Lani Schreibstein, Graphic Designer
Projects: Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls & Boys logo, Stick Boy & Match Girl in Love Note Card & Figure Set, Voodoo Girl Book & Figure Boxed Set
Client: Dark Horse Comics — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
Role: Created 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. The goal was to create a look for the line that was at once dark and cute, just like the characters in Tim Burton's book.
Results: This line of products has been selling out since its inception in 2003.
Projects: Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys Figure Set, lunch box, wrist bands and post card
Client: Dark Horse Comics — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
Role: Created branding and designed products, product packaging and print advertising using images and text from Tim Burton's book, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories.
Results: This line of products has been selling out since its inception in 2003.
Project: Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys T-shirts
Client: Dark Horse Comics — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
Role: Designed 8 t-shirts (for men and women) featuring an amusingly "tragic" character from Tim Burton's book, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories. Some of the shirts also include sections of the poems that go with the characters. Fonts were chosen and text designed to reflect the dark and cute nature of Burton's popular book.
Project: Gary Taxali’s Sweetshop Toys stationery set
Client: Dark Horse Comics — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
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.
Project: Bike and bumper stickers
Client: Myself
Role: Designed 10 stickers with Portland-related statements which were screen printed and distributed to stores and cafes around the city to sell.
Project: Not-for-profit informational web site
Client: Silver Bullet Productions, film education production company in New Mexico
Role: Redesigned this informational web site including creating site architecture. Used text and photographs supplied by client. The communities and cultures of New Mexico were an important factor in this redesign as well as showcasing the videos being produced and photos of films in action. Used the otherwise blank space in the slate logo to feature an interactive slide show.
Project: Business informational web site
Client: Jim Britt, real estate broker in Portland, Oregon
Role: Created logo and web site look using photos of homes and colors of the Northwest landscape as inspiration. Text and photography supplied by client.
Project: Company web site with product catalog
Client: Glass Alchemy — top manufacturer of borosilicate glass for artists
Role: Created web site when company launched in 2000. Maintained site content and managed updates (including two redesigns) through 2007. Contributed copy and photography as well as proofreading.
Project: Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery comic series identity
Client: Dark Horse Comics — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
Role: Created logo and type treatment for the covers of this comic series about a monster-fighting private detective. Placed cover images monthly for the five-issue series and the trade paperback collection.
Project: Star Wars®: Empire series identity
Client: Dark Horse Comics — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
Role: Created identity for this Star Wars comics series, which depicts events that took place during the Empire era. Logo needed to fit in with other Star Wars comic lines and needed to work on a variety of color backgrounds. Chose fonts from approved Star Wars font library.
Project: Crush comic book series identity
Client: Dark Horse Comics — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
Role: Used an existing typeface and altered it to create an identity for this comic series about a girl with who transforms into a monster and then back to her regular self.
Project: Strip Search identity and book design
Client: Dark Horse Comics — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
Role: Strip Search began as a weekly on-line comic strip contest. I designed the logo for the contest and then adapted the look when the winning comic strips were collected into a book.
Project: Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic series inside front covers
Client: Dark Horse Comics — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
Role: Created a new look for the inside front cover and letters pages for each four-issue mini-series including creation of background pattern, type selection and layout, and photo or illustration selection.
Project: Retail catalog
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: Redesigned 24-page biannual catalog providing a more clean and easy-to-read layout.
Projects: Dark Horse Comics section of Diamond Previews catalog and Dark Horse Custom Publishing brochure
Client: Dark Horse Comics — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
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.
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.
Project: Partner e-mail for 2009 holiday sale
Client: Klutz — popular children's book publisher
Role: Created HTML e-mail look to match web site look. Designed header surrounding navigation. Used existing photography and illustrations.
Project: Flash banner ad for 2008 holiday ad campaign running on a variety of web sites
Client: Klutz — popular children's book publisher
Role: Worked with team to storyboard. Created animation using existing illustrations.
Project: Flash banner ad for 2009 holiday ad campaign
Client: Klutz — popular children's book publisher
Role: Designed and created the animation using existing photograph and illustrations.
Project: Banner ads for Scholastic Parents web site
Client: Klutz — popular children's book publisher
Role: Used theme provided by client to design each banner. Pulled images from Klutz library of photographs.
Project: Banner ads for Klutz web site
Client: Klutz — popular children's book publisher
Role: Used theme provided by client to design each banner. Pulled images from Klutz library of photographs.