Juliana Romero-Jensen

Graphic Design Student

Artist Statement

When I begin to create art, I wait until I’m in the correct headspace, I never want to create when I’m stressed or not interested. My best work is when I’m excited and listening to my favorite music. I often focus on digital design, interior design, and graphite. For my digital work, I create app prototypes on Adobe Xd, or I make illustrations that are usually for the app. I do this for the pure joy of seeing someone using the app and not having any frustrating phrases such as “I hate this app”; I feel a similar way about interior design, where I want to see the joy in someone when they walk into a room. I want them to explore around, touch the room, and feel comfortable. When I work with graphite, I focus on drawing nature or humans because there is a calmness and beauty to it that I want to capture. I create for my audience and myself. I want to keep a connection with those who use my apps, live in the rooms I design, and find the calmness in my drawings.

Art Work

(This is a little vector tracing on Adobe Ai that I did of one of my favorite scenes from Ponyo)

Years in Photographs

Adobe Illustrator (2021)
Here I took all the photos on my phone from 2019 to 2021. I organized them into different categories and assigned them colors. I looked at different graphs to see how I wanted to present the data from the photos. Selected the circle graphs and got to illustrate them on Adobe Ai.
Coju

Adobe Xd (2022)
Using Adobe Xd, I created a ramen website for a restaurant that also has to-go packets. In the future, I plan to add my own ramen package designs to the website.
Frogs on Mush

Graphite on matte paper (9x7), 2021
Drawn with graphite on 9x7 matte paper. In 2021, I did this for my drawing 2 class. My boyfriend loves frogs and I love mushrooms. Combining the two I was able to create this piece that now hangs in our living room.
Coju Logo

Adobe Illustrator (2022)
This is Coju, I created him for the ramen website. Something about my little character is I love creating other characters in the exact shape. I got the inspiration from Takashi Murakami Panda, 2002.
Blue Monster

Adobe Illustrator (2020)
One of my first creations on Adobe Ai. I created a monster from a scribble that someone else drew.
Ramen

Adobe Illustrator (2022)
Created for my ramen website, Coju. I spent time working on my skills in Adobe Ai. This was a fun yet challenging thing to do, but in the end, it’s one of my favorites.
Little Website

HTML and CSS (2021)
Using HTML and CSS I created a portfolio in 2021. I found coding to be a challenging thing to learn but was determined to do it.
Bapa

Graphite on matte paper (24x18), 2021
Drawn with graphite on matte paper (24x18). This was in honor of my grandfather, who I called Bapa. He passed away in 2020 from covid while suffering from severe Alzheimers. I wanted to show his memory loss by having important family members fading away like a tv going static.
VoiceThread

Adobe Xd (2021)
I recreated the VoiceThread app on adobe xd. Due to the many frustrations, I had with the app I took it into my own hands. I looked at all the problems and fixed them with a new format directions.
Nicecream

Graphite on matte paper (24x18), 2020
Drawn with graphite on matte paper (24x18). I have a love for ice cream and my favorite place is MN Nicecream. I love to bring my siblings or friends here to create new memories.
Boba and Waffles

Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (2020)
At the beginning of my journey, I had a desire to create food advertisement posters. Here is one poster I created for a class. I wanted to represent my love for waffles and boba.
Coju Menu

Adobe Illustrator (2022)
On Adobe Ai, I created a menu spread that was used on my ramen website. I actually found this to be more work than I thought it would be. In the end, I love how it turned out.
Iron Man

HTML and CSS (2021)
Using HTML and CSS I created an Iron Man website. This was a project, where we had to create a website on our favorite hero. I love Iron Man (hubby) and while creating this I watched all the movies.
Michael Quote

Adobe After effects (2021)
Have always been a big fan of Michael Jackson, therefore I created this little video on after effects with one of his quotes. I have the quote attempting to moonwalk across the page and then comes in Michael.