Chaeology.com is an on-line graphic design portfolio of Julian Oh. Julian was born in South Korea on a frigid January night. As a kid growing up in Korea, he loved reading manga books, watching kung-fu movies, drawing, and (little did he know) design. He vividly remembers, as a teenager, redrawing MTV logo over and over again on a piece of paper just for fun. He didn't know it then that sort of thing was called graphic design or that there was a such profession, but his interest in graphic design was slowly developing at an early age. Just before his 16th birthday, he, along with his family, immigrated to the States, went to high school, learned English, and became a U.S, Citizen. After high school, he wanted to experience different world, and out of sheer desperation, he joined the U.S. Army. Other than the fact that he had to shave his head in Basic Training, he mostly enjoyed his experience in the Army. During the 6 years of active duty, he was able to live and travel to different parts of the States and Europe (he particularly enjoyed his time in Germany), and learned a lot about life and matured as a person. It didn't change him as a person but it opened up his mind and made him see different perspectives in life. After being honorably discharged from the military in 2001, he was ready to go back to college and join the civilian life once again. Even though he was much older than the rest of his classmates, he did well in school, and even got accepted to highly selective and disciplinary, Bachelor of Fine Arts Program at Florida State University. After successfully completing the BFA Graduation Show at FSU Museum of Fine Arts, he graduated in Spring of 2005 with Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design with Cum Laude. After graduating, he continued his part-tiime work at Student Life Cinema at FSU, designing movie posters, PowerPoint slide advertising, short introductory videos, and their main website (movies.fsu.edu). After finishing the website for SLC, he moved back to Orlando, Florida and found a full-time job at a small boutique shop called UGP Underground Products, where he designed graphics for t-shirts, board shorts, stickers, posters, for their 2006 clothing line. After short stint at UGP doing 'grunge graphic design', he wanted to build more of 'professional' or 'corporate' portfolio, so he accepted a job at IRS' Media and Publication division in Washington, DC.

He is currently looking for freelance work for a reasonable cost in broad spectrums of industries. He will also consider pro bono on some projects. His specialty includes but not limited to: T-shirt graphics, brochures, posters, book covers, CD covers, booklets, magazines, catalogs, business cards, newsletters, logos, and other print designs. He can also meet your simple web design (flash and html) needs (similar to this site and movies.fsu.edu), however if he is not able to meet your needs, he will refer you to other designer friends that could handle your needs. Over the years, he has learned that design is a collaborative process between the client and the designer. Communication is the key, because given half a chance, he'll always make you look good, but without the mutual understanding between the client and the designer, even the coolest design can be misunderstood easily. He'll always put communication and needs of the client first before his creative outlet. That said, he believes that best clients are ones who already understand this process, and if you're willing to collaborate, he will work most diligently to meet your needs.

For an assignment, please call Julian at 407.927.4079 to further discuss your project needs and your budget, or if you prefer, email him at iam[at]chaeology.com. Thank you.

"One joy shatters thousand griefs."