot of time researching rave flyers from 1980 to 2010. I took note of how rave flyers often used colored paper rather than colored designs, and implemented that into the printing process of my own flyer. Following a successful pitch to organizers, I secured a role with Roflcopter Party for their Halloween event “Partypasta”, marking the beginning of my professional relationship within the underground electronic music scene.
8.5 x 11 in | Digital composition | Connection.
My second piece for Connection, exploring the intersection of historical LGBTQ+ nightlife graphics and modern-day rave and meme culture.
12 x 16 in | Mixed Media (Digital Drawing, Felt Fabric, Sewing Thread, Eyelash Glue) | Conection.
The third Connection piece was a poster focused on establishing a mascot that represents subcultures commonly found at alternative raves/parties. The poster was assembled with materials I often use to piece together my outfits before a party.
12 x 16 in | Mixed Media (Digital Drawing, Felt Fabric, Sewing Thread, Eyelash Glue) | Connection.
The fourth piece in Connection marks a series of personal firsts, featuring a model of the newly established mascot which I sculpted in Blender, 3D printed, and airbrushed. To house the character, I constructed a 1:1 cardboard replica of a CDJ-2000NXS and placed the figure atop the spinnable DJ deck. This one was a lot of fun, so I’ve included the full process.
12.6 x 16.31 x 4.46 in | Mixed Media (3D Sculpture Resin Print, Airbrush, Cardboard) | Connection.
12.6 x 16.31 x 4.46 in | Mixed Media (3D Sculpture Resin Print, Airbrush, Cardboard) | Connection.
12.6 x 16.31 x 4.46 in | Mixed Media (3D Sculpture Resin Print, Airbrush, Cardboard) | Connection.
The fifth iteration of Connection and my capstone project. I wanted to express my hobby of front-end web design and integrate the Connection series into my capstone project, inspired by early 2000s GeoCities aesthetics. This website is over 9,000 lines of custom code I wrote in VS Code that merges my academic research paper within a conceptual digital event flyer. Go check it out at connectionrave.neocities.org and click around! (Desktop only)
946 x 1919 px | VS Code - HTML, CSS, JS | Connection.
Connected (Poster), 2026
18x24in | Mixed Media (Copic Marker, Ink, 3D Modeling, Digital Composition) | Connection.
This piece serves as the conclusion to “Connection”, For this poster, I wanted to combine elements from each of my Connection projects into a mixed-media composition that captures the online and intimate nature of electronic music.
Otis College of Art and Design O-Launch senior exhibit. The vision behind my booth was that the final restingplace of successful promotional materials like flyers are bedroom walls. I wanted to construct a booth that resembed a bedroom desk with an old computer setup for the connection website and hang up the flyers on fake walls. I made accessories commonly sold at underground EDM events such as kandi bracelets, perler bead designs, hair clips, linocut patches, stickers, and prints.
3.5in x 6in | Hand printed, cut, and folded | Connection
3.8ft x 1.6ft | 26,000+ hand placed and ironed perler beads | Connection
