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 — comic book publisher
Description: 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.

Projects: Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys Figure Set, lunch box, wrist bands and post card
Client: Dark Horse Comics — comic book publisher
Description: 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.

Project: Gary Taxali’s Sweetshop Toys stationery set
Client: Dark Horse Comics — comic book publisher
Description: Selected the artwork, designed the stationery, envelopes and belly band. Chose the images to use as stickers. Artist’s logo was provided.

Project: pdxwords bike and bumper stickers
Client: Myself
Description: Designed 10 stickers with Portland-related statements which were screen printed and sold online and at stores and cafes.

Project: Made with Heart logo
Client: Stephanie W. — artisan
Description: Logo design for etsy store and business cards.

Project: Get Lost!! Running, Racing logo
Client: Get Lost!! Running, Racing — nonprofit sporting event producer
Description: Participants in Get Lost!! events use a map to navigate through courses, both in nature and urban settings. The chosen logo shows the fun and challenging nature of the events — the athletes constantly face directional choices throughout their course and must make the right choice or "Get Lost!!"

Project: Academic book covers
Client: Oxford University Press — publisher
Description: Images were provided by client.

Project: 2011 Annual Report
Client: Super Stars Literacy — nonprofit that boosts early literacy and social/emotional development in low performing students through a daily after school program.
Description: Designed 12-page Annual Report including graphs and tables. Used photos and brand colors provided by client.
see the full report

Project: TableTopics catalog
Client: TableTopics — maker of conversation starter cards and party items
Description: Redesigned the 12-page catalog at a new size. Created a fresh new look, which displays one of the cards for each set.
see inside the latest catalog

Project: Email images
Client: Klutz — children's book publisher
Description: Used theme and books chosen by client to design each email promo image. Pulled images from Klutz library of photographs.

Project: Online ad
Client: Klutz — children's book publisher
Description: Used kid photos specified by client.

Project: Klutz homepage graphics
Client: Klutz — children's book publisher
Description: Added holiday elements to navigation. Designed Fridge of Fame identity. Produced main homepage promotion images.

Project: Retail catalog
Client: Klutz — children's book publisher
Description: Redesigned 24-page catalog providing a clean and easy-to-read layout while maintaining a kooky sense of fun that the Klutz brand is known for.
see inside the latest catalog

Project: Star Wars®: Empire series identity and book design
Client: Dark Horse Comics — comic book publisher
Description: 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: Strip Search identity and book design
Client: Dark Horse Comics — comic book publisher
Description: Strip Search began as a weekly online comic strip contest. Designed 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 — comic book publisher
Description: 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: Dark Horse Comics section of Diamond Previews catalog and Dark Horse Custom Publishing brochure
Client: Dark Horse Comics — comic book publisher
Description: 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 — manufacturer of borosilicate glass for artists
Description: Took photos of glass art pieces and designed all items.

Project: Real estate web site
Client: Jim Britt, Real Estate Broker
Description: Created web site design using photos of homes and the landscape of Palm Springs. Text and photography supplied by client. Bright colors and images were used to evoke the flavor of the area. I created an animation of the realtor that plays when the home page loads.
see proposed home page designs | go to coolhomesinpalmsprings.com

Project: Informational web site
Client: Silver Bullet Productions — nonprofit film education production company in New Mexico
Description: 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.
go to silverbulletproductions.com