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HELLO!
My name is Peyton McQuain and I am a graphic designer and illustrator.
I am currently a student at the University of Oregon studying Art and Technology as well as Business Administration. I am set to graduate in fall of 2024 and will be relocating to the Seattle, WA area!
mcquainpeyton@gmail.com @peytonmcquain Eugene, OR
Experience
Mar, 2024 - Dec, 2024
Sep, 2022 - Jun, 2024
Align Magazine
Designed and brought stories to life for the art and literary magazine at University of Oregon.
Aug, 2022 - Sep, 2024
Emerald Media Group
Designed and illustrated editorial layouts for many publications including magazine and newspaper.
American Campus Communities
Marketed to potential residents on campus, through social media, and by planning community events.
Education
University of Oregon
Art and Technology
Bachelors of Science
Major
Skills
Illustration
Branding
Layout Design
Business Administration
Minor
Typography
Socials
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Procreate
Adobe Photoshop
One-of-a-kind t-shirts
T-Shirt Pop Up Shop
Grux
GRUX is a combination of ‘grit’ and ‘flux’. Life requires grit and hard work to achieve goals and fulfil visions. It also demands the flexibility and creativity to adapt to the fluctuations of the world around us. GRUX is its own unique brand in which we have the creative freedom to explore a range of concepts that drive our passion to create.
Art and Fashion Magazine
Art and Fashion Magazine
Throughout my time at the University of Oregon, I had the opportunity to design for Align, an art and fashion magazine run by students. With Align I created designs that brought the written pieces to life to fully immerse readers. As this was an art magazine, I was able to get creative and outside the box with many designs.
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Vengeance
2023
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Absurdity
2024
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Absurdity
2024
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Artificial
2024
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The 411
2023
Emerald Media Group
With Emerald Media Group I was able to branch out and work on multiple publications at the same time while keeping a harsh deadline. From magazines, to ads, to newspapers, I was a designer and illustrator for the team.
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Wild Duck Cafe
Business Ad
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Slice Downtown
Restaurant Spotlight Illustration and Design
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Daily Emerald Newspaper
Print Design
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Friendsgiving
Illustration and Design
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Pumpkin Season
Illustration and Design
3D Font
For this project, we had the objective to create a 3D typeface and make it digital.
I immediately thought of origami and turning paper into a font. After choosing paper as my medium, I recalled the 3D paper stars that kids used to make hundreds of while in class.
After making many, many paper hearts, I arranged them, photographed them, and edited them in Photoshop.
Type Faces
A collection of faces solely drawn from different fonts.
I restricted myself to using one font per face to demonstrate the character that each font holds and how expressive they are.
Through this process, I focused on the gesture and shape of the different typefaces.
Animated Text
These animations were all made in Procreate where I altered and morphed hand drawn typefaces to create them into some other object or shape.
