Carlo Quinones’ Artist & Design Portfolio, 2024.

Homebase: Rapid’s End / Queen City South
Peterborough, ON / Remote
Role: Graphic Designer / Visual Artist


Photo credit: nonamesaint, 2018.


collage | photo manipulation 

These are taken from my collection / inspired by the styles of collaging, cut + paste, and photo manipulation. These pieces were born from my need to prove myself with the little resources I had back in the start of my career. I took the inconvenient, the bizzare, and the imperfect. Put them together and navigated what could be - what lies in the spectrum of desire, appropriate, and noise. This is the insistance of my desperation to document life, sorrow, anger, and validity. The life of a Queer, Immigrant, Disabled, Filipinx artist. Medium: Adobe Photoshop. 2022.



motion graphics | animation | GIFS


“Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire - it tells you how to desire.”
-Zizek



illustrations | drawings

Flowers became a friend to me in life. They have always been my ally, muse, and kin. So, in honour of them this is my digitized version of their presence. Together they make up the altar of my memories. This is an invitation, the plants are calling. Who’s your favourite flower? Medium: Adobe Illustrator, Procreate. Method: Tracing. 2022.



marketing | communications

Graphic design is everywhere. When we survive the heavily visual world, we constantly are consuming information - consciously or subconsciously. Since the beginning of time humans have always made graphic art to communicate preservation of society and culture. To say: we are here and we are capable of expression. My marketing expertise lies on the careful technique of impact, contrast, and a strong colour+emotion story. I like to spear-head design innovation at the frontlines while also taking a step back and participate in trends, advancements, and viral engagements.

Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland & Haliburton. 2024.
First Link - promotional campaign for dementia awareness. Medium: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop.


gusla magazine. 2024.
Cravings of the Diaspora. Medium:  Adobe InDesign, Illustrator,  Fyrefly, and Procreate.




graphics | visual arts

Whether it is an abstract poster, a calendar, or an infographic - graphic design is a method of storytelling. An optical poetry: we materialize an intangible imagination, grasp the depth of a dream, capture an attention, or make a statement in creation. I welcome you in this inclination to my purpose as a visual translator.

The Indoor Generation. 2023.
An exercise for exhibition design. Deliverables include: stationaries and concepts. Medium: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop.



Poster and Profile Collection.  2023.
Medium: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Procreate. 


logos | dimensional packaging

Logos are the face of an entity. It effectively reveals a collective or individual’s encompassing identity. Within the confines of identity, we can create what is called a brand. Through branding, we have our unique personality and edge. A consistent visual story through colours, intuitive feel, font and typeface styles - we can leverage brand recognition and foster loyalty with our chosen markets. In Astrological terms, a logo is the examination of the natal rulerships of the Sun, Venus, and Mars // cosmic bodies that govern our, in order of, character, romance, and physical manifestation.

ERDA, From Our Origins. 2024.  Medium: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop.


Road Sense, Logo. 2024. Medium: Adobe Illustrator.


Monsef Immigration Consulting, Logo.  2024.  Medium: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop.



typography | typeface vs. font

Typography is another visual element, a focus of study, and a tool to graphic design. I would resemble it to giving that oomf to the letters. When we read a body of text as supposed to being heard, it is often that we lose the accompanied auditory information of the material. When text is spoken, we get additional context of its personality: like the volume, tone, dictation, frequency, and emotionality. So, when text becomes visual (like being read), then we lose that connection with the dynamic delivery of its intention through its soundwave. This is where typography comes in handy. In an ideal world, there would be the same amount of typefaces as there are people in the world. 8 billion. Each with a unique voice. A unique rhythm. 

Ligatures // Looking at letters as shapes.  Medium: Adobe Illustrator.

Fragile, 2022. Medium: Adobe Illustrator. Typeset in malle and silom.



Personalized Brush Script + Postcard, 2023. Medium:  Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop.

book design | print

Who says print is dead?

transmigration, 2024.  Medium: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Fonts. Procreate.





Thank you for visiting.  

Feel free to send me any questions, feedback, accountability, and opportunities to connect as I whole-heartedly welcome them into my practice. Email me through my inbox line at carlojose.graphics@gmail.com or visit me in my socials down below.

In solidarity,

carlo


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