Madame President of the Forge

Valentina is a medical alert dog who became the unofficial mascot of the Forge, a student-run makerspace at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her handler served as president for a year before she was voted into the position the following two elections. Both of them are pictured to the left.

When I joined, the Forge didn't have club shirts because it was still relatively new to campus. I took it upon myself to change that by meeting with the E-Board and proposing some ideas. We decided that the Forge's anvil logo wasn't exciting enough and that Valentina would be the focus of the design instead. With more discussion, we came up with 'Vaporwave Val' which I drew using GIMP. 

After the COVID-19 lockdown, I drew another version of Valentina where she is wearing a face shield and mask. The Forge used the graphic to promote proper PPE use and social distancing on social media and eventually on posters once we were back on campus.