Griffiel's Portfolio

Welcome

Hello, my name is Griffiel Yao. I am a Graphic Designer, Web Designer and Digital Illustrator.
Glad you could stop by my portfolio website.

This website contains samples of some of my work including CG, freehand drawings, comics, logo sets,
website interfaces, visual identity, printed materials and Flash animations.

You can click the navigation bar links on the top, or check for updates by clicking the arrows below.
I hope you enjoy this site and feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments. Thanks.

News & Updates

[Aug-14-2009] - New Album "The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic"

[Aug-07-2009] - The G&G Photo Albums is uploaded! Bruce Peninsula & Rondeau Park

[Jun-23-2009] - "Sailor Neptune" 80% completed, "Sailor Adonis" thumb uploaded
[Jun-01-2009] - Ongoing artwork thumbs uploaded: "Sailor Neptune", "Sailor Mercury" and "dragon girl"
[May-27-2009] - Sailor Moon Doujinshi "Sailor X Quick Sketch "

[Apr-02-2009] - Summer Job Service (Dufferin & Finch), YMCA Flyer

[Feb-23-2009] - Illustration "Dream of Sea Princess"

[Oct-15-2008] - Website “pollinationcanada.ca”, 2 Flyers

[Sep-15-2008] - Illustrations: for E-journals Front Covers

Ongoing Artworks

Main Duties:

1 . Communicated with executive director and project manager about conceptual ideas.
2 . Developed flyers, made suggestions on Pre-Press-Preparation about font effects and bleed trim size.
3 . Prepared website design plan detailing the homepage elements and column arrangement.
4 . Designed 2 drafts and 1 final concept for homepage in Photoshop CS3 with Wacom tablet.
5 . Added design highlights to the concept including comic icons, leaves and honey comb patterns to the
     approved concept in Photoshop and Illustrator CS3.
6 . Divided the concept into jpg pictures and image backgrounds which can be well assembled and supported
     by web 2.0 standard. Adjusted the new webpage layouts to match the concept.
7 . Created a consistent CSS style and adjusted (X)HTML codes in webpages to meet the W3C Standard in
     Dreamweaver CS3 and Notepad.
8 . Modified and optimized the existing PHP code to achieve the function of database connection.
9 . Uploaded and tested the website with FTP tools. Backupped the PSD format design templates and
     the design plan for the convenience of maintainers.

Flyer I

Flyer II

Website Concept "pollinationcanada.ca" { under construction }