Creative Portfolio
Mercadies
2026
About Me
I’m Mercadies, an artist and emerging visual communications designer passionate about creating experiences that connect and grow with people. For me, good design isn’t just clean, it's alive. I care about clarity, restraint, intention and confidence that curates meaningful interactions and experiences. I love the moment when a small detail, a transition, a hover state, a piece of micro-interaction, makes someone pause and think. Less is more, in my books. Alongside design, I’m an oil painter, a practice which channels my beliefs in audience experience through composition and colour. Art and design isn’t supposed to just be an experience, it's a feeling. Moving forward, I want to hone my skills within the UX/UI space because I want to design experience with the same intentionality that I bring to the canvas.
Education and Experience
University of Wollongong Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts and Design) Graduating Nov. 26
Throughout the duration of my three-year degree, I have completed a number of projects spanning visual communications design. My practice explores brand identity, UX/UI, print media and digital systems, developed through client style briefs. Across these projects, I bring the same attention to detail and restraint to every brief, creating interactions and identities that feel like more than the sum of their parts.
