My illustration work began as a bridge between traditional and digital art. With a background in painting, I naturally gravitated toward digital portraiture—creating vectorized illustrations that allowed me to blend expressive detail with graphic precision. These portraits became my entry point into graphic design, helping me develop a deeper understanding of composition, color, and visual storytelling in a digital context.
Over time, I refined my skills in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, using these tools to experiment with stylization, shading techniques, and scalable formats. Each portrait became a study in identity and emotion, while also sharpening my technical workflow—from sketch to final export.
What started as a creative outlet evolved into a foundation for my broader design practice. This work taught me how to merge artistic intuition with digital tools, laying the groundwork for my approach to branding, layout design, and visual systems today.