This actual piece is 35 inches long, eight inches in height, and is a seven-fold accordion brochure. This is another typographical project using only glyphs and the typeface(s) chosen – with a limit of two. I discovered how much I love Archer and how unique the font family is compared to most typefaces. The typeface really [...]
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dars audit : typography
Posted in design projects, education, fonts, psu, typography, Uncategorized, tagged fonts, graphic design, PSU, typeface archer, typefaces, typography on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
runemeister cards
Posted in design projects, education, psu, tagged graphic design, PSU, runemeister cards, typography on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Selecting a letter from the alphabet, and using the information on that letter from calligrapher Lloyd Reynold’s book, My Dear Runemeister: A Voyage Through the Alphabet, students were given another typographical project. Design could only be achieved through the use of glyphs and letters from our chosen font families, which students picked from a provided [...]
rex ray biozine
Posted in Artists, design projects, education, psu, tagged artist, biozine, graphic design, PSU, rex ray on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When asked to choose someone to do a biozine project on, my mind shouted Rex Ray! The project gave me a reason to purchase his book, Rex Ray: Art + Design. This was a book that Chris Maier, an instructor and department head of MHCC’s graphic design program, turned me onto a couple years ago. [...]
narrative design
Posted in design projects, education, psu, tagged graphic design, illustration, narrative, PSU on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever had less than one week to come up with an illustrated narrative? If you’re a designer, you probably have! This was definitely a quick turnaround project. Short term projects require instantaneous decision-making and provide proof that we can trust going with some of our initial ideas. They provide an opportunity for us [...]
t-shirt design
Posted in design projects, education, psu, tagged graphic design, illustration, PSU, t-shirts, threadless on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Time to design three tees with a theme for Threadless. Wanting to surround myself with delicate and positive imagery, I was immediately drawn to yoga wear. This project showed me how much I’d like to design yoga and children’s clothing: zen mama, zen baby, yum! Zen, zen, zen! Lotus collection: Top design: balance : Stylized [...]
wpa poster
Posted in design projects, education, psu, tagged graphic design, illustration, poster, PSU, wpa on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The goal was to project unity in the design of this poster, with this one specifically targeting girls and women. I’d like to continue the series of connection posters to include men, children, animals and our eco-system, signifying connection within the groups, as well as our unity as a whole. I was inspired by an [...]
book of lil red and the magic hood
Posted in design projects, education, psu, tagged children's storybook, graphic design, lil red, PSU on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve often been baffled at stories told to children. The brothers Grimm and their tales of wolves, trolls and witches who eat children. Lovely! So I decided it was time to offer a twist of tale of Lil Red. In my story, Lil Red uses her magic hood to enchant the wolf and instead of [...]
designing stamps
Posted in design projects, education, psu, tagged graphic design, project, PSU, stamps on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At first, I lightly considered illustrating colorful fruit as a stamp theme. But once the idea of doing a series of endangered species popped into my head, the direction was clear. I considered selecting patterns of endangered animals’ fur, feather, scale or hide, as shown on the bottom right samples, but instead I decided to [...]
sherwin-williams enviro-paints
Posted in design projects, green, portfolio stuff, tagged design, earth friendly paint, logo, sherwin-williams on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This was a project about redesigning a logo for an existing company. I’m sorry Sherwin-Williams, but in today’s world, looking at red paint pouring over the planet just doesn’t seem right. However, upon research, I discovered that the SW logo holds historical value. How can you touch that? More research uncovered the earth friendly line [...]
craigslist magazine
Posted in design projects, portfolio stuff, tagged craigslist, design, magazine, portfolio on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Project involved getting a feel for craigslist and creating a prototype publication. While researching the craigslist site, I discovered information about their foundation. That was the turning point that led me to my design solution. I decided the publication should have an urban feel that communicated well with fellow craigslisters for entertainment purposes, as well [...]
