There is incredible beauty and power in niche interests and alternative lifestyles. They often go ignored in favor of appealing to the proftiable common denominator, but I want to make an impact in the life of people typically forgotten about. I’ve spent years bounding between diferent prospective career fields from computer science to fine art and beyond. None of them stuck because I always either felt like there was too little room for creativity, or too much personal taste between “good” and “bad”. Ever since I discovered product design, these two stuggles have merged into a clear purpose. I want to make products for the people who have had to make do with "close enough".

ante li pona  jan mute li toki e niv​
  te ante li ike  mi ken ala kama jo e mani tan ante  mi wile e mani mute tan jan mute  taso  jan li ante li wile e ijo ante la ona li nanpa lili to​
    taso  mi wile pona e jan ni^​
tenpo mute la mi kama sona e pali li toki e niv​
  te mi wile ala wile pali ni^  mi wile ala wile pali e nanpa  mi wile ala wile pali e musi  mi wile pali e seme a to​
    mi wile ala e niv​
      ijo pali mi li ike tawa mi la ijo li ike​
      ijo pali mi li pona tawa mi la ijo li pona​
    mi wile e niv​
      ijo pali li ike tawa jan ante la ijo li ike​
      ijo pali li pona tawa jan ante la ijo li pona​
    mi wile ala e ni>  tenpo pali la mi wile ala kama sona​
    kama sona li pona mute li musi tawa mi>  pali mi li pini e musi< la mi pilin ike mute​
taso a  mi kama sona pali e ilo tan jan ante  pona a  tenpo ni la mi sona e ni>  mi wile pali e seme  mi wile pali e ilo tan jan ni^

.i lo​ka rirci ke se klutra ja selci'i cu melbi je vlipa .i cafne troci lo​ka trina lo​na ckaji be ky. .u​je mi troci lo​nu sidju lo se tolju'i prenu .i li du'e se nanca lo​nu mi sisku fi ro selcre noi te mupli fi lo larcu ja se samske .i no tercli be​fi mi cu drani .i lo tercli cu terpli mo'a ka finti .i lo selji'i be mi lo tercli cu dukse vajni .i ba lo​nu mi facki fi lo​nu gudypla cu se facki mi lo terpli .i mi djica lo​nu finti fi lo​ka sidju lo se tolju'i prenu

Who am I?

mi⁠seme​

.i ma velctu mi

I am a multimedia artist and designer primarily trained in design, a self taught programmer, and hobbyist linguist. In 2017 I taught myself to code in order to create mods for my favorite rouge-like. This eventually lead to two things: my interest in esoteric programing languages which later lead to my interest in constructed languages, and being assigned as the lead programmer for a newly formed F.I.R.S.T. robotics team. Around this time, in 2018, I enrolled in a dual credit graphic design program at Jefferson College. All three of these things redirected the direction of my life. I did not consider myself an artist at the time, and I inconsitently apply that label to myself even today, but I did learn a lot about the technical side and craft of digital art and began to do freelance work. In 2020 I graduated from that program and a year later enrolled at the same school in an "Associates in Fine Arts (in Art)" focusing on graphic design. I learned so much in this period of my life, such as "I don't want to spend my life doing graphic design". By 2024, with this new knowledge in hand, I graduated from that degree and enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute for a Bachleors of Fine Arts (in Product design).

In summary:

Self Taught
     Programming - 2016-ongoing
     Lingustics - 2018-ongoing

Jefferson College
     Certificate of Mastery in Digital Media - 2018-2021
     A.F.A in Art (Graphic Design) - 2021-2024

Kansas City Art Insitute
     B.F.A in Product Design - 2024-ongoing

mi pali e musi e ilo tan ijo mute  mi sona e pali nasin mute e nanpa nasin e toki nasin e ijo ante lili​   mi kama sona e nanpa ilo tan lipu [jan=uta=tu.] In 2017 I taught myself to code in order to create mods for my favorite rouge-like. This eventually lead to two things: my interest in esoteric programing languages which later lead to my interest in constructed languages, kulupu pi( utala _[_  =  ])F.R.C. and being assigned as the lead programmer for a newly formed F.I.R.S.T. robotics team. Around this time, in 2018, I enrolled in a dual credit graphic design program at Jefferson College. All three of these things redirected the direction of my life. I did not consider myself an artist at the time, and I inconsitently apply that label to myself even today, but I did learn a lot about the technical side and craft of digital art and began to do freelance work. In 2020 I graduated from that program and a year later enrolled at the same school in an "Associates in Fine Arts (in Art)" focusing on graphic design. I learned so much in this period of my life, such as "I don't want to spend my life doing graphic design". By 2024, with this new knowledge in hand, I graduated from that degree and enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute for a Bachleors of Fine Arts (in Product design).

.i mi sormai larfi'i je platu .e mi tadni lo​su'u platu po'o​nai​ru'e​to'u je runbauske mu'a .i de'i li re​no​pa​ze mi ctuca mi fo lo​su'u sampla ku te​zu'e lo​nu finti lo plaga'i be lo se trajynei be mi xrukeici'e .i lo​nu go'i cu rinka ge lo​nu jdice lo​du'u mi sampla jatna lo cnino bende be fo la .FRC. gi lo​nu mi selci'i lo cizra sambau kei noi rinka lo​nu mi selci'i lo runbau .i co'a de'i li re​no​pa​bi mi relkulfu'e pripla nunctu be la .djefrsan. ma'urcu'e .i lo se rinka cu galfi lo mi mivru'e .i mi de'i lo detri be lo​nu go'e na skicu mi fo lo ka larcu .e ca​di'i​ru'e​po'o mi detri .u but I did learn a lot about the technical side and craft of digital art and began to do freelance work. In 2020 I graduated from that program and a year later enrolled at the same school in an "Associates in Fine Arts (in Art)" focusing on graphic design. I learned so much in this period of my life, such as "I don't want to spend my life doing graphic design". By 2024, with this new knowledge in hand, I graduated from that degree and enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute for a Bachleors of Fine Arts (in Product design).

Product Design

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Crayfishes - 2023

musi [pipi:kala.] - mute ale mute tu wan

.i la cimjukni cu se detri li ny. re⁠no⁠re⁠ci

I enjoy chess, but I am not interested in learning openers, so I decided to try design a chess varient that deemphasises memorizing as much as possible. It works with a custom deck of cards that get drawn before the start of the game and modify the initial board state. The deck of cards and 3d printed pieces are packaged in a folding board sealed with magnetic end caps. ("crayfishes" is an anagram of "fairy chess," the term for variants of chess)

Sphere Lens - 2024

I challenged myself to design a lens from a glass sphere I bought. The end result is an interesting mix of macro and fish-eye.

[Hammer] - 2024

The first project in the product design program at KCAI was to design a hand tool for the visually impared community. The idea being that when you design for [WORD] you end up with a better product for everyone.

Experimental Speaker - 2024

The goal for this project was to design the form for a speaker that matched non-audio files played as audio.

Graphic Design

sitelen esun

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Art Show Flyer - 2022?

A super quick turn around flier for an on campus art show

Transversal Cloth logo - 2023

Designed for an LGBTQ+ focused apparel venture.

Maker's Mark - 2024

A geomtric construction of the heart from the modern polyamory flag. I currently use this to represent my handiwork.

Noteworthy Art

musi ni li lon tomo musi

ni'o larcu jarco

00101110 (Twelve (II))/� (U+FFFD) - 2022

sitelen [                      ] 00101110 ( luka luka tu ( tu )) anu sitelen [           ] � (U+FFFD)   - mute ale mute tu

.i la me me'o no​no​pa​no pa​pa​pa​no ju'u re to pa​re to re​moi ku no'u la me basti bu to se'e vai​vai​vai​jau ku cu se detri li ny. re⁠no⁠re⁠re

Jefferson College - Juried Student Art Show - Best in Show

Part of a series discussing identity in a digital world. This piece shows the silhouette of a person that only exists due to digital distortions. I used custom software written in python to make hundreds of thousands of corrupted versions of the original photo and sorted through them by hand to find the one that looked most like a figure.

Neuphone - 2024

sitelen [ilo:toki.sin.] - mute ale mute tu tu

.i la .ninfon. cu se detri li ny. re⁠no⁠re⁠vo

Art Saint Louis - Varisity 2023?

Jefferson College - Jurried Student Art show 2023?

A fictional advertisement for the Neuphone in the language toki pona (an obscure language originally created by Sonja Lang). This piece is commentary on how corporate media targets LGBTQ+ minorities and how unless someone is already in the know they may not be able to understand how or why. I chose to use a rare pride flag that even most queer people wouldn't recgonize (I certainly wouldn't have known about it if not for my friends' who use it). The piece uses a dithered web-safe color standard, as it’s outdated and arguably historically misguided, yet I choose to conform to it anyway, like gender norms.

All Natural - 2023

sitelen [sama: soweli:] - mute ale mute tu wan

.i la .ninfon. cu se detri li ny. re⁠no⁠re⁠ci

Jefferson College - Jurried Student Art show 2023?

Made while experimenting with purely 3d printed glassless lenses. The digital imperfections were embraced and used as part of the larger composition.

Modern Texas Steakhouse - ???

sitelen [tomo moku pi ma [=tenpo=.=kama=.=seme=.=]=] - ???

Modern Texas Steakhouse - ???

Jefferson College - Jurried Student Art show 2023?

Art Saint Louis - Gasp

Grilled Book on Americana. Made in frustration over the increasing pushes to censor and restrict freedoms in the name of God and Country.