Lani Schreibstein, Graphic Designer

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 — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
Role: 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 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: 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 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.

Project: Star Wars®: Empire series identity
Client: Dark Horse Comics — third-largest comics publisher in the United States
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. 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.

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.

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.