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Graphic Design for Print and for Internet
Design is everybody’s business. We are surrounded by it daily: at work, in the streets, at home, reading books, newspapers, getting from - to, reading directions, instructions. Would you like to get clear, easy to understand, pleasant to eye messages? So do your clients. I can help you present your ideas, your message, or service that you offer to the community to stand out, to appeal and to reach your audience by showing its unique value clearly and tastefully.
You are welcome to browse through examples of my work.
My studio is located downtown Port Townsend.
Logo Design
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| emiCAR logo | |
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| Anaphora Press Logo | emiCAR Logo |
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| Maestrale Logo | |
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| Galatea Logo | |
Maps
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Example of the map (Vancouver Island partial) |
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Map of Hawaii |
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Map of Jefferson County, WA |
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Map of Washington State |
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Winery Map of Washington State |
Posters
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| A poster featuring Jones Wilson Design Photos @ ENTHEOS/Steve Wilson. |
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| Mark Pearson Poster Photos @ ENTHEOS/Steve Wilson |
Mark Pearson Poster Photos @ ENTHEOS/Steve Wilson |
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| A poster featuring Gypsy wagon designed by Denise Harris, crafted by shipwright Dave Sutter and whimsical puppets created by Basil Milovsoroff. Photos @ ENTHEOS/Steve Wilson. |
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| A poster featuring emiCAR Photos @ ENTHEOS/Steve Wilson. |
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| A poster featuring Jones Wilson Design Photos @ ENTHEOS/Steve Wilson. |
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CD design
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| CD Cherubica Front | CD Cherubica Back |
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| Ocean Hieroglyphics CD Front | Ocean Hieroglyphics CD Back |
Web Sites
Here are examples of the sites I did:
www.olympus.net/personal/lynx/about_rita.htm
Spacial thanks to web code expert Michael McKee for some help with coding web sites.
Books
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| Mysteries of Silence cover Click here to view the example of interior |
Working the Woods, Working the Sea cover Click here to view the example of interior |
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| A Road Less Traveled cover Click here to view the example of interior |
Little Nancy cover Click here to view the example of interior |
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| Ocean Hieroglyphics cover Click here to view the example of interior |
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About
For 10 years I’ve been a graphic designer. I recall with both pleasure and trepidation the challenge of my first post college project: the Olympic Peninsula Travel Association guide. Editions of this venerable guide first carried Peninsula advertising 70 years ago.
The guide was the perfect project for me. I was new to the Peninsula and to America itself. I arrived in Port Townsend directly from Russia where I taught English at the Pedagogical Institute. Graphic design, and America, became large and exciting shifts in career - and life!
Organizing things visually I found fascinating. I love to search communicative and interpretive Russian-English subtleties that invoke the cultural and linguistic nuances which refine my visual communication that optimizes understanding. Powerful and effective solutions simplify, simplify, simplify.
Developing watercolor and acrylic painting and batiking skills I also take seriously…encouraged by successful exhibits in fine art shows and several galleries - with commercial success when my watercolors are incorporated in published pieces.
Contracted as Art Director of the Northwest Magazine and it’s previous incarnations of Peninsula Lifestyle, then Peninsula Life, I was fortunate to work with photojournalist Steve Wilson, whose award-winning New York advertising experience and decades of editorial experience at National Geographic and Life encouraged my commitment to “design for content.” We collaborated on many published projects, both editorial and advertising. I also understood yet another level of photography and communication standards. I added photography as a wonderful venue that I enjoy and use in my projects. And many of my current projects incorporate the thoughtful photography of Steve, as well as images from Jill Buhler, Frank Ross and others.
Magazines
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| Peninsula Lifestyle #1 Click here to view interior examples |
Peninsula Lifestyle #2 Click here to view interior examples |
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| Peninsula Lifestyle #3 Click here to view interior examples |
Peninsula Lifestyle #4 Click here to view interior examples |
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| Peninsula Lifestyle #5 Click here to view interior examples |
Peninsula Life #6 Click here to view interior examples |
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| Peninsula Life #7 Click here to view interior examples |
Peninsula Life #8 Click here to view interior examples |
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| Peninsula Life #9 Click here to view interior examples |
Northwest #10 Click here to view interior examples |