Jake Petersen

Archive

Everything made, learned, or shipped — in order.

2026
  1. jakepetersen.net — Next.js Rebuild
    Web · Art Direction · Personal
    Full rebuild of the portfolio site in Next.js App Router. Enneper surface hero, Inter type system, archive-first information architecture.
2025
  1. ASU Newswell — Homepage Checkbox Newsletter Module
    UX/UI · WordPress · HTML/CSS
    Audit and redesign of the homepage newsletter signup module, addressing visual hierarchy, responsive layout, and copy issues.
  2. ASU Newswell — Rail Newsletter Module
    UX/UI · WordPress · HTML/CSS
    Three visual compositions exploring how to differentiate the right rail newsletter module from the surrounding page.
  3. Discord Productivity OS
    Python · Raspberry Pi · Personal
    Personal task and week management system running as a systemd service on a Raspberry Pi, with Notion backend and Discord interface.
2024
  1. Athanor
    Blender · Procedural · Entrepreneurship
    Digital platform selling procedurally-generated 4K motion backgrounds to science and tech content creators.
  2. Marble — Physics Game
    Three.js · Rapier · Game Design
    Browser-native competitive marble physics game built on Three.js and Rapier WASM. Sumo wrestling as the core design reference.
  3. jakepetersen.net
    Web · Art Direction · Neocities
    Personal portfolio and art archive hosted on Neocities — built around nostalgia, early internet aesthetics, and the Fermi paradox.
  4. Woodward School for Girls
    Web Design · UX
    Website redesign for a private school in Quincy, MA — UX audit, visual direction, and layout solutions for the public-facing site.
2023
  1. The Great Filter
    Web · Art Direction · HTML/CSS
    An exhibition about the Fermi paradox built in Microsoft FrontPage 98 on a Windows 95 virtual machine. The medium is the argument.
  2. Planetarium Dome Animation
    3D · Blender · Procedural
    4K 60fps animation built for university planetarium dome projection — designed for immersive hemispherical display.
  3. Fermion Imaging Solutions
    Brand Identity · Figma · Illustrator
    Complete brand identity system for a science instrumentation company, grounded in particle physics and electrical engineering.
2022
  1. Skolly Pops — Artist Brand
    Brand Identity · Photography · Web
    Brand identity, web mockups, photography, and merchandise work for artist Scott Petersen.
2016
  1. Early Photoshop — Vaporwave
    Graphic Design · Personal
    First forays into Photoshop. Vaporwave aesthetics, made for friends.