sarah

Dr. Marlen Wesctott

2011-03-28T23:24:00.000-07:00

Designing/branding/package for a new beer my friend Jessica Rogers and I created called Dr. Marlen Westcott's.

Stop the Motioning

2011-03-28T23:15:00.000-07:00

Here's a short stop motion I did for my expressive typography class last semester. The Background is a large format print of a photo I shot while on a mini road trip with a friend (shot with my D80 - 17-85mm lens.. nothing fancy). I used cut card stock for the type and cut a buffalo out of a national geographic (thanks ocad library!). The 'water' is the words 'mississipi river' printed on blue cardstock in various faces, cut out in strips. The eyes were illustrations/hand rendered type I scanned and brought into InDesign where I then layed out the various stages of movement. I printed them on newsprint and cut out each one. Set up my tripod over the photo and after many squats this is what I ended up with. Enjoy!

Buffalo - Mountain Man from Sarah Rafter on Vimeo.

Coffee Essentials

2011-03-23T23:15:00.000-07:00

Did some coffee illustrations for Acquired Taste last week. Fooled around with a few variations. Enjoy.

Thesis Proposal Booklet

2010-11-30T14:59:00.000-08:00

With the advancement of technology, designers are becoming more and more reliant on it to create their designs. With technical perfection easily attained, we are bombarded every day by perfect type, clear images, and simple minimalist designs. As part of a newer generation of designers, I feel we have no appreciation for the painstaking ways designers worked in the past; we’re accustomed to the immediacy of designing on a computer. Rapid production and limitless design solutions can blur the creative process and final creation. How is it that a profession so rich in history has in the past few decades entirely abandoned any sort of historical reference in its works? I propose a look back at the history of design and creating new designs that usurp not simply the technology that is available to us today, but also processes long left alone or forgotten. In the spirit of the Arts & Crafts movement, I would also like to advocate a ‘truth to materials’ and traditional craftsmanship. I will be designing as a reaction against the styles that have developed out of contemporary machine-production. William Morris used a press to create his books and in that same spirit I don’t plan on abandoning the use of any sort of technology, rather, I will use it to enhance the methods used in antiquity. I would like to look back at the history of the trade and revive the designer as artist. With a nod to contemporary DIY movements, I want to demonstrate true craftsmanship within my designs. I want to elevate the status of contemporary designers. In doing so I hope to also shift the perception of new media and technology by using it more as an expressive artistic medium instead of simply a tool or means to an end.

bread.

2010-11-30T14:47:00.000-08:00

Jessica's hand writing.

Illustrations by yours truly.

Jessica and I created these lovely little bread packages for a make-belief brand "bread".

Advanced Type Posters

2010-10-23T16:36:00.000-07:00

A couple of posters I did for type class.. after many compromises these are what I finally created. I included one of my originals (the news gothic poster in grey) and wanted to show some of the hand-rendered/fun type i'd originally created for them. which didn't get used. *sigh*

Chuck Ortiz

2010-08-23T14:12:00.001-07:00

My Editor-in-Chief asked me to illustrate a portrait of him to use for social networking. We're toying with the idea of me potentially illustrating the rest of the staff as well, either way this was fun!

5 ways to keep it real.. Italo style.

2010-08-23T14:05:00.000-07:00

Illustration I did for an article on italian cuisine. The title was '5 ways to keep it real: Italo style" so I drew a hand holding out it's five digits while sprinkling some basil on a bowl of delicious pasta. I did two different color ways, but I found the orange hand worked best. omnom.

DOTPR

2010-08-03T15:04:00.001-07:00

My friend is starting her own pr company in sunny LA and she asked me to create her identity. Here's the final logo we decided on and some sample web pages I've created for her.

Cuddle Timez.

2010-08-03T14:54:00.000-07:00

I was asked to create a narrative for my first attempt at silkscreen in general print last fall. I decided to show a make-belief fur re-growth formula at work. These are some of the drawings I created for the prints using simple pen & ink.

Letterpress Final Project

2010-08-03T13:27:00.000-07:00

These are the drawings I used to make polymer plates for my final project for letterpress last semester. I'll throw the final prints up here once they're unpacked. I printed them on newsprint with a translucent white as the background of the hand and some of the text, along with handset type defining the correlating word.

The morning Benders.

2010-08-03T13:21:00.001-07:00

Typography assignment last semester where we were asked to create artwork for individual songs off the same album to be placed in Itunes.

Chroma & Serenade

2010-04-07T17:01:00.000-07:00

Silk screen and lino and watercolor, oh my!

2010-01-25T19:19:00.000-08:00

My final project for general print last semester.. I made a digital collage which I then silkscreened, I cut the ampersand out of lino (first time doing lino, not bad?).. theeeen added watercolor and ink details, enjoy.

Whimsical?

2010-01-21T15:39:00.000-08:00

Canadian Owl Stamp

2009-12-16T15:19:00.000-08:00

House & Home.

2009-11-15T17:23:00.001-08:00

Typography 3 assignment: We were given two articles from house & home and had to design them under the same restrictions given to their designers. We used their templates as well as their fonts. Here's what I managed to come up with, enjoy.

how to:

2009-10-22T16:48:00.000-07:00

Project for Design 3, I had to show how to use an object in five steps. I chose to show how to make a scarf into a hat. enjoy.

typeface report revised.

2009-04-13T15:35:00.001-07:00

wtf is ocad?

2009-03-20T19:41:00.000-07:00

So this week I threw in some designs for the redesigning of OCAD swag. Here they are. Also, I am fully aware I'm obsessed with budesbahn and I'm trying REALLY hard not to design with it... it has proved much more difficult than one might have thought. What does a designer do when they have a love affair with one font? download thousands more. I have been on a spreeeee.. one of my new favorites is blocked (no idea who it's by.. it doesn't say.. odd)..could never ever work for body copy but I'm not even concerned with that right now... that's right.. said it.. eff legibility. Let the minions work to read. haha, kidding... not really. Anyways, enjoy?

miam.

2009-03-15T12:32:00.001-07:00

les oiseaux.

2009-03-13T07:54:00.001-07:00

sometimes add makes you more productive. yay!

shoo cont'd.

2009-03-09T21:31:00.000-07:00

business card created for 'shoo'.. and continuation of our earlier branding project. Coming up will be a four page spread, fun fun fun.

headers.

2009-03-06T11:35:00.001-08:00

Just out of boredom. enjoy.

saved soul.

2009-02-24T13:02:00.000-08:00

I designed this logo and package for a 'green' shoe company.

look.

2009-02-12T12:21:00.000-08:00

I had to make 25 designs after the word 'look'. I decided to just show everyday things you look at, and place the word where you look. Here are a few I liked.Oh, I added color after the fact, it seems all second year assignments involve no color. boo.

black and white.

2009-01-27T15:06:00.000-08:00

Working with a lot of restriction forces you to be more creative. Here are some black and white posters I did for my year 2 typography class.

asterisk ampersand ?

2009-01-27T14:58:00.000-08:00

imperfect, but cool.

2009-01-27T14:57:00.000-08:00

soap.

2008-05-30T10:37:00.001-07:00