About Me
I seem to be perpetually falling in love with design and code.
A Brief History
From being expelled to becoming an aspiring teacher, my journey has been one of constant reinvention, from CTI to ABH, blue shirt to white, back to blue and finally yellow, and from game design to graphic design to product.
Before starting my design career, I attended Citrus College (general and music) and Mt. San Antonio College (classical guitar), initially planning to major in history but later started to focus on music. However, I pivoted and joined the U.S. Navy intended for Cryptologic Technician Interpretive (where I passed a very peculiar exam) but ultimately served as an Aviation Boatswain’s Mate - Aircraft Handling [story coming soon] aboard the USS Boxer (LHD 4) where I supported the transport of troops through the Strait of Hormuz to the Middle East, assisted in the deterrence and hunting of pirates in the Indian Ocean (including the Captain Richard Phillips (Maersk Alabama hijacking) situation where I helped the SEALs move their equipment and was later in Primary Flight Control, one of my extra duties) - rode an elephant in Thailand, became a rare Golden Shellback, snowboarded in the desert in Dubai, barbecued at a pier in Africa and assisted with humanitarian missions in South America.
I was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and was honorably discharged one year early through an early release program for high performing sailors in saturated rates willing to separate during a force reduction. I left as an Aviation Boatswain's Mate - Aircraft Handling Petty Officer Third Class, a yellow shirt, with Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist and Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist qualifications - I went to pursue my dream of being in the art and technology fields.
I attended the Art Institute of California–Los Angeles in Santa Monica, where I initially majored in video game art and design before shifting to graphic design. Inspired by a talented community of teachers and classmates, I found myself drawn to a field I was only beginning to understand at the time.My professional journey began at Oubly, a startup near Venice Beach, where my passion for design truly took root. It was there I realized this was the path I wanted to pursue, and I have embraced the fast paced, ever evolving nature of the industry ever since.
Now I design and build things for people and businesses every day. Someday I'd like to teach.
Life Glimpse
Notable Things
Some things that have happened so far that I find worth noting.
3x
Hit by a car in Los Angeles on a skateboard.
South Pasadena; downtown Los Angeles; Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.
2x
Expelled from high school.
Then I found an amazing school with incredible teachers and graduated.
1x
Helped rescue Captain Phillips.
While an Aviation Boatswain's Mate enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
A Reiteration
I love to create.
I like drawing, playing classical guitar, gaming, and reading. I always try to keep a rapidograph and chopsticks close at hand. You’ll often find me running, talking to plants, cooking with Pepper X extract or listening to Baroque, punk rock or retrowave music.
My lyceum for 1 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 1 seconds.
Contact Me
Have a project or problem to solve?
Use my form, send me an email at hello@johnhansen.design or schedule a call.