Thomas Phan

Graphic Designer / About Me
Bloom + Spine - Work in ProgressPackaging & Photography2026

Bloom + Spine is a botanical fragrance house also exploring themes growth through structure and experimentation. Each scent examines the architecture of botanicals, stem, spine, bloom, root contrasting fluidity with resiliency. For the curious and unconventional, fragrance becomes a medium for exploration.

Graphic Design & Production: Thomas Phan
Photography: Thomas Phan
Snapchat - Snap Design AcademyInternship - Visual Design & UX/UI2025

Selected as 1 of 60 scholars nationwide for Snap’s design program focused on product, motion, and brand experience. Collaborated with Snap designers to develop culturally relevant, youth-centered work and co-led a prototype presented to executive leadership. 

Redesigned Snapchat’s School Communities feature to improve discoverability, personalization, and safety for marginalized students through a tag-based system and 1:1 connections, informed by DEI research with Rainbow Lab. Created UX flows, wireframes, and Figma prototypes for key features including events and group suggestions aligned with Snapchat’s standards.

Graphic Design & Interaction: Fernando Herrera
Marketing Copy: Sebastian Rudder
Heaven Belongs To You Personal Zine / Digital Art2024

Heaven Belongs to You is a personal zine that explores the beauty and transience of life through a bold, digital-psychedelic aesthetic. Combining collages of personal experiences, street art, and nature, the zine reflects on the extraordinary meaning found in ordinary moments. A gradual shift from vibrant, saturated visuals to muted, desaturated tones underscores the theme of life's impermanence and gratitude.

This project demonstrates expertise in editorial design, visual storytelling, and experimental image-making, employing both digital and conceptual approaches to deliver a thought-provoking narrative.

Graphic Design & Illustration: Thomas Phan 
Photography: Thomas Phan & Various

Photoshop / Lightroom / Analog
Dijon - Absolutely Album Cover & Lyric Zine Album Redesign & Packaging2025

This project is a conceptual redesign of Dijon’s Absolutely album cover, reimagined through an experimental & contemporary lens while preserving the emotional feel of the original release. The design emphasizes texture, intimacy, and rhythm. Reflecting Dijon's raw, genre-bending sound and sentimental storytelling.

Deliverables: 
Dijon Absolutely - Cover Redesign 

Outer Jacket - Matte
Inner Sleeve - Matte
Vinyl Record - 12 in

Lyric Zine -  5.5 in x 8.5 in / 24 Pages

Photoshop / Illustrator
Ecliptica LA - Music & Arts FestivalFestival & Merchandising2024

Ecliptica LA is a three-day underground music festival blending modern music and solar-powered visual art for an immersive, eco-conscious experience. Inspired by the sun’s celestial path, the event features deep but electric beats, light installations, and kinetic art, fostering a creative community united by sustainability and innovation.

Experimental AI with Analog Imagemaking & Typography.

Deliverables: 
2 sets of 3 Posters
Drink Luna - Festival Beverages
Artist Compilation Cassettes

Photoshop / Midjourney

LA Metro - Public Transportation CampaignPoster Design / Advertising 2024

This triptych poster series highlights the vibrancy and significance of LA Metro and public transportation. Inspired by the bold and colorful aesthetics of risograph printing, the designs visually echo the station lines in Los Angeles. The dynamic compositions and directional elements emphasize the movement and connectivity that public transit provides, making a compelling case for sustainable urban commuting.

Graphic Design: Thomas Phan 
Illustration: Various

Photoshop / Analog
Motion ShowreelMotion / Experimental Type 2023 - 2024

This motion showreel presents a compilation of work created between 2023 and 2024, focusing on motion design and experimental typography. Projects include dynamic title cards, web-based typographic animations, custom paint brushes developed in p5.js, and green screen compositing.

The work demonstrates proficiency in After Effects and coding with p5.js, showcasing a technical approach to motion graphics and interactive design. This collection emphasizes innovation in visual communication and the integration of motion, type, and media.

Adobe After Effects: 

Wildlife Collage Title Screen
Apollo 11 Title Screen 
City of Roses Postcard
Last of Us - Green Screen

Visual Studio Code:

Man, I Love Flowers
Epileptic Snake
Scratchy Type ( Itchy Type )
Cargo Collective:
Talking Colors - Interactive Chatroom



Thomas Phan is a Vietnamese-American graphic designer with an Associates degree in Communication Arts from Pasadena City College.  He’s currently pursuing a BFA in Graphic Design at ArtCenter College of Art and Design.