A friend asked me to design a flyer for an upcoming dance, leaving room for the DJ’s name on the flyer. I started with word association and I was working on this other project that utilized a mad-lib format (inserting adjectives and nouns in pre-written text) and I thought it was appropriate after…

From the Strathmore Creative Cards, Fluorescent White with Deckle, 5″ x 6-7/8″, 50-Pack using Pigma® Micron® 05 Burgundy, Hunter Green (leftovers from the Holiday Cards 2013), I made a birthday card. I love greeting cards. I was surprised by the design I created doodling on this card. So festive! I put it into Adobe Illustrator and edited it a bit…

I was just going through one of my color boards on pinterest (color2.) and I wanted to make some palettes for easy use when projects come up in the future. I love this collection. I think color combinations can communicate a lot. The interesting life of a graphic designer. We treat color palettes and fonts…

Did you know that they leave scientists in charge of the covers for science journals? Sometimes, they turn to graphic designers and explain to them how a thing works so they can depict it in a catchy image. I am one of such graphic designers. I’m still a little astounded that I had to make…

Holiday Card Design 2013 from Katarina Countiss This year I wanted to get away from the classic iconography of Christmas. I have been influenced by my new job at a technical bookstore, lots of math and science inklings floating around inside my head. Fragments of knowledge starting to rise to the surface as I revisit…

Today, I printed out a tea menu I designed for Curry Temple. Why start out with the tea list? It’s a great way to see information hierarchy with the typography at work. I have the name of the tea, the brand and the description in different treatments as well as an icon for looseleaf tea.…

A few weeks ago, I had a recruiter contact me about a graphic design position asking for a “test project.” I don’t really support these kinds of practices because they see “test project,” I see “free work,” but I suppose you have to test drive a car before buying it. So they sent me a…

I recently moved into an apartment where two cats reside. I am not a neat freak, but kitty litter seems to be everywhere. Graphic Design to the rescue! I’m glad I have these sign making skills. I’m kind of hoping more problems arise so I can create a sign for it. I’ll keep this post…