Umpqua Postcard Series: New Growth, Old Growth


set of three postcards and envelope for Umpqua Bank - blaze new trails, onward, and old growth new growth

Here is the first half of six postcard illustrations I created for Umpqua Bank. A total of six cards were designed so smaller sets could be mixed and matched and handed out at events including the Portland Business Journal Luncheon and the Seattle Design Series. A sponsor-focused envelope was paired with them to emphasize that the cards were created specifically for the young and forward moving audiences they would be distributed in.

old growth, new growth: illustration of tree rings and topography

Testing: New Hearts


Here are some tests I have been working on for a group art show at Land Gallery happening February 10th titled 69 Love Songs. The show pays tribute to the Magnetic Fields album 69 Love songs with artists each interpreting a song. My song is “I Think I Need a New Heart”, and I’ve been working on tiny heart packaging (think cigarette package size) using painted wooden blocks and 2 colors of liquid paint Markal markers. It’s definitely a medium with limitations, which has been fun to work with.

new-heart-tests-1

new-heart-tests-2

Umpqua Postcard Series: Onward


Here is the second in a series of postcard illustrations I created for Umpqua Bank. A total of six cards were designed so smaller sets could be mixed and matched and handed out at events including the Portland Business Journal Luncheon and the Seattle Design Series. A sponsor-focused envelope was paired with them to emphasize that the cards were created specifically for the young and forward moving audiences they would be distributed in.

This one was particularly fun because I tapped into my roots growing up in rural Central Oregon for a cornucopia of western style lettering. Yes, I rode horses. Yes, most radio stations played country music. Yes, I imagined I might have been Laura Ingalls Wilder in another life. Onward you intrepid pioneer!

onward hand lettering in western style

umpqua bank postcard envelope design

Umpqua Postcard Series: Blaze New Trails


blaze new trails: illustration of a beaver, bear and coyote in a canoe, sailing along a nightcap

Here is the first in a series of postcard illustrations I created for Umpqua Bank. A set of 6 cards were created so smaller sets could be mixed and matched, to be handed out at events including the Portland Business Journal Luncheon and the Seattle Design Series.

A sponsor-focused envelope was paired with them to emphasize that the cards were created specifically for the young and forward moving audiences they would be distributed in. The creative brief was open, with the theme of “Pacific Northwest” guiding each card’s content – coming up: Wonderland, Old Growth/New Growth, Cascadia, Onward, and some foliage.