Skip to content

Erika Schnatz

Comics, Illustration + Design

  • Work
    • Comics
    • Illustration
    • Design
  • Sketch Blog
  • About + Contact
  • Etsy
  • Society6

kerning

MAPS Re-branding

June 12, 2014April 5, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

Ooligan is not the only rebranding I’ve worked on this term. I wound up reworking one of my own designs for the MAPS team, a group of peer mentors that I am responsible for organizing. Conveniently, this means I can change the look of our brand whenever I want, because I have the power (please read that in a He-Man voice because I think he says that).

Anyway, long story short, I had to update the logo to make it digital-friendly. It lost a bit of it’s character, but it’s sleek-looking! Also, I learned what kerning was.

Original:

Revamped:
A fancy button I made that connects to a fancy webform:
All of the revised work fits with Portland State University’s visual branding guidelines, which is probably important if this mentor group is going to have any longevity. Hooray for learning graphic design things!

Type Specimen: Adobe Caslon Pro

May 20, 2014April 10, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

One of our assignments for my book design class this term was to create three type specimen sheets. Here’s the final one I made (and my favorite), for Adobe Caslon Pro:

It was tough to find a limerick that wasn’t too ribald for class, though I quite enjoy the one I found.

Type Specimen: Rockwell

May 8, 2014April 10, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

One of our assignments for my book design class this term was to create three type specimen sheets. Here’s the second one I made, for Rockwell:

Type Specimen: Century Schoolbook

May 6, 2014April 10, 2015 | Erika Schnatz

One of our assignments for my book design class this term was to create three type specimen sheets. Here’s the first one I made, for Century Schoolbook:

  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Follow Following
    • Erika Schnatz
    • Join 56 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Erika Schnatz
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar