EXPLORE KATMAI
Poster and brochure, print.This was a sophomore year class assignment based around designing a poster for a national park. The focus was to celebrate an aspect of a park in the way WPA posters once had, but produced digitally and revitalized. After designing the poster, I was assigned the task of creating a complimentary park brochure using the Unigrid system.
I selected Katmai National Park, located in southern Alaska. At the time of this project I actually hadn’t heard of Katmai before outside of their annual Fat Bear Week, a celebration of the bears’ hibernation preparation.
Despite this being an early project, I’m still incredibly proud to show it to others. It’s a fusion of my design skills and my background in illustration. Someday I hope to visit Katmai National Park in person. Odds are, I’ll recognize a lot of the iconic sites I reviewed while preparing for this project.
My preparation for this project involved researching the park scenery and how best to paint it. This 2’x3’ poster captures the dynamic feeling I got from the park.
As a project, this poster was fairly process-heavy. My first drafts involved color selection and simple sketching. I think I knew my project was “ready” when I added the bit of red, seen in the final. It tied everything together.
As a project, this poster was fairly process-heavy. My first drafts involved color selection and simple sketching. I think I knew my project was “ready” when I added the bit of red, seen in the final. It tied everything together.
