A friend of the family asked if I would do some portraits of her daughters. I used a micron pen and some india ink. I'm really happy with how they turned out. It was kinda nice having a project that wasn't design related.
I've been working on my website for the last couple days. I'm really starting to like it, especially the splash page (see above). You can check it out for yourself at http://cargocollective.com/annalindelldesign
I'll have more on there soon, most likely over Thanksgiving break. Have a happy holiday!
Finally got around to make a logo/identity for myself. I wanted it to show the illustrative nature of my work and a little of my personality. After trying several different ideas I realized that my handwriting is unique to me and wrote my last name on a sheet of paper until I found one I liked.
I'm currently working on an annual report for a client and don't have all the info quite yet so I have been playing around with theme and layout. Thought I'd show one of the fake spreads and the scans I used to make it.
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It's been a while since I posted any logos on here. This is one I did recently for a made up company called "Anchor Accessibility Inc." The company specialized in making products to adapt everyday things for disabled people. I chose the name "anchor" because in the definition it says:
"a person or thing that can be relied on for support, stability, or security; mainstay:"
I felt this went perfectly with the idea of the company. The logo is both literal and funny, showing the anchor having a hand attached as if it were an amputee, but it is still done in a way that is classy.
"a person or thing that can be relied on for support, stability, or security; mainstay:"
I felt this went perfectly with the idea of the company. The logo is both literal and funny, showing the anchor having a hand attached as if it were an amputee, but it is still done in a way that is classy.
My first attempt at the poster didn't go too well. Too generic, kinda figured that would happen. So for this one I put a little more Anna into it, and it turned out a billion times better in my opinion. My teacher loved it. I guess being true to yourself goes for when you're designing too.
This is a rough idea for a poster for a possible exhibition at Pratt that would feature "100 Images That Have Changed the World".
Found out my type book from last year was featured on Helvetica Lover. So cool.
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Finally finishing some projects so I have stuff to post. Recently did a book cover redesign for the novel "Forever" by Pete Hamill. The basis of the story is that there is this guy that lives in Ireland in the 1700s and immigrates to Manhattan. He is given the gift of living forever by an africa priestess, but the catch is he can't leave the island of Manhattan. The story covers the history of the city from the 1700s to around 9/11. I tried to juxtapose old and new by using an old background with a more modern typeface. Also I used 3 symbols that I thought accurately summed up the main character's journey. The symbols all represent a mode of transportation but also have a second meaning, for example the plane symbolizes modern transportation and also symbolizes the events of 9/11 which are mentioned in the story.
These posters were a project for my silkscreening class. We could pretty much do anything we wanted as long as it used at least 4 layers. I had been thinking of doing something using the sculpture from in front of the Erie Art Museum for a while, so I combined that image with the phrase "Keep Erie Weird". The first poster is with 4 layers, and the second one only has 3. I kind of prefer the second one.
This is what evolved from my previous post. I used a mixture of stencils, paintmarker, typography, and some screenprinting (or my version of it). I was getting mixed messages from the class critiques, so I tried taking a little bit of what was said each week. Worked my butt off but my teachers hated each version I did. Not everyone is going to love everything you make though.
I've been working on rebranding a rapper named Shyne for my Typography class for the last couple of weeks. I'm still tweeking the logo, but I just finished some roughs of gig posters inspired by a graffiti artist from Trinidad. I'll post the finished products when I'm done.
Some ads for an upscale umbrella company. It was an assignment for my graphic design for advertising class.
I was looking thru some of the files on my laptop and came across some old work I had done for a friend's band. This was in the summer of 2008. I did some promo photos and designed their album cover.
For my screen printing class we were told to make a print that was "us". I came up with this poster. I feel like it is a pretty good representation of the way I design and also a little bit of my personality. I've been called a space cadet by my friends many times so I incorporated someone on the moon, and the circle that says "square" is representative of my sense of humor. I tend to like things that are a little weird. If you look at the letters you can find the letters of my last name. Along the side was the date I came up with the design.
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