Author: Kayla Burch

For this project, I was tasked with creating my own font. Inspired by my love for rock music, I wanted to design a blackletter font that leaned into that rock music feel. First, I researched already existing blackletter fonts. Then, I titled my font: Gothic Rock. Below are images of my final font and advertisements…

I was assigned with an article from Christianity Today. My article was titled “Every Adoptee’s Worst Nightmare.” After reading this article, I created and developed an editorial illustration to visually represent a concept from the article.  Key Aspects from the Article:  South Korea had an issue with the cultural stigma against domestic adoption and single…

For this project, I designed a book cover and the chapter layouts for that book. I started by going into Chat GPT to generate text to fill in the information I needed to create my mock book.  As an avid reader, I wanted to design a fantasy book cover. Thus, I generated a title, author,…

For this project, I created an infographic that illustrated a five-step “how-to” process. The challenge to this is that I can not rely on text to explain my steps. The infographic is 100% illustrated. The main objective with this project is to learn how to use the knowledge of simple illustration design and layout in…

For this project, I created a pattern collection containing a hero, secondary, and blender pattern. For my collection, ancient Greek mythology and the story of Persephone and Hades inspired me. Thus, my collection is titled “Persephone: Queen of the Underworld.” My patterns depict Persephone, goddess of spring, when she joins in marriage with Hades, god…

For this project, I assumed the “Brand Cliché” of a fashion brand. Then, I created this new brand to follow the “Rebel” brand archetype. After some research, I decided I wanted my mockup brand to sell affordable and sustainable clothing for skaters. The style would be baggy, aesthetic, practical, but against the flow of social…

For this project, I found a small box (originally a soap box) then measured all sides of it. With these measurements, I created a dieline in Adobe Illustrator that contained bleed, cut, fold, and safe lines. My next step was to create a product to then design a new package for.  My product is a…