A key proficiency Eastern Washington University's Bachelor of Design program focuses on is illustration. Using industry standard software – such as Adobe Illustrator, I honed my skills to create vector based designs that can scale to any size.
Using the classic, card game Rummy as a basis, Rummy Mummy is a redesign of playing cards. These cards use a strong relationship between figure and ground. They also are heavily influenced by the simplistic / geometric properties of the Bauhaus and Russian Constructivism.
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This collection of tarot cards depicts non-traditional subjects to symbolize and represent each card’s meaning.
In the Four of Wands, a clematis plant is shown growing on a trellis. For this card, the plant represents home and life.
A spell book can be seen in Eight of Pentacles. Knowledge is spewing upwards from the pages towards the reader.
Traditionally, an angelic figure is used to represent balance in the card Temperance. For this series, Temperance depicts a turkey vulture soaring in the sun. Vultures are scavenger birds who purify and clean the environment
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a novel following the miser Ebenezer Scrooge as he journeys through his past, present, and future. As he is transported through his life, he is accompanied by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. These specters aim to teach Scrooge the importance of kindness.
This book design depicts Scrooge as he is prior to his transformation: bitter, cold, and withdrawn. A simple black and white design draws Scrooge in silhouette, and the infamous line “Humbug!” is set on the cover.