Lani Schreibstein, Graphic Designer

Product

Project: Gary Taxali’s Sweetshop Toys stationery set
Client: Dark Horse Comics
Role: Selected the artist to fit in with Dark Horse’s line of stationery, selected the artwork, designed the stationery, envelopes and belly band. Chose the images to use as stickers. Artist’s logo was provided.

Branding & Packaging

Projects: Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls logo, Boys Stick Boy & Match Girl in Love Note Card & Figure Set, Voodoo Girl Book & Figure Boxed Set
Client: Dark Horse Comics — the third-largest comics publisher in the United States
Role: The Dark Horse Deluxe brand was initiated in 1998 with a line of merchandise that included model kits, toys, apparel, and collectibles. The division quickly became a cutting-edge pop culture operation. In 2004, I worked under supervision of Art Director Mark Cox to create the branding for products, product packaging and print advertising using images and text from Tim Burton's book, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories. Our goal was to create a look for the line that was at once dark and cute, just like the characters presented along with quirky descriptive poetry in Tim Burton's book.

Branding & Packaging

Projects: Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys Figure Set, lunch box, wrist bands and post card
Client: Dark Horse Comics
Role: Worked under supervision of Art Director Mark Cox to create branding for products, product packaging and print advertising using images and text from Tim Burton's book, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories.

Branding & Apparel

Project: Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys T-shirts
Client: Dark Horse Comics
Role: Designed 8 t-shirts using images and text from Tim Burton's book, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories. Chose fonts.

Web Site   go to silverbulletproductions.com

Project: Non-profit, informational web site
Client: Silver Bullet Productions, film education non-profit in New Mexico
Role: Redesigned web site using text and photographs supplied by client

Web Site   go to coolhomesinportland.com

Project: Business informational web site
Client: Jim Britt, real estate broker in Oregon
Role: Created logo and web site using text and photography supplied by client

Identity

Project: Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery comic series identity
Client: Dark Horse Comics
Role: Created logo and type design for the covers of the comics and trade paperback collection about a monster-fighting private detective. Placed cover images monthly for the five-issue series and the trade paperback collection.

Identity

Project: Star Wars®: Empire series identity
Client: Dark Horse Comics
Role: Worked under supervision of Art Director Mark Cox to create this identity for the Star Wars® comics series depicting events that took place during the Empire era of Star Wars.

Identity

Project: Crush comic book series identity
Client: Dark Horse Comics
Role: Altered existing typeface to create an identity that illustrates the feeling of a having a monster inside that likes to peak out from time to time

Identity & Book

Project: Strip Search identity and book design
Client: Dark Horse Comics
Role: Strip Search began as a weekly on-line comic strip contest. Designed the logo for the contest and then adapted the look when the winning comic strips were collected into a book.

Book

Project: Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic series inside front covers
Client: Dark Horse Comics
Role: Created a new look for the inside front cover and letters pages for each four-issue mini-series

Banner Ads

Project: Two banner ads for klutz.com (top) and two banner ads for Scholastic Parents web site
Client: Klutz — popular children's book publisher — how-to books from Klutz come packaged with the tools of their trade (from juggling cubes to face paints to yo-yos), and are designed for doing, not just reading
Role: Was given direction on theme for each banner and created design using library of existing photography

Direct Mail

Projects: Self-mailing brochure with order form, two post cards
Client: Klutz — popular children's book publisher — how-to books from Klutz come packaged with the tools of their trade (from juggling cubes to face paints to yo-yos), and are designed for doing, not just reading
Role: Utilized elements from the design of the Klutz® Build-A-Book — Why I Love My Dad kit to create brochure promoting kit for Father's Day. Designed post card announcing a sale for customers of the Klutz web site and a post card announcing a new sales representative for wholesale customers. Chose photographs from the Klutz photograph library.

Catalog

Project: Retail catalog
Client: Klutz
Role: Redesigned this 24-page biannual catalog providing a more clean and easy-to-read layout.

Catalog

Projects: Dark Horse Comics section of Diamond Previews catalog and Dark Horse Custom Publishing brochure
Client: Dark Horse Comics
Role: Developed several catalog page templates to accommodate different numbers of books or products per page. The brochure was designed to match the catalog look. Logos and illustrations were provided.

Collateral

Projects: Catalog with pull-out poster, product post cards, banner
Client: Glass Alchemy — top manufacturer of borosilicate glass for artists
Role: Took photos of glass art pieces and designed all items

Web Site

Project: Company web site with product catalog
Client: Glass Alchemy
Role: Created web site when company launched in 2000. Maintained site content and managed updates (including two redesigns) through 2007. Contributed copy and photogaphy as well as proofreading and search engine optimization.