P O R T F O L I O

DESIGN STUDENT

“Our histories cling to us. We are shaped by where we come from.”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I am Fernanda Alves de Brito Sousa, a Brazilian graphic design student

currently living in Bauru - São Paulo, studying at UNESP Bauru.

I love the many possibilities of areas that can be explored through design. My work consists in a combination of

this variety of �elds: sketches, drawings, photographs, visual

identities and packaging design.Some of my favorite projects created during these last years are gathered

here, in my portfolio. I hope you enjoy!

observation drawing

Kurt Cobain drawing. Pontillism with 0.1 and 0.3 nanquin pen on A3 Canson Paper.

Liv Tyler drawing.

Pontillism and hathing with 0.1 and 0.3

nanquin pen and HB

pencil on A3 Canson

Paper.

Some of the drawings made during the observation drawing discipline at my first year at UNESP Bauru, in 2012.

graphic production I

This was a project developed during my second year at UNESP Bauru, in 2013. Our main goal was to create a logo and press release materials for a cultural event of our choice. My group chose Monsters of Rock, an annual hard rock music festival. Our whole press release was created for the 2013 Monsters of Rock Brazilian edition. Our entire press kit was projected following the visual identity of band fanzines and inspired in the 80's rock atmosphere. The informative folder is

similar to a CD sleeve with all the essential information, such

as dates, important phone numbers and schedules.

The press and office material consists in an informative folder, an envelope,

credentials, a press release gift (a vinyl CD with the festival songs) and postal

cards.

Project developed alongside my colleague Natalia TomazelaPhotography material by Marcelo Rossi - All rights reserved.

The ticket for the festival and the credentials, that have small chains inspired in the 80’s hard rock look.

The postal cards were required to have four different types of printing: black and white, two colors...

... RGB and CMYK.

ergonomics applied to design II

A group project developed during our second year at

UNESP Bauru, in 2013. The goal was to redesign any product

package that was problematic. We chose to change the Nissin noodles packaging. Based on

various questionnaires we were able to identify the main

problems of the package's usabilty and we created a

succesful new one, made of cardboard covered with

Carnaúba (a Brazilian tree) wax, which prevents the product from

getting wet. It is also easier to open the package, by pressing

the thumbs on the score line. We also redesigned the label,

making it cleaner, simpler and more traditional.

Project developed alongside my colleagues Natalia Tomazela and Giuliano Barani.

photography I

My first photography project at UNESP Bauru, in 2013. We had to recreate a famous photographer’s work, so I chose Barbara Kruger. I photographed some of the cats that live on my university. People in Bauru often

abandon them there and, despite of the fact that they are being taken care of by the university staff, I can’t help but feel sad for their situation. I believe that nothing justifies an animal’s abandonment, especially when

someone just leaves them out there on their own. I spent some days taking pictures of them and I used some of the main excuses I hear when people try to justify why they are abandoning their pets as captions.

typography II

"Lost Woods" is a font created during my fifth semester at UNESP

Bauru, in 2014. My main inspira-tion was the game "The Legend of

Zelda: Majora's Mask". I had the idea while I was taking pictures at

the Horto-Florestal de Bauru, which is the city's forest reserve area. Lost Woods is a recurring location in the Legend of Zelda

series: a mysterious, forested region, so the font's design is

mainly inspired in long trees. It presents typographic flexibility,

since it can be used as a regular or open type font. The open type

form is based on the Majora's mask, a mysterious mask that is a important key of the game's plot.

My idea was to use the Lost Woods as a text font for the game,

improving its legibility and also allowing a deeper connection with

the user.

project I

At our fifth semester at UNESP Bauru, in 2014, we had a graphic design project of the Horto Florestal de Bauru, which is the city's forest reserve area. It is not only a protection area, but a place to learn and

leisure, and the material was required to make the place more popular in order to attract visitors.

Stationery material for the visitors

center

Folder with map containing possible tracks and activities for the visitors

ragnarök collaboration

Ragnarök Online is a Korean massive multiplayer online role-playing game and it was very popular in the 2000s in Brazil. In 2014, a group of Brazilian artists decided to reunite and create a project to celebrate the 12nd game's anniversary. It was required to represent, in our own style, one of the game's characters, and also create a poring (one of the game's most

iconic symbols) with your character's main features. I was designated to draw the female professor.It was my first digital art and a very fun project to do.

change your state

My first watercolor painting. I made it during a watercolor workshop at N_Goiânia 2014. I decided to add some nanquim doodles afterwards. It was a very fun experiment to do.

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sketchbook

These are some of my favorite pages of my 2014-2015 sketchbook. The sketches were made using mostly pencil, nanquim pen and watercolor.

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