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Oteria René Ludwig
☆ local art weirdo • they/he/it

I'm a mixed-black designer, illustrator, and printmaker based in New York's capital region, drawn to the interaction of colors and the impact of negative space in both traditional and digital media. I draw a bunch of niche fanart with my friends in my free time. When I'm not doing that or greeting every cat I see, I spend a lot of time trapping people in conversations about outer space and lamenting about all the bad kerning that plagues the world.

work.

SUNY System Administration	Assistant Graphic Designer	2023–
Troy Shirt co.	Studio Assistant	2021–2023

education.

School of the Visual Arts	BFA in Illustration	2016–2019
Hudson Valley Community College	AS in Digital Media	2014–2016

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print

covers + flyers

social media

logos.

2023

A project for Women's History Month in it's first iteration, featuring an example SUNY Alumni, Stephanie Blythe. Was eventually cancelled as a different format for celebrating Women's History Month was selected.

sketches

final illustrations

Women's History Month

state university of new york (2023)

A project for Women's History Month highlight various women from the SUNY system.

illustration

Troy Shirt Co. Design

In-House designer, 2021–2023

As an in-house designer for Troy Shirt Co., I addressed clients needs for a new design for apparel or branding and provide them with solutions with same-day or next-day turnaround time.

Hudson Valley Wildlife logo redesign

For this project, the client wanted to maintain a distinctive, bat-like "W" that was both readable within the logo as a letter and also as a bat while being used as a standalone symbol for branding purposes.