McKenna has always had a love for a range of creative mediums including photography, digital media, graphic design, videography, editing, diy crafts, and fashion. Her inability to pick just one path led her to majoring in Media Arts and Sciences (Design) here at ASU because of the interdisciplinary nature of the major and freedom to explore. McKenna has been using Photoshop for around 8 years and has been self taught in other Adobe Software including Illustrator. With her graphic design background, McKenna created all of the character designs, logo design, packaging, book illustrations, helped with the card design, and the coloring of the pins and graphics sublimation for the cards for Relatables.

Robert started working on Photoshop since freshman year of college, he has been writing for 10 plus years. He didn’t have any past experience but was always interested in digital forms of media that could be used in a variety of ways. Through multiple classes, he learned how to operate most of the Adobe apps with ease and accomplish most tasks. His skills include the Adobe Creative Cloud, using programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign to create what he needs. His current focus is more towards GIT, designing in 3d and Photoshop, editing, and more. With all the skills, he helped make the stories for the characters and helped with some design.

Timothy has had a creative mind and a thing for storytelling since he was in elementary school, growing more interested in it the further he got into school. He loved worldbuilding, character development, and feeling connected to the elements of the story. With some of his classes having focused on developing a story, he was able to use his skills to write stories that helped with giving a background to the characters in Relatables. The stories he wrote for it are targeted to help a younger audience that might be going through the challenges that are discussed by the Relatables characters and feel like they are connected to them.

Ravipon has been fascinated with the field of product design and fabrication since the age of 12 when he was first introduced to a 3D printer in his school’s newly built fabrication lab. This blossoming interest in the field of design and fabrication carried on into his college years where he would go on to attend Highline College to pursue a degree in engineering and now Arizona State University to pursue a degree in design. He has now accumulated skills in 3D modeling and printing, product design, UI/UX and web development, graphic and motion design, and programming which he continues to develop today. With these skills, Ravipon has been able to help develop the website and fabrication process (pin, card, and packaging) as well as handle some of the logistics and writing involved with the project timeline and documentation.

Sharliz Reyes began her involvement with digital media in high school by creating motion graphics projects in After Effects for social media. She was self-taught in After Effects and other Adobe Suite programs like PhotoShop and Illustrator, and this carried over into her collegiate career as she decided to continue to pursue and major in Media Arts and Sciences. After taking classes to learn 3D modeling and website/game development, she has been able to become proficient in software like Blender, 3ds Max, Unity, and programming languages like HTML and CSS to create various assets and animations for game and mixed media development.