College Pong Table

I found this image when I was cleaning out my inbox the other night. My senior year of college we needed a pong table for our apartment, so my sister and I set out to design a Delta Gamma inspired one. It'd be fun to design one again. :)

Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband promotional keepsake

One of our deathmatch assignments was to create cd packaging/promotional keepsake for a band of our choice. I chose Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband, because they are an extremely talented group of guys who enjoy putting on an energetic performance for the crowd. I hand-illustrated their spacesuits and instruments and then photocopied the image of each of their heads. I wood-stained the box, wood-burned a design on the surface and sides, and overlayed a transparency on top of the cutouts of the band members. This packaging didn't receive high marks, but it was fun using different mediums.

The assignment-- create cd packaging for the following theme: The Kiss Off: Ten Ways to Say Good Riddance in Song. I'm not sure why I went with the voodoo doll idea for this project back 3rd qtr. It is way too cliche. I did enjoy making the packaging though. That was one huge voodoo doll. You could do a lot of damage with it! :)

As part of my Type 2 class in 2nd qtr. I attempted to draw a magpie and it's nest, only using a twig and India ink. The magpie nest as well as the bird are composed of a multitude of typefaces, all hand-drawn with a skewer. The perspective is so bizarre, but I still find it somewhat interesting two years later.

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Thanks to Lisa Llanes, our superteam project (rebranding steak & ale) was recently featured on lovelypackage.com

While cleaning up some folders on my desktop, I came across this awesome image that I had originally found on a design blog. This type treatment served as prime inspiration for my melk branding/packaging for deathmatch. Check it out on my website: www.elenaschroeder.com

Poster: Wanagi Tacaku

This is another highlight from Sylvia Gaffney's class. The first day of class we were told to choose an insect and a Native American tribe of her list. My insect was the termite and my tribe was the Lakota Tribe. Our assignment, create a poster for either a museum, themepark, etc. event, using either cool or warm blacks, gray tones, and 3 layers of cut paper. 100 2x2 thumbnails, 30 3x3 , 12 4x6, and 3 24x12 drawings later (approximate dimensions) , we had ourselves a finished poster.

Remla: Apple Cider Vinegar

This apple cider vinegar packaging was created in Sylvia Gaffney's Color Theory 1 class back 2nd qtr. We were given a character and time period to use as inspiration. My character was Jessica Rabbit and my time period was 1940's America. The illustrations were hand-drawn and water color was the main medium used. It did not make the cut for my portfolio, but it's still fun to look at early work from the Circus.