Angel
Castillo
Hi! My name is Angel. I was born in the Philippines and came to Canada with my family in 2001. I have always been creative but I’ve always had a fascination for people and art with function. When I discovered the Design program in 2015, my career trajectory completely changed and I was enamoured by the whole industry. Finally! I found a channel for my creative and critical thinking. Although architecture was my first dream, digital design captured me. My goal is to improve every day in this field and to help make a difference in people’s lives; whether it be small or large scale. I love design because it enables me to use empathy, creativity and critical thinking. Over the pandemic, I got a kitten! She rules my house now.
Editorial Photography
This project required producing editorial-inspired photography accompanied by a made-up magazine. Photography aspects consisted of lighting planning, styling the model & doing some research on 70’s fashion. The magazine was inspired by a minimal and modern layout. This was done in order to showcase how 70’s fashion or any other era in fashion can be rediscovered and recycled again and again.
Front Cover & Introduction - This mockup showcases the layout of the magazine from the front cover to the first page of the introduction.
These mockups are the content after the introduction page.
This mockup is a close-up version of how each style is laid out in the magazine.
Portrait Photography
This is a compilation of personal projects I love to do on the side. Portrait photography is one of my favourite styles.
These photos were inspired by classic portrait photography one would find in a magazine. I was imagining the subject as an actress being interviewed and these were photos that accompanied it. I wanted it to have a rustic & raw quality so I kept the photo simplistic yet grainy at the same time.
Model: Bella Lopez
These photos were taken for the portfolio show. I was inspired by the model’s features & was pleased to see its outcome. One of the things that inspired my fascination with photography was the beautifully designed layouts of fashion magazines. This photo reminds me of the kinds of images they would feature.
Model: Sabrine Hachi
These photos were used in a project for Applied Photography. The objective of the project was to produce a photo series for a well-known magazine. This was the main cover. I love this photo by itself without the added elements of a cover so I kept it simple.
Model: Danica Schmidt
Kids Kottage Foundation
This was a project for Branding & Corp class. The objective was to choose a foundation of our choice and redesign its logo and create a branding guideline book for them. The foundation I chose was Kids Kottage, a home for troubled children who do not have a home due to financial or family reasons and are in distress.
This photo is what the logo would look like on their door or window.
This is the branding guideline book I designed for them. I kept it clean and minimal while still including a playful or youthful appearance. I wanted this place to look optimistic happy and approachable.
This is the front and back cover of the book.
This is the business card.
Gameets (Biology Game Design)
This project was for my Interaction Design class. Our class collaborated with the Biology department at MacEwan to create a basic educational game for university students. The main topic my partner and I worked on was the decline in coral diversity & population. Our game objective was to pair up gametes (sex cells) in order to start spawning. The more pairs you create, the higher the points and level you achieve.
Designers: Kristjan Buckingham & Angel Castillo
Designers: Kristjan Buckingham & Angel Castillo
Game in use.
Presentation Deck.
Research process.
