AP portfolio | Jillian Yee Design

AP 2-D ART & DESIGN

Sustained Investigation

In this portfolio, I explored the question: How can I show different kinds of locations by simplifying them down to simple shapes, color, and space? Throughout this exploration I found myself inspired by the variety of architecture in San Francisco.

10TH AVENUE

4.125" x 5.75" | cardstock

The idea behind this piece was to depict the house as a "memory". I included many of the most distinct or interesting characteristics and rearranged them to convey the idea that I could recognize this house if I saw it, but describing it in detail would be much more difficult.

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SOLVANG

4.125" x 5.75" | cardstock

A while back, I made an illustrated postcard based on a photo I took in Solvang. In this artwork, I wanted to try a more abstract approach by taking the interesting shapes from the buildings and rearranging them.

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COLORFUL HOUSES

4.125" x 5.75" | cardstock

The subject of this artwork is Victorian houses from San Francisco. I was really inspired by how colorful and detailed they were. In addition to using the distinct characteristics, I explored showing multiple buildings at once by separating them through color.

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LITTLE ITALY POSTCARD

4.1" x 5.8" | Adobe Illustrator

Little Italy is a neighborhood in San Francisco that has very interesting and detailed buildings. After developing a way to turn these kinds of characteristics into a design, I wanted to really lean into adding typography and make my designs look like real postcards.

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VESUVIO CAFE POSTCARD

5.75" x 4.125" | cardstock

In this postcard design, I continued to work on adding typography. This time I focused on keeping it within the main composition.

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TALL BUILDINGS

4.125" x 5.75" | cardstock

Another part of architecture that I found interesting to work with was the high rise office buildings. Since they are very uniform and have a lot of repetition, I decided to push the negative space.

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BIG CITY

5.75" x 4.125" | cardstock

I can always convey size through contrast, but I wanted to find another way. In this artwork, I experimented with perspective instead.

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PASTEL ALLEY POSTCARD

5.8" x 4.1" | Adobe Illustrator

For my final design in this portfolio, I found myself wanting to showcase so many different aspects of Pastel Alley. I used my structured approach to integrate typography and create the perspective of looking down an alley. Then I applied some of the characteristics like color and texture to the individual letters.

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