Samson Fong's Capstone Portfolio
Welcome to my 2024 Senior Seminar Capstone Portfolio! My Capstone Project was to make mascots for my other classmates' projects over the span of 15 weeks. These mascots are showcased below, and I hope you enjoy what we've created!
Design forRishi Patolla
Rishi Patolla's Capstone Project was based on the horror game series "Outlast" but took inspiration from a mansion rather than an Asylum. I decided to use a grayscale as an homage to Outlast's night-vision green color palette. Seeing as the enemies in Outlast are monstrous patients, and Rishi's game was set in a manor instead, I designed a grotesque Butler character who would likely patrol areas in the game to hinder the player's progress.
Design for Angelica Gallegos
Angelica Gallegos' Capstone Project was based on a UX Design for a mobile app specializing in locating lost pets, finding pet shelters, and informing users of current pet events. Because of Angelica's emphasis on making sure pets would have good homes, I decided to design a dog wearing a kennel (representing the pet shelter). The color scheme for the mascot was provided by Angelica, who is also using the palette for her app.
Design for Hernan Moreno
Hernan Moreno's Capstone Project was a horror game based on his personal experience working in a bowling alley diner. I had initially created a childlike monster due to the assumption that children would be the biggest threat to a retail worker, but he surprised me by stating that it was the managers and the parents that would cause him the most trouble. I am looking for an opportunity to make a new mascot for him at some point.
Design for Anthony Mendoza
Anthony Mendoza's Capstone Project was a mobile app that functions as a social networking app for K-pop fans, as well as having games, quizzes, and other useful features for K-pop fans to express their love of the craft through. I designed the mascot's hairstyle off on the BTS group and used the color palette from the starting slide from Anthony's presentation on his app. Anthony suggested I add eyewear to the mascot, and I settled for a star shape based on Anthony's app using frequent star motifs in its design.
Design for Cinthia Cuevas
Cinthia Cuevas's Capstone Project was a documentary about pottery and ceramics, showcasing both techniques in pottery and providing interviews with experts in ceramics. Due to her documentary being named "Pothead" I decided to make a mascot that had a teapot for a head, with a puppet like body similar to certain fairy tales about curious puppets.
Design for Aliya Lee
Aliya Lee's Capstone Project was to design concepts for a Sims 4 DLC based on Dungeons and Dragons with an emphasis on fantastical clothing. I decided to make a dragon based on a previous Sims game (notably Sims 1 and Sims 3) dragon, but wearing a knight helm and a rogue cloak and boots, due to Aliya's stylistic fantasy clothing.
Design for Sophi Cuevas
Sophi Cuevas' Capstone Project was a webcomic about a soldier-turned-vampire named Leon. For the mascot, I made a bat form for Leon with golden accessories similar to his clothes, since he is a Vampire and Sophi didn't have a bat form for him yet. The wings and scarf are based on his clothing and are a similar shade of blue as a result.
Design for Saree Castaneda
Saree Castaneda's Capstone Project was concepts for a pizza-themed merchandise line based on a fictional punk grandma named "Crust Mama." I decided to design a mascot who was a pet cat who shared the same coolness as her. Some of these traits include the large smile and the sunglasses, as well as the posture. I used a bright, pizza-esque color palette that Saree provided for the cat, which works with the character proportions to make a design reminiscent of the early 2000s.
Design for Kristine Bray
Kristine Bray's Capstone Project was to have a podcast with a few hour-long episodes about transportation and various political issues in Denton, TX. We came up with the idea of having a microphone sitting on a bench at a bus stop (which was colored and patterned like a bus seat, due to Kristine's passion for buses and public transportation). The bright coloration was Kristine's suggestion after I initially made a more monochromatic look, which wasn't quite as visually interesting to look at.
