Campus Bouldering is a conceptual climbing gym geared towards college students. As such, the branding is fun and inviting.
The colors, videos, and buttons were chosen to make climbing, which is an intimidating sport, seem accessible to all. Students don't have to scroll long before seeing that this gym is different -- it's accessible, affordable, and just plain fun.
I was asked to create an animated character telling a short story to kids. It needed to be based on an Australian aboriginal folk story.
I chose the tale of Tiddalik the Frog and designed his character and the background with aboriginal patterns and colors in mind.
I created this set of looping icons to aid a children's entomology camp. Each icon loops on its own and together with the other icons.
The simplified linework and limited color palette mean these little guys look both sophisticated and down to earth.
This poster hung around campus letting students know about the Famous for 15 Minutes Film Festival.
Because of the student festival's transient nature, the elements are varied in nature and represent many film subjects of past festivals. The color choices intentionally reflect the experience of viewing a film.
The implied motion of the letters, elements, and text is meant to attract the viewer's eye from afar and seem as if it were leaping off of the page, like films so often do.
I was asked to digitally illustrate a portrait of a woman who inspires me. I chose Amanda Gorman after her inaugural spoken word.
The brushstroke texture matches her creative nature and the black and white contrast with color implies the way her poetry made the world feel. The line of yellow gives movement and light to the still portrait and the primary color palette makes the poem's text both pop and fade behind Amanda's frame.
2 Cats + A Herd of Buffalo is Milligan's student art show in downtown Johnson City. This show was the first one to take place after Covid so the colors, textures, and cats were chosen so the event would feel fun and inviting.
This included a campaign including buttons, posters, social media posts, and a collaborative countdown.
This kinetic typography incorporates moving type and hand drawn animation over Vector's monologue from Despicable Me.
Although the colors were inspired by the movie, the goal was for the animation to be exciting enough to stand alone.
