It’s that time again! Time for the AIGA Annual Student Portfolio Review! This year I thought it would be fun to do an ‘old west’ theme for the poster. I originally started with a ‘show-down’ concept, but along the way it morphed into a wanted poster, which I believe came together nicely. I had a lot of fun with this project….mostly because I was hearing the old west shoot-out music in my head as I was designing, and occasionally saying “paard-ner” to myself.
Here’s a quick pic of a banner I just finished for Citizen Groove, sent to me by John Knific (on left). They are just getting started in launching their website and business, and they needed a banner for an upcoming tradeshow. Luckily, I was there to save the day. These guys were great to work with, and I wish them the best of luck in their venture!
The Fall Kickoff event for AIGA Cleveland is coming up fast! Art Chantry, a legendary rock poster designer, will be speaking at Windows on the River September 24th. I had the pleasure of collaborating with Mike Burton of Little Jacket on this poster advertising the event. He wanted to obviously have the design be relevant to Art’s work, but also be a little playful in regards to our event. We went through a few ideas and landed here. I then took his established design elements and applied them to the back of the poster. Yay teamwork. Big thanks to Mike for all his hard work.
Unfortunately, the JPG of this poster on your screen doesn’t so it justice. We screen printed a florescent ink over the black for a really nice effect, but it just doesn’t translate digitally. Jakprints here in Cleveland graciously donated the printing for this piece, as they are one of our sponsors. They did a fantastic job, it came out great. They also put it on their blog to showcase the process. Very cool– Thanks guys!
Every year AIGA Cleveland hold a Student Portfolio Review where students can bring their work and have it reviewed by professionals in the field and receive feedback. The concept for this 18×24″ was to make it look like a book cover, acting as if the portfolio itself had a story to tell and experiences to share. I played up on the idea by adding critic reviews on the inside panels, which I was giggling about as I typed them, to be completely honest. Poster folds down to a 9×12″ mailer to be sent out to schools in the Akron/Cleveland area, event takes place in April. I had fun with this one. Click thumbnails to view.
This 11×17″ poster was done back in October to promote AIGA’s Get Out the Vote poster show. Designers from all across the country submitted their poster designs to encourage young folks to vote in the 2008 election. This poster, however, was created to promote a display showing a few of the best of the entries submitted. The display was up for a few weeks at the end of October through Election Day.
I just finished the design for the Cleveland Design Competition Call for Entries. Those of you involved in AIGA Cleveland Chapter, watch your mailboxes. This poster is 18 x 24″ and folds down to a 9 x 12″ mailer. I’m very pleased with this particular piece. I used an actual font to create this artwork, however each letter is a separate file, so it truly mimics the hand-setting process of letterpress type. Needless to say, this took a while to assemble, but absolutely worth every minute. Shown: Front (green) and back (with mailing panel).
