Photographer. Engineer-in-training. University of Illinois class of
'30.
I like seeing world differently — specifically through my lens.
Hey — I'm Julian, an 18 y/o Italian and Nigerian incoming Computer Engineering student at UIUC, and I've been pointing cameras at interesting things since sophomore year of high school.
My mind tends to run in multiple directions at once. Turns out that's useful when you're composing a shot — you notice everything. The texture of a wall. The way light bends around a corner. The stranger crossing the street.
This site is where photography meets engineering. Right now it's a portfolio. Eventually it'll be a playground.
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Engineering projects, side-projects, and ideas that kept me up at 2am.
An ADHD resource platform with 180+ posts and 10k+ views. Users can upload and discover resources — articles, tools, strategies — all community-driven. Built solo from scratch.
Hand-coded from scratch — no frameworks, no templates. The italic orange j was worth it.
Embedded systems, circuits, and whatever keeps me up at 2am freshman year. Watch this space.
A Pomodoro-style timer built for ADHD brains. Visual, gamified, forgiving — because 25 minutes is sometimes 4, and that's okay.
Whether you want to collaborate, commission a print, hire me, or just say what's up — I'm here.