I was born in Surabaya, Indonesia. In 1999, at the age of twelve, I moved to Los Angeles, California. From a young age I’ve always enjoyed making and designing things. When I stopped coloring on my coloring book, I started painting with a watercolor set I got in the 3rd grade. I also recall the first book that I’ve ever designed, my 8th grade book report. The content of the report was mediocre at best, since I couldn’t understand the book because I didn’t speak English very well at the time, but it looked awesome. I spent a lot of time doing the book cover and the designs throughout the book. In the end my teacher gave me a C for the report but an A+ for the presentation.
Eventually, I began to realize that I could turn my passion for art making and designing into a career. So during my senior year in high school, I decided that I should go to an art school to pursue a career in this field. So today I am a senior at Otis College of Art and Design, studying Graphic Design as well as Illustration. Recently, I’ve been doing design works for different people. So far my main focus has been print-based design from identity development to packaging design, though recently I’ve been fascinated by the world of motion and I’m venturing to different areas of design in order to make myself a better designer.
Otis College of Art and Design
BFA in Communication Arts with emphasis in Graphic Design
May 2008
• September 2007 – present
Junior graphic designer for Otis Communications Department.
Duties include designing various print materials for Otis, ranging from
in-school communication materials, as well as promotional materials
for Otis, such as postcards and brochures, and print materials for special
events at the school, such as invitation packages, booklets and catalogs.
• September 2007 – present
Graphic designer for Otis Career Services. I teamed up with another
designer on rebranding the career center at Otis. Creating a new look
and logo for all their print as well as web materials to help inform
students about the services provided by the Otis career center.
• June 2007 – August 2007
Production artist assistant at John Paul Mitchell Systems,
a professional manufacturer of salon products. Duties include
creating packaging mock-ups, designing various print materials,
creating illustrations for packaging design, and assisting in
image production for marketing materials.
• February 2007 – July 2007
Junior graphic designer for Brandstorm,
a marketing company that sells organic food products. Tasks focus
on designing print based materials, working on package design, logo
development, and other print materials for marketing.
• August 2005 – May 2006
Teacher’s assistant for an Otis foundation class, Color and Design.
Helping foundation students with basic design, color theory, and
Photoshop assignments.
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress,
Flash, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro.
• Experienced in painting with different media such as acrylic, oil, digitally.
• Knowledge of book binding techniques, such as: perfect binding, French folding,
sewing, and saddle stitching.
• Fall of 2004 Honors at Entrance Award from the Otis Admissions Committee
for the top 5% of the admitted students.
• 2003 California Arts Scholar Award in the Animation category.
Portfolio always available for review, online or in person.