Bloom - Poster Design And Coordinating Event Invite

I haven't been making too many posters lately and I just loved getting back to it! The creativity is endless! This was inspired by all the beautiful spring tulips Im seeing all over. 

The client wanted black and white invitations to match which was a challenge because the poster is so full of color and represents spring and I didn't want to just gray scale everything. I wanted to utilize the black and white and design just for it. 

Book Club Invitation Design

This was a fun design I did earlier this year for a dear friend of mine. She is a part of a lovely book club and wanted something fun and special for her ladies group. I just love working with text and getting to design stuff like this because I get to have a lot of fun with word placement. 

"Relationships" February Event Poster Design

I love getting back to making posters again. Its been a few months since Ive done one, and Ive missed the creativity that comes with them. There are so many new tricks and photoshop features to try on them. It's been really fun. 

I loved getting to work with so many beautiful photos and getting to use my love for typography in this design. I also wanted to give it a bit of a February touch with some of the colors and design elements. Incorporating a paper theme with the letters and the paper men chain was fun and challenging and I just love how it turned out. 

Here is the coordinating handout design below.

Happy Valentines!

Knitted Christmas Hat Poster/Invitation Design

Perfect for any Christmas party or event. You can purchase a customized version of this print at my etsy shop Designing Pixel Dust. 

During check out you can just message me the information you would like included and the print size and within 24-48 I will email you the high quality customized digital print for you to take to the printers and print out as many times as you heart desires!

This design could be used for so many things. I designed this for my family's christmas story book. If you think of anything you can use this design for I will customize it for you.

Book Exchange -Event Poster Design

My favorite thing with poster design is coming up with new layouts that Ive never done before and this is no exception. I loved using a more vertical layout with this and making the photo of the woman reading take up half the page. Than I had a bunch of fun with the layout of the "copy" on the right giving it some fun retro effects. Then finishing up the whole project with some much need texture. 

Harvest Party -Event Poster Design

This was a fun concept of going for a cutting board kind of look. Like the letters where carved into the board and we have a bunch of the ingredients piled around promising an endless possibility to hopeful chili contestants. 

You can order you custom harvest poster from my etsy shop here. 

Graphic Design Resume Design 2013

As a graphic designer you can't just use any old resume template for yourself. Its just not going to cut it. Its important to think of your resume design as another portfolio piece representing the kind of work you do. There are so many great design out there. I found myself was over stimulated with ideas for my own resume and knew I was going to have to do something completely unique to stand out in this competitive field. I have was inspired by some of the transparency style designs I have been seeing lately and wanted to incorporate some of that with some of my favorite colors. In the end I really love how it tuned out and feel confident submitting this resume to potential employers. 

Here are some great resumes designs that I just had to share with you. 

Winter Event Poster Design

Its not easy coming up with a poster for a religious event for January and have it not look like Christmas. However, this turned out to be a fun poster design. I really enjoy getting to use these feminie styles and looks, plus the snowflakes give it a bit of magic that I just love.  

Gone With The Wind Minimalist Movie Poster

This has got to be my favorite design so far. I have been a huge fan of Gone With The Wind since I was a little girl and loved creating most of this in illustrator even though it was quite a challenge especially the "Tara" house. But it was worth it. This is definitely a print that is going up in my studio. The next movie poster Ill have to make will definitely be Pride and prejudice.

Christmas Party Poster (Ugly Sweater Contest)

I thought I should get this up before Christmas to help it look a bit more festive over here at Pixel Dust! 

Well I'm off to go buy my ugly Christmas Sweater for the party tonight.

You can now get your very own customized Ugly Christmas Sweater poster at my easy to purchase esty shop here. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Word Art Chalk Event Poster

Just having some fun with words!!! I just love typography and am just thrilled that the relief society give me free creative range with these posters and invitations. 

Retro Travel Poster

I love making travel posters for the places I visit and fall in love with. Oregon is still one of my all time favorite places to vacation.  If you haven't been...go!

Clear Day By The Bay -Poster Art

      This is one of my favorite graphic design pieces yet! In fact I have this framed and hanging in my living room. This was an assignment for my design fundamentals class and we were allowed to use any medium. Since I am a graphic designer I chose to use illustrator. The assignment was to create a piece of artwork that has the effect of opaque layers, like tissues overlaying each other. This was a challenge to do. First I had to build all these tiny shapes and make sure they were in the right order than I had to add a specific type of layer effect to each shape. There is also a texture added to this to help it look more vintage. I was trying to go for an old travel poster.
       I chose San Francisco because my family and I went there a year ago on vacation and we absolutely loved it. Its such an artistic city, full of fascinating sites and a rich history. We were completely charmed by it all, by the end of the first day there.
      I just love how this project turned out and am thinking about making this a common style of mine. I can't wait to see what I do with other cities I visit, using this technique and style.

Event Poster and Coordinating Invitation Design

One of my favorite things to do with graphic design has to be making invitations/cards. When Christmas comes around I really get into designing our Christmas card, in fact its one of my favorite new traditions. Now I have a church calling where I get to do one of the things I love most. Just about every other month I get to design an event poster and the invitations for church activities and it has been so much fun trying to come up with different designs each time. I also get to fulfill my creative needs as well. Here are some of the designs I've done so far.