-Continuing Spring 2026 STA Roster Poster-

This past week I was able to make significant progress on the style of the Roster Poster, and am now experimenting with how do include various graffiti assets alongside the STA frames.

https://sta.laits.utexas.edu/blog/2025/10/23/55235/

October Projects: COERLL and Spring 2026 Roster Poster

These past few weeks with the help of Shanda I worked on a book cover for COERLL, which involved making a text logo and map graphic. using mainly Illustrator for this project, I was able to figure out many more small and useful tips for my workflow, especially when it comes to working with vectors and customizing fonts.

-COERLL Book Cover-

-Spring 2026 Roster Poster-

At the same time, I have been working on the Spring 2026 Roster Poster, and have been experimenting with various styles for a main title graphic:

So far, I have chose to continue with concept #1, but I will also try and see how concept #2 could work out. This is also my first time using a Wacom tablet, so I am slowly learning many new things that you can do in photoshop which I hadn’t known previously. Furthermore, this project has also forced me to get back into my illustrative mindset, which I haven’t tapped into in years. (I stopped drawing in like middle school or earlier)

https://sta.laits.utexas.edu/blog/2025/10/16/blog-review-oct-17/

This week I worked on some concepts for the title of the Spring 2026 STA Roster Poster. Im trying to go for a more “quick tag” look on the title, however I’m not so sure yet on the readability aspect of it. I will probably also try a few bubbly looking ones to see how they read:

Spring 2026 STA Roster Poster Project Overview

For this project, I have to make the poster which displays STAs from the various departments within LAITS. With the theme being graffiti, Im choosing to go with a more traditional tag-like style in order to have the most readability and not distract too much from the STA’s headshots. Here are a few design styles which I am thinking about incorporating:

All three of these styles have a distinct look to them, but have the ability to be meshed with hard edged text and other assets, making them good for this particular project. As a very quick 5 minute idea, I am thinking of incorporating a graffiti design somewhere which says “LAITS STAs”:

After two weeks as a Design STA, I’ve finished up my orientation and have gotten through a solid amount of my trainings. This past week, I started my first project and have been receiving feedback from my fellow STA. I’ve enjoyed working on this project as it’s a text logo, something which I could improve my skills on in Illustrator.

Hello! Im Tomás, a new Design STA. Career wise, I currently focus on graphic design, photography, and occasionally some 3D VFX. As for some of my more personal interests and hobbies, I love learning about history, language, and politics. I am a class of 2028 Middle Eastern Studies major in the Arabic language track.

During my first few days as an STA, I have been focusing on getting accustomed to the work environment and finishing up my orientation tasks. One of my favorite tasks so far has been the STA Bio.

My last piece of work to scratch off the list is to finish up my caricature and then continue on with any future tasks.