sept 2024: the last time i updated this page was 7 years ago. fuck. i am no longer focused on this, but will keep this as is as a relic of the past.

i have been doing graphic/ website/ print design for many years, and taught myself when i was 11 years old using corel's paint shop pro, microsoft notepad, and lissa explains it all. i received more formal training in print design through involvement in my high school and college yearbook where i learned about indesign and what a pica was. i've since done various projects sporadically, including involvement with the NIH bivisualization studio. i would like to continue to build my graphic design portfolio, so if you like what you see here, please contact me if you'd like at eh-en-vee-ton at gmail.com (sorry, i just don't want spam, just say it out loud and actual roman letters will come to mind). for free!

logo design for tabla devices
my classmate adam rao asked me to create a logo for tabla, a medical device that he is a making that borrows from the concept of percussion during a physician's physical exam. as i found that the name tabla, the name of a drum, captured the more creative, i wanted to portray the scientific and quantitative aspect of the instrument by trying to depict sound waves, but in a less obvious and more aesthetic way by conveying it in a circular wave form. please click here to view alternate logos (opens as .pdf).

scientific figures for UCSF school of medicine course syllabus
i worked with a course director, dr. tracy fulton, to create new figures that depict different steps of glucose metabolism. she had initially borrowed figures from a textbook, and my role was to uniformly design the figures, simplify them to what was only needed to be viewed, and also subtly emphasize concepts in the figures that may assist understanding of the pathways being depicted. please click here to view selected figures.

scientific abstract for nature medicine publication
i worked with my mentor at the time to create a scientific abstract that illustrated the findings of our paper. please click here to view selected figures.

cover art for nucleic acids research publication
i was asked by a neighboring laboratory to design a cover depicting the findings of their research article. in this piece, i collaborated with jeremy swan of the NIH biovisualization studio. please click here to view selected figures.

current projects
diagnostic flow chart puzzle for UCSF school of medicine course i am working with the course director of the new bridges curriculum to
program for HHMI medical fellows regional meeting i am a co-organizer of the HHMI medical fellows west coast regional meeting at UCSF. i'm planning on designing the program -- look out for it being posted here!
interested in collaborating? maybe we can work together! let me know!

sketchbook, etc.
for my own sanity, i also make work for fun. check out some selected stuff here!
feeding the beast a WIP collage. my boyfriend is helping me with the text aspect, in which we are blocking out the original nyorker article for some culinary delights!