Western Pond Turtle Collaborative

Creative Media

Overview:: This project documents my work with the Western Pond Turtle Collaborative, where I supported conservation efforts through visual communication. I created digital illustrations and merchandise designs to help share the project's mission, and assisted as a photographer during field days, capturing on-site research and conservation efforts.
WPT Collaborative:: The Western Pond Turtle Collaborative is led by various California-based organizations dedicated to protecting Western Pond turtles through research. Partners include: East Bay Regional Park District, Oakland Zoo, SF Zoo, Alameda County Resource Conservation District, Swaim Biological, Sonoma State University, Dominican University, and New Mexico State University.

Merchandise Design

From the start, we aimed to offer merchandise that would engage a variety of people: classic shirts, playful hats, and artistic stickers. Early in the project, reach was prioritized over cohesiveness. I also helped design and launch the website used to sell the merchandise.

Shirts:

shirt design- turtle hatchling illustration

shirt design- turtle with tracker illustration

shirt design- turtle with tracker illustration with wording

Hats:

simple turtle doodle

turtle holding fish and net illustration

tan baseball hat

light grey trucker hat

Print:

art nouveau style turtle line art

art nouveau style turtle poster/print design

print design on sticker mock-up

Photography

Over the summer, I attended a few field days on a ranch in Livermore, CA. I helped capture and document the research, producing media that the team could use to share their work.

turtle trap in pond

turtle blood sampling #1

turtle being weighed

turtle blood sampling #2

turtle shell length measuring

turtle with tracker close-up

trap collection

turtle plastron swabbing

turtle blood sampling #3

two turtles, plastron facing

Trap day: May 30th 2025