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UX · Interaction · Prototypes
Alyssa C.
See the work“The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do it. Anything that you believe you can do strong enough, you can do. Anything. As long as you believe.”
Bob Ross
About
Curious by nature.
I'm studying User Experience Design (B.A.) at the University of North Texas, and I love figuring out how people actually use things, then making those things clearer, kinder and easier to use. I care about design that's intuitive, accessible and built around people. I bring strong communication, teamwork and adaptability, and I'm excited to put them to work on real-world UX projects.
Selected work
Case studies
More case studies are on the way.
Art
Art pieces
Sketches, paintings and everything in between.
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Drawing in Time
Drawing in Time follows the koi pond in my backyard. I chose it for two reasons: what it means to me, and the challenge of capturing water, stone and light. Koi have been a small but steady thread through my life, from California, to our family trips to Hawaii, to our new home in Texas. My family loves them for their beauty and for what they stand for: courage, transformation and luck.
The fish themselves were hard to catch, so these drawings focus on the life around the pond instead: plants leaning over the rocks, my dad's equipment left here and there, and the visitors it hosts, from frogs and bunnies to the occasional mosquito. The pond connects so much more than just my family.
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Wabi Sabi
Wabi Sabi is a portrait of the plumeria growing at the back of my backyard. The plant has mosaic disease, a virus that streaks and mottles its leaves and flowers. Instead of hiding those marks, I made them the subject: the streaks running through the petals come straight from the real flower.
The title comes from wabi-sabi, the Japanese idea of finding beauty in imperfection and impermanence. A sick plant isn't what you'd expect anyone to celebrate, and that's the point. Even the color follows the idea: the whole piece is built from one shade, sampled from just a few pixels of my original photo, so a tiny, easily missed detail becomes the entire palette.
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Scarecrow's New City
Scarecrow's New City is fan art inspired by Batman: Arkham Knight, a game I really enjoyed. In the story, Scarecrow plots to flood Gotham with his fear toxin. I kept wondering what the city would look like if he actually pulled it off.
This is my answer: Gotham seen through the toxin itself. A burnt-orange haze swallows the sky, a twisted tree claws across the frame, and the gates of Arkham Asylum stand in front of it all, while Scarecrow's face looms over the city with glowing eyes, as if the whole place has become his nightmare.
Prototype playground
Have some fun!
Small interactions, made to be poked.
How I work
The process
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Listen
Interviews, observation, and a lot of sticky notes until I can explain the problem in one sentence.
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Sketch
Paper first. Dozens of rough ideas, most of them wrong, a few of them wonderful.
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Prototype
Clickable, testable, and real enough to surprise me. Figma, code, or cardboard.
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Refine
Test with real people, then sweat the details: timing, spacing, words, feel.
Let's make something great
& make it better.
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