The square dance weekend theme is “Sci-Fi Swing By.” A sleek space craft racing through the Milky Way was my vision, and translating this to a clothing design was challenging. Printing multiple colors is still costly, but going monochromatic was not so interesting. So, printing with the minimum colors on a deep blue background struck…
Read more Client Project : T-shirt (2019 Peel the Pumpkin)
An annual square dance event, Peel the Pumpkin, is held in late October and hosted by Time Squares. This year’s theme for a circus theme “Under the Big Top.” In an effort to create a cohesive brand, the original design for the flyer was consistently modified to 10 other marketing items. The key element were…
Read more Client Project : All Things Publicity [Peel the Pumpkin]
My goal this year for LCFD is to present a cohesive marketing portfolio, using a stable and identifying graphic across all media outlets. I chose a prancing woodland creature, specifically Squirrel Nutkin from Beatrix Potter. Nutkin entered the public domain in 2016, which now allows others to interpret and transform this work for any purpose.…
Read more Client Project : T-shirt [2018 LCFD Dance Camp]
Fonts: Front: Neutra Text SC, Neutra Text, CF Quebec Stamp, Neutra Display Titling, Neutra Inline Back: Neutra Display Titling, Neutra Display, Neutra Text
Read more Client Project : Postcard [2017 Autumn Dance Camp]
The annual square dance weekend, commonly referred to as a fly-in because people flew to these events, of the Times Squares club is approaching. 2017 did not have much a theme, and definitely was not branded. In fact, that group’s board voted to discontinue the event due to [perceived] lack of volunteers to organize it.…
Read more Client Project : T-shirt [2018 Peel the Pumpkin]
The Thesier-Tessier-Dechene-Brunet Family Reunion is celebrating its 90th anniversary family reunion this summer. A website was created to more easily share family history information, and a business card will be passed around at the reunion to help people stay connected. The maple leaf border motif is used to honor the family’s Canadian roots. Text font:…
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After a successful revival of the mandala tshirt, I thought it was time to bring back an annual t-shirt for Lavender Country and Folk Dancers. Contradancing is very aerobic and makes you sweat, so having extra t-shirts is useful. Plus, it’s an advertisement for the events, so I opted to make one that could be…
Read more Client Project : T-shirt [LCFD Dance Camp 2017]
This postcard was created for the promotion of the spring dance camp, an annual event of the Lavender Country & Folk Dancers (LCFD). LCFD is an organization that promotes gender-free community dancing, with a focus on contra and English country dance. The dance weekend is held at a YMCA camp in Woodstock, Connecticut. FUN…
Read more Client Project : Postcard [2017 Spring Dance Camp]
My friend Lisa and I have birthdays mid-May, and we decided to celebrate each other with a free special dancing event. A potluck meal, followed by waltzing and contra dancing. When we started planning out the event in February, naturally the topic of “what colors to decorate with” came up. At the same time, we…
Read more A Birthday Contra Dance & Waltz Potluck Party
This postcard was created for a fundraising event for supporting art therapy for women with cancer. The organizer did not want to go down the obvious ‘pink-ribbons’ road, so I went with a brush-stroke shape that suggested a ribbon, and went on the purplier side of pink for the background. She was quite pleased the…
Read more Client Project : Postcard [Life Has Been Your Art]