Matthew Rivera's ePortfolio

In regards to my previous assignments, I am slowly but surely working on revisions as I am sent back feedback for them. In regards to the internship there are other people in which I socialize with but I feel that I can relate to Mr. Garcia a little more. He’s laid back and can have a good conversation for hours ( He insists I call him by his first name “Dave”), and I feel like we indirectly  have the same goals. His passion has always been video games , as he is a game designer, and while he wants to continue to work on them he one day wishes to have a gaming store of his own. I also wish to have a

store of my own ( not gaming but hobby store) similar to galaxy but with an edge and dark aesthetic to it while also designing.  I feel like when we have a meeting of the minds in regards to design we can always bounce ideas off of each other which really gets the creative juices flowing and that’s what I enjoy about interning here. Below I left an image of the Game “River City Girls” a game he worked on where he served as one of the character designers.

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While revising the web banners and making different sizes for them, I was assigned another project: to make a slideshow or a carousel of some sort that displays the variety of product in the store on our social medial outlets. I decided upon myself to draft up a carousel and went around the store taking pictures, using lighting and different angles for the pictures. I’m really proud at how some of the photos came out, but I decided to hold back on some of them and use them for the website layout itself. I was also  going to add more text on the first panel but also decided to save that for the “About us ” page

I essentially decided to take my drafts for the leader board web banner to adobe illustrator using elements of hierarchy and color to my advantage to ultimately come up with these. I’m not so sure in regards to typography of it but revisions will be done. I left some open spaces for when the logo is finalized. In regards to what works and what doesn’t, he really likes the line ” A world of it’s own” and liked the one with the solid slash as it had a bit of a dynamic to it.

We were eventually going to revisit the and finalize the log later on down the line, but in regards to other assignments, Mr. Garcia wanted me to move on a little and work on a web banner for the site. I decided to to sketch up the format in which I wanted it to be and was thinking about taglines for the banner. I decided to look around the place for a while and stumbled upon an old business card that existed when the store first opened that said ” A World of it’s own” and that’s when I realized that is what I would put on the banner. Below is a picture of the business card and the sketches of the banner.

In regards to the logo,  My supervisor for this internship liked the direction in which i was going and noted and smiled at the inspirations within my mood board and wanted to see what I had to offer in regards to digital work. Mr. Garcia pointed out not to color them yet but to make the logos black and white due to the fact that the black and white version of a logo is the purest form and if you don’t convey your message in black in white the message is NOT going to be sent in color. We Ultimately decided that the logo variations with the robots were creative and stood out in a way due to the fact that it was both simple and to the point and also created a mascot/icon of some sort and to have that character attached to the site and may one day have shirts and hats with that it would be cool. I call the little robot Kenji (idk why. It just sounds like a cool name )

Upon working here for the first week, there were things we needed to sort out and what my schedule would look like. It was clear that my supervisor was flexible and interning here would be laid back and a fun experience, so long as I got the work done. We worked out that I would be there for a total of fifteen hours a week and the first thing we would do is work on a logo. I immediately got to work and came up with mood boards, inspirations from some of my favorite works. I also decided to ponder and do a little  infield research and see what would look good. I ultimately set out to design something that represented Galaxy Collectibles. I wanted something iconic, that maybe someone visiting out of New York would wear on a shirt and I came up with these sketches. Below are my sketches and mood board.

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During the break between and the the Fall 2021 and spring 2022 Semesters, I felt like now Since I had more free time than usual to start looking for and internship So that I have one by the beginning spring term. I felt like I was in a good Position and good standing  being that the semester before this
I took a portfolio course and refined and honed my design skills and portfolio presentation whenever I want to get inspired I go to
my comic store: Galaxy Collectibles. I’ve helped them before and have
always been a regular although not as much due to the pandemic
I heard through some friends and people who also goes there that they
were looking for an intern for Graphic design Purposes and no one has really contacted them back. I took it upon myself to go to the
Store to speak to the coordinator/ supervisor Of
this internship who is also a graphic design/animation graduate and has also worked on over 30 indie video games. I sent him my resume and looked over my Portfolio and we immediately hit it off as we had a mutual love for nerd/geek culture and comics in general. After a while he told me  what is expected in this internship and that the things I would be working on is for the website and said he sees potential in me and offered me the position and I graciously accepted.