All Work In Chronological Order

All Work In Chronological Order

Everything. At least all the good stuff I’ve taken pictures of. And thought they were important enough to show. Enjoy.

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Senior Year

An illustrated infographic about the Ohio River Valley, showing water and wildlife, homes, and people engaging in water activities with text boxes describing ecosystem, human impact, and community impact on water quality.
Red starburst graphic with white text that says, "Most of these images have links ;)."

2024-2025

Huntington Children’s Museum Final, Digital Media. (Printed on Vinyl)

Colorful abstract drawing split into two sections: left side features elongated, oval-shaped streaks in shades of orange, yellow, and blue with a pink background, right side is a scribbled, square-shaped pattern with various colors including black, pink, orange, yellow, blue, green, and purple.

Non-objective abstract sketchbook pages, Left-colored pencil, right- colored pens

A collage of doodles, words, and drawings, including the words 'WORMS' and 'WURM' in various styles, small worm and ant illustrations, star and explosion shapes, and scribbles in red, black, purple, and yellow ink.
Typography poster with lyrics from 'Maybe That's Why' by Devon Again, featuring large bold text and smaller script, with decorative star accents on a dark background.

WERMS, Mixed Media Sketchbook Spread

A green booklet titled 'NON-FICTITIOUS CROP CIRCLES' with abstract black crop circle patterns on the cover, standing upright on a white surface with shadowing.

Maybe That’s Why, Digital Media

Non-Fictitious Crop Circles, Series of 8, Artist Book

Mobile app login screen with the name 'emojenius' and emoji icons in the background.

emojienius, Figma Prototype, Digital media

Collage with black and white photos of a young girl, colorful doodles, stars, and handwritten text. The main text says, 'Yeah, I’m a candle in the wind I’ll turn you out I’ll turn you in, but I am the girl I’ve always been.'

girl i’ve always been (so confusing), Digital Media

CD case with album titled "Airs, Memories, Tales" by Juan Ribeiro Alves, with an open booklet showing text about the composer, and the CD placed in front.

AIRS, MEMORIES, TALES, CD and packaging

Concert crowd with phones recording a performance, with a yellow background and black silhouettes. The text on the image reads: "Senior Year 2024-2025" and lists various song titles and artists.

College Playlists, Series of 4, Digital media

Black and white illustration of a fierce dog, possibly a pitbull, with a person’s hand near its open mouth. The illustration is accompanied by stylized text that reads, 'Over and over again I bite down on the hand that I’m fed. I know it’s my fault, but blame it on age.' This is cited as a quote from 'Like a Puppy' by Sophie Truax.

Don’t Know What I Want Until It Hangs Above Me, Digital media

Decorative heart-shaped craft with lace borders and the words 'Talk Fast Romance' in the center.
Line drawing of tangled wired earphones with black and blue outlines

earbudz, Mixed Media

Talk Fast Romance, Mixed Media Artist Book

Internship with Black By God: The West Virginian (Feb-Jun)

Black By God.org

Junior Year

2023-2024

Colorful abstract pattern of curving lines and shapes created with small dots in a rainbow spectrum across two pages.
Black and white drawing of various insects, microorganisms, and abstract shapes including a ladybug, a centipede, a larva, a spider, and neurons, with star-like splatters and swirling patterns.
Black ink drawing on white paper featuring a large beetle at the center with detailed horns and legs, surrounded by various smaller illustrations including a flower, an insect, abstract designs, a smiling sun, a small framed landscape, a starburst, a cartridge or capsule, a flower, and decorative borders with flames and a ruler for scale.
Black abstract flames and splashes on white background, resembling an ink drawing or tattoo design.
A black-and-white halftone style illustration of a small dog, likely a Chihuahua, next to a larger dog, possibly a Mastiff or similar breed. The image is overlaid with text, including a poem and personal notes, with a colorful rainbow gradient bar at the bottom featuring an insect and cloud icon.

My Eras Poster, Digital Media

Two illustrated zines titled "The Groove" by Alexander Vance, featuring a retro iPod with headphones connected and vibrant, playful text and graphics, including stars and smiley face, with a label indicating limited edition and April 2024 release.

the groove. Edition of 50, folded archival pigment prints.

Four colorful event posters with song titles and artist names, each in different color schemes: orange, green, blue, and yellow. They include dates, bands, and song list details.
A baby doll's head with blue eyes and painted facial features is lying on a blue surface surrounded by spilled orange macaroni and cheese. The word "Again" is written in white on the surface.

Except for the Openers and the Covers, Digital Media

A colorful poster for a performance of 'Sylvia' by A.R. Gurney, with date 2/19, 2/12, 2/25, 7:30 p.m. and admission prices. The illustration shows a park scene with three people and a dog, with a city skyline in the background. The poster includes logos and social media icons.
Poster for the 5th Annual West Coast Zombie Bike Ride, October 27-29, with a Halloween theme featuring a skeleton in a red silhouette and text about accepting donations for Norcal Trykers.

Sylvia Theater Proposal, Digital Media

Again. Album Cover design, Digital Media

Poster for 'Body Shots XVI' event featuring multimedia performances by Marshall students, faculty, staff, and alumni on March 14th, 2024 at 7 p.m. at the Joan C Edwards Performing Arts Center. The poster highlights the theme 'DUALITY' and notes the event is free and open to the public with a reception after.

Duality Flyer, Digital Media

Zombie Bike Ad, Digital Media

A collage featuring with long brown hair, cut-out magazine letters, stickers, and photo cutouts. The words 'Olivia Rodrigo', 'Guts!', 'World Tour', and 'Coach' are visible, along with illustrations of a chandelier, dice, a martini glass, a magic wand, and buttons. The background includes torn pieces of receipts and other graphic elements.

GUTS! Mixed Media Collage

Concert poster for Conan Gray's Kembla Live event on September 30, 2022, at KEMBA! LIVE, with a pink background and black text, featuring a silhouette of Conan Gray singing into a microphone.

Conan Gray Flyer, Archival Pigment Print on neon cardstock

An infographic titled 'How the Ohio River Impacts Lives' illustrating the water cycle and environmental factors. It shows the river, mountains, trees, houses, and birds. The cycle includes condensation, precipitation, evaporation, and runoff, with explanations for each. It highlights the importance of clean water, pollution prevention, and the ecosystem's biodiversity, including fish and mussels.

Huntington Children’s Museum Mural Proposal, Digital Media

Invitation flyer for Marshall University Academic Advising Retreat with illustrated scene of a female teacher figure helping a student up the stairs, surrounded by greenery and colorful flowers, with event details listed.
Logo for Marshall University featuring a buffalo, with text 'Nico Luke' and 'Presidential Campaign 24-25'.

Nico and Luke Logo, Digital Media

Collection of business cards for 'STUDIO 1387', featuring green circular line designs on a white background, placed on a gray surface.

MU Academic Advising Retreat Poster, Digital Media

Pink logo with stylized text reading "Dolly Dash" and a small butterfly illustration.

Studio 1837 Business Card Mock Up, Digital Media

Black and white photo of Dr. Carter G. Woodson with a section of colorful patterned fabric overlay on one side of his face and clothing. A smaller colored portrait of Kehinde Wiley seated in a vibrant green environment is in the top left corner. Text highlights Kehinde Wiley as the first African American artist to paint a U.S. presidential portrait in 2018. The poster's title is 'African Americans and the Arts,' and it includes details about the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceum at Marshall University, honoring Dr. Woodson's legacy, with logos for Marshall University and the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceum.

Dolly Dash Logo Proposal, Digital Media

Kehinde Wiley Black History Month Poster, Digital Media

Governor’s School for the Arts 3-week Summer Internship

  • Sharing of the Arts Program (front)

    Sharing of the Arts Program, 8.5”x11”, Archival Pigment Print, July 2023.

    I designed the program for the camp’s final closing ceremony. I worked with Marshall and GSA branding to design an 8.5×11 sheet of paper. Around 300 copies were printed, and that was my record at the time, so it was super fulfilling.

  • Sharing of the Arts Program (back)

    Sharing of the Arts Program, 8.5”x11”, Archival Pigment Print, July 2023.

    This side of the program explains the order of the presentation. Titles of performances are in black while instructors are in light gray.

  • Mentor Day Thank You Cards

    Mentor Day Thank You Cards, 8”x5”, Archival Pigment Print, July 2023.

    One day during the camp, students are allowed to invite one of their mentors to spend the day with them. It’s not mandatory, and since this camp accepts applicants state wide, not all kids have mentors attend. But for the mentors that did, they got a swag bag and a thank you card.

  • Temporary Parking Passes

    Temporary Visitors Parking Pass, 5.5”x4.5”, Archival Pigment Print, July 2023.

    More official parking passes were supposed to be given, but when we didn’t have them the day before our event on the 9th, I figured it out.

Sophomore Year

2022-2023

A black and white painting of a skull with grapes, a strawberry, and a leaf on top, against a black background.

Rudolph, Oil on Canvas

Black and white print of a cozy bedroom with a bunk bed, a small rug, and various objects including a lamp, a box, and slippers.

Birds Eye View, Copper Plate Intaglio

Black and white abstract swirl pattern forming the letter 'A'.

Drop Cap Letter A, Digital Media

Black and gray abstract line art resembling a stylized, elongated shape

IDENTITY, Edition of 2, Archival Pigment Prints, Mixed Media

A damaged printed poster of a person's face, showing skin redness, acne, and a nose piercing. The poster has a tear through the eye area and some additional graphics and text on the left side.
Book cover titled "Idenity" by Alex Vance, with a close-up of a person wearing round sunglasses and a vapor cloud silhouette on the right side.
Three handmade cards with colorful text about tattoos. The middle card says, 'Tattoos I would put on my body without a second thought' by Alexander Vance. The left and right cards contain similar whimsical writing about tattooing the body.

Tattoos I would put on my body without a second thought, 2 variants, edition of 6, Paper Plate Lithography

Black squiggle line
Vertical composition of different animals and insects against a blue background, including a crab at the bottom, a large bee, a butterfly, a frog, a snail, and a moth at the top.

Animal Echos inhabitants of the self, Oil on Canvas

Stab Yourself Alex, Mixed Media Collage

Decorative collage with a blue background of text about health and medication. It features colorful stickers resembling Y2K aesthetic. Main text says 'Stab Yourself Alex its Wednesday'.
A colorful digital artwork featuring the word 'SPECTRUM' in large, overlapping, multicolored letters on a gradient background. Surrounding the word are various smaller texts and shapes, including a quote about all colors existing on a spectrum, and a vertical and horizontal border with repeated phrases about black and white.

Spectrum (podcast cover), Digital Media

Illustration of a smiling woman wearing a floral wreath, with text highlighting Marsha P. Johnson's contributions to the LGBTQ+ rights movement and her advocacy work.

Marsha Pay It No Mind Johnson, Digital Media, Submission for the 2023 Marshall University Black History Month Poster Competition

Freshman Year

2021-2022

Three ceramic dishes with blue line drawings on their surfaces, placed on a white background.
A line drawing of a person shaving their hair, surrounded by hair products and a bowl, with the person applying hair dye to their hair.
Potted air plant in a blue ceramic vase with a circular hole in the middle, placed on a matching ceramic plate.

Above, left to right:

Matisse Plates, Stoneware with blue slip

Doughnut Vase, Stoneware with glaze

…and rinse, drypoint intallio

Red maze or spiral pattern on white background.

Nature VS Nurture Monoprint Series

A black and white artistic illustration of a brain, with green fern leaves on two sides.
A colorful, abstract artwork featuring a stylized white outline of a human brain set against a vibrant background with shades of red, orange, yellow, green, and blue, with some leaf-like patterns on the sides.
Colorful line art illustration of a human brain on a dark background.
Red zigzag line on a white background

My Wings Are Wrong

I received a grant to make a children’s book about transgender youth in Appalachia

A hand holding a butterfly-shaped sticker up to the clear blue sky with some green leaves in the background.
A hand holding a cutout sticker of a butterfly against a blue sky background.
Colorful butterfly sticker held up against a bright blue sky.
A small square sticker with rainbow-colored text that reads 'Protect Trans Kids' being held up against a blue sky with green trees in the background.

Above, from left to right:

Atlas Moth Sticker

Banded Tiger Moth Sticker

Swallowtail Butterfly Sticker

Holographic Sticker

A whimsical illustration of a green landscape with white flowers, blue mountains, and a night sky with stars. A with a face and a sad expression is in front of the mountains. Text on the image says, 'My wings are wrong,'
Pattern of colorful butterflies with black wings and rainbow-colored markings on a blue background, interspersed with small white flowers, blue hearts, and green dash-like shapes.
Pattern of colorful moths with black wings and white markings against a dark night sky with stars and crescent moons.

Left: Book Cover

Above: Patterns for flyleaf

Right: Relief Print

Black and white illustration of two butterflies with text around and below them. The top text reads 'our wings are wrong and' and the bottom text says 'that's okay!'. The illustration is signed by the artist at the bottom right corner.

High school

Work from 2018-2021

Colorful digitally enhanced image of an insect, with rainbow hues highlighting its body and legs, set against a black background.

Rainbow Beetle, Oil Pastel on Paper

A digital illustration of a red bell pepper cut open, with seeds replaced with maggots on a blue background.

Maggot Bell Peppers, Acrylic on Paper

Illustration of two beetles, one blue and one red, engaged in a battle or interaction, depicted in side view with detailed features.

Rhinoceros Beetle Mini Series

Rhinoceros Beetles Fighting, Acrylic on Paper

Painting of a blue rhinoceros beetle with red pins causing purple radiating from areas pinned.

Pinned Beetle, Acrylic on Paper

Sketch of a beetle with prominent mandibles and detailed wings.

Rhinoceros Beetle, Ballpoint pen on Paper

A black and white illustration of a snake coiled

Snake, Scratchboard

A black and white illustration of a roly-poly pill bug on a dark background.

Rolley-Polley, Scratchboard

Red spiral maze on white background

Alex Squared 3 part

Illustration of two hands, one blue and one pink, holding pinky fingers together.

2019, Digital Media

A painting of a human hand with a bent index finger, surrounded by red scribbles on a blue background.

2020, Digital Media

Fist with clenched fingers surrounded by tangled yellow lines on a blue background.

2021, Digital Media

View my first website made senior year of high school. (abandoned sophomore year of college)