Academic Portfolio
By: Lex Drayton
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By: Lex Drayton
Undergraduate GSU Senior
This portfolio showcases my passions for all areas of art through academics and personal projects. It shows I strive to be the best I can while always staying prepared for constructive criticism and openly inviting room for improvement. Three personal goals that all of my projects share in common are me striving to capture meticulous details, effectively designing with intent, and maintaining my originality.
Lee Seppings GSU| Commercial Logo Design and Background
Next is a successful leading global robotics company previously located in Rhode Island but now based in Boston Seaport District. They encourage collaboration amongst workers and are a community friendly workplace. The tree in this brand is symbolic for the growth of future home robotics. This brand is also a reflection of promoting wellbeing amongst the employees. With research on different workplace typologies, I designed this company to satisfy the needs of all employees and clientele.
Reception -Next Company
Lee Seppings GSU| Hand Rendering
Lee Seppings GSU| Hand Rendering
Lee Seppings GSU| Digital Rendering
Wellness Room and Mother's Room Elevation
Our design proposals aim to redesign Atlanta’s HURT Building on the 16th and 17th- floor levels were to redesign them into a multi-generational and multicultural boutique hotel for all ages. Based on research, these spaces had color coordination within specific spaces as tactic guidance for wayfinding.
Catherine Trugman| GSU| Residential Group Project (Hand Rendering completed by me)
Lobby - The Durazno Boutique Hotel- (Marker, Color Pencil, and Photoshop)
Catherine Trugman| GSU| Residential Group Project (Hand Rendering completed by me)
Cafe - The Durazno Boutique Hotel- (Marker, Color Pencil, and Photoshop)
Catherine Trugman| GSU| Residential Group Project (Hand Rendering completed by me)
Staircase - The Durazno Boutique Hotel- (Marker, Color Pencil, and Photoshop)
Catherine Trugman| GSU| Residential Project| Hand Rendering
The Walker Residence- (Marker and Color Pencil on Marker Paper)
Catherine Trugman| GSU| Residential Project| Hand Rendering
The Walker Residence- (Marker and Color Pencil on Marker Paper)
Catherine Trugman| GSU| Residential Project| Hand Rendering
The Walker Residence- (Marker and Color Pencil on Marker Paper)
North Kitchen Elevation
South Kitchen Elevation
East Bathroom Elevation
West Bathroom Elevation
As an inclusive urgent care clinic, We strived to offer more services to patients than a typical urgent care by prioritizing and providing comfort, care, and accessibility to all kinds of patients. We based our designs on Case Studies of Wayfinding and Color Theory.
Goal - Create a Urgent Care Facility that offers more services for patients than a typical Urgent Care Facility by providing comfort, care, and accessibility to all patients and guests
• Developed from Case Studies
o Wayfinding
o Color Theory
Catherine Trugman| GSU| Collaborative Healthcare Project| Digital Rendering Perimeter Urgent Care Clinic Reception Perspective Corridor Elevation Patient Room PerspectiveThe main concept of this innovation is the scandinavian aesthetic with fresh white walls. These eco-friendly spaces were composed of mostly natural white oak wood furnishings. Hardwood floorings along with a concrete area. There is silver plated and steel metallic finishes and some accents of blue hues and muted colors. The design includes the a Reception, Laptop Room, and Collaborative Workspace Areas. Consistency was kept throughout the color palettes and materials to enhance visual appeal.
Yellow Area- Lobby/ Lounge
Blue Area- Computer Lab
Computer Lab- North View
Catherine Trugman| GSU| Digital Rendering
Catherine Trugman| GSU| Digital Rendering
Lounge- North View
Joel Varland| SCAD| Negative Positive
• Two Designs
• Ink on Bristol
Positive/ Negative 2 self portraits and creatures
Brian Sweny| SCAD| Material Palette
Chin-Cheng Hung| SCAD| Still Life INDS
Hotel Room Creation- Armani Hotel Milano Design a hotel room with the Brand Name & Location of your choice
• Colors Palette monochromatic colors of warm browns
• Carpets light creams on dark hard wood floors
• Metals were to be a dark brown brass,
• Material cloth selections were metallic animal prints, and shiny gloss leathers
• Marble selection were darker tones of black and dark gray
• Charcoal
Plaster Cast Statue Drawing
Draw a Floorplan, Elevation, and Section of your chosen building of the Famous Architect you were given
Sir Norman Foster- La Voile (was his house as well)
• Ink on Vellum
• Layout displayed Horizontally in Person
• Had 7 levels
• Building had lots of steel and glass along with white interiors for more light reflection
Peili Wang| SCAD| Residential Proposal and Rendering (Hand & Digital)
John
Sepia, White, and Black Charcoal on Smooth Tooth paper
Raspberry, White, and Black Charcoal on Rough Tooth paper
Heather MacRae| SCAD| Kehinde Wiley and Inspired Creation
Randerson Romualdo
Cordeiro, 2008, Oil Painting
KEHINDE WILEY
Floral Nicki , 2019, Higgins
Ink on Hotpress
Lex Drayton
Randerson Romualdo
Cordeiro Copy of Kehinde
Wiley, 2019, Prismacolor
Color Pencil Lex Drayton
My passion
*In my free time, I may draw, paint, or design clothes*
Graphite on Sketch Paper
Graphite on Sketch Paper
Acrylic on Canvas
4752 Windsor Spring Rd. Hephzibah, GA 30815
Primary Contact : (706) 504-2157 - or - lexdrayton@gmail.com
Secondary Contact: (706) 592-9583 - or - ldrayton5@student.gsu.edu