DESIGN PROJECTS 🎨🖥️✨
Welcome to my digital portfolio!
This page showcases current design projects I've done for myself. I also have links to the different collections if they were made into merch, so you can see how the designs functions and the intricacies of both the overall my merch and the graphics designed.
I love playing with space, textures, archival images and photos, and typeface to create unique designs for every project. If you look at each collection, they're all very different for different audiences.
I also love creating imagery that is a mix of Y2K, techno-futurism, and a heavy touch of internet meme content. If it looks like it could be the cover a textbook in 2002 or a graphic your grandma is sharing on Facebook— that's what I like to see.
I have very diverse sources of inspiration and a background in fine arts, so if you want a designer who thinks outside the box and will try new mediums and design types just for you, I'm the perfect designer to go with.
Thank you for your consideration!
— Dianne O. (Shades of Dianne)
shadesofdianne@gmail.com
AUNT DIANNE CHERYL-LYNN COLLECTION
These two pieces are based on a character I use online named Aunt Dianne Cheryl-Lynn for Boomerposting™.
She represents your Baby Boomer relative who doesn't quite understand what's going on with the internet, but she has the spirit. She believes Elon Musk might steal her data and turn her into 5G waves, but she will also stand up for her "transformer" they-phew Aidan and truckers everywhere because they're honest workers.
The images are composite images and based on inside jokes she has with my audience.
NEVER FORGET SPIRIT AIRLINES 🙏🏾🕊️✨
This is a composite image made to be an obituary that you might get at a Black/Southern funeral after Spirit Airlines closed its doors suddenly.
I had some design input from my sister where she said we should "never forget" this like people said about 9/11 and I took that concept and ran.
It's a look at the events we choose to hold onto in pop culture/society vs what we don't.
SAN ANTONIO BEE TRUCK 🤠🐝🚚
On January 16, 2026, amidst news about our gov't, gas, and food prices— I saw the most absurd headline about a semi carrying bees flipping over on the I-35 in San Antonio.
It was so absurd, that it needed to be remembered as part of San Antonio history. So I made two composite designs for merch that showcased the absurdity of people asking for a status check on the bees (no bees were harmed) while our country and state was literally falling apart 😅
AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM...
This is a composite image that is meant to showcase the two perceptions of America as both "the greatest nation in the world," and "America the Beautiful," whilst simultaneously we have rising gas prices, TSA isn't being paid so airports are being shut down, and we have ICE facilities holding thousands of people hostage.
When I told my sister about the airports closing, she asked "Are we great yet?" and that felt important to express here.
MISINFORMATION IS MY OPP + QUESTION EVERYTHING
These are two very detailed collages for two personal projects.
The one of the left is called "Misinformation is My Opp," and it showcases headlines, stories, and general media that radicalized me. This includes Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail," the assassination of Fred Hampton, the protests for the protection of Mauna Kea, the song "Mississippi G*ddamn," etc.
If you look closely you'll also notice piles of cowry shells that serve as offerings to the ancestors that have passed and who are elders now.
The collage on the right is called "Question Everything," and it is a collage of a number of COINTELPRO documents and how deep the corruption was into the Black Panther Party. They planted so many people in the organization, created so many fake pamphlets, and arrested so many people needlessly— it makes you question everything.
MISINFORMATION IS MY OPP (the details)
If you peruse the previously linked merch section, you'll also see that I have a logo that says "MISINFORMATION IS MY OPP." When you look closely, you can see that I digitally cut out each section of letters from one of the headlines in the "Misinformation—" collage.
I also used both collages as the background image for my flyer for my class ALSO named "Misinformation is My Opp."
REVOLUTIONARIES ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
These two collage are dedicated to revolutionaries.
The first one is collage made for the cover of my upcoming book/zine "Do You Want a Revolution?" It goes into all I've learned about starting an effective movement and who taught me what. It showcases artist, activists, and actions that shaped my thinking.
The second collage (on the left) is dedicated to Dolores Huerta and her being able to speak out about her abuser now. This was the base for a larger piece about breaking the cage of revolutions that hold women and queer people like Dolores hostage in silences about their abuses so they don't affect the movement.
The piece was symbolic, but I prefer the under collage that shows her speaking out before, and being happier and more peaceful now that she's older.
RAPTOR 2026 🔥✝️🙏🏾
This is a composite image that I had originally created for the Rapture 2025, but it had Anita Baker on it instead of the raptor.
I didn't want to miss out on the Raptor of 2026, so I quickly changed somethings around to make it work.
There are some quirks in the image, but it was a fun project to make. This image was created on-the-go on my phone.