Illustration and Design

For the past five years, I have been honored to work with central Arkansas's premier literary festival. Each design began with sketching first drafts and consulting heads of the festival. Each year, we discuss new ways to make the branding vibrant and inviting. Despite each concept being the same brand, it's important to be able to reinvent this in a variety of creative ways.

As an international media company, Ink Global required portraits for features with a quick turn around that could be enlarged and shrunk without loss. These portraits were created digitally as a vector for that purpose. 

Creating visuals for print journalism requires an ongoing conversation with the editor on the scope and intent of visuals. When director Jeff Nichols was interviewed, questions focused on his writing - the illustration emphasized this along with highlighting the Americana tonality of his work (papers positioned like stars among the faded blue background to symbolize the American flag). For smaller visuals such as Stax Records' Al Bell, colors must pop and details are simplified - creating an icon-oriented image.