hi i'm

daisy fernandez-reyes she/her

i am a creative! i create art, design, UX/UI, applications
programs, and many other pretty things.

Orange, California

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✿ about me

i'm a freelance graphic designer & illustrator and work as a UX/UI student researcher at Chapman University. i'm 21 years old and live on the west coast of the united states. i'm a self-proclaimed creative technologist and aspiring designer, researcher,and frontend developer. i like to experiment with web design,pixel art,airbrushing, novice 3d modeling and sculpting. away from The Screens i like skating, reading manga, rock music, gaming, and axolotls.

✿ bio

PT.1: First Gen in STEM

daisy The CS Major

August 2021 Started my CS journey at Chapman University! (paws up) I got my first laptop ever and started taking Computer Science classes for the first time ever! ( thank you for your patience Prof. Studebaker <3 )

PT.2: daisy the digital doodler

daisy The Game developer

Jan 2021 After learning some basic languages and taking a unity class, I added a Game development Minor and found my niche making assets and animated game sprites.
Spring 2022 run! corgi! run!
Spring 2023 data Structures Simulator
Fall 2023 Zach Cant Have Peanuts

daisy The Project Manager

October 2022

I realized im not half bad at managing teams, and worked with my peers to get passion projects going and get more involved in the community!

Fall 2022 Chapman FSE X Higher Ground Collaboration

daisy The Software Engineer

August 2021

I started developing my own programming projects and experimenting with different languages, frameworks, in order to broaden my skillset! check out my github!

PT.3: daisy the Creative Technologist

daisy The designer

August 2021

After having broadened my skillset I realized I could add more of a creative pop to things, and also reflected on what made me happy both as a programmer and designer. I've since worked on finding my niche and have created my own space in da World Wide Web, I've found my niche as someone who aspires to research & learn, design, experiment develop, and include. I am a creative technologist. Welcome to my work. :)


graphic design portfolio
mockup zines for personal projects

✿ Projects

image of design mockup spread in editor program side by side

zines

I make Zines for fun. Sometimes for design submissions, other times for funsies! All hosted on @issu.

daisy @issu
image of dragon head costume design sketches

design + prototype + candy = dream halloween

Behind the scenes from my fab(rication) collab with youth organization, Higherground oc and Prof.Jon Humphreys in which my team and I fabricated a kid's dream Halloween costume from scratch. Engineering says anything is imaginable!

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