Deborah Burdette
Graphic Designer & Illustrator
Selection of projects using Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and traditional media
Design & Illustration Work
A 12x18 poster designed to profile a faculty member from the new College of Arts at GSU. I interviewed printmaker Matthew Sugarman.
This is a spread from a magazine I designed as a class project on Atlanta's architecture.
Class Project: Design a poster using Illustrator for a festival in the city. 12 x 18 in
Class Project: Design two flyers for an event with the exact same content on each. Create 5 levels of hierarchy. Version 1 must use only one typeface, 1 font size, and one color. Version 2 can use more than one typeface, font size, and color.
This was an illustration project, I created a caricature of Steve Carell and put it into a magazine design. I chose MAD because I felt it fit the context and illustrative style.
This was a digital painting in Photoshop, using a restricted color palette. It is one in a series of 3 paintings.
This was a digital painting in Photoshop, using a restricted color palette. It is the 2nd in a series of 3 paintings.
This was a digital painting in Photoshop, using a restricted color palette. It is the last in a series of 3 paintings.
This poster was made in Adobe Illustrator as a personal project for the poster sales for the GSU design club.
Acrylic Painting, ~5x5 feet.
Graphite pencils on smooth bristol.
Company Rebranding Project: Pig 'n Chik
Redesign an existing company's logo, render in color and black and white. Present both versions 6x6in and 1x1in to demonstrate scalability.
Create a stationery set to build the language of the company. Letterhead and business card fronts/backs.
Create a stationery set to build the language of the company. Envelope and App Icon.
Create a flyer for an event that the company would host. Create a self-folding mailer design and write the copy for its contents.
Create the copy and design a series of three advertisements for the company. I chose to create three magazine spreads.
Create the copy and design a series of three advertisements for the company. I chose to create three magazine spreads.
Create the copy and design a series of three advertisements for the company. I chose to create three magazine spreads.
Create a product that is specific to the company chosen to rebrand. I created a set of labels for three different barbecue sauces as a gift set. Attached to each was a small booklet with instructions for a recipe using the particular sauce.
Type Specimen Booklet: Set in Perpetua
This is the first spread when opening the book.
Spread 2 of the booklet. The project required we notate the different point size and style used a certain number of times per spread.
Spread 3 of the booklet. Each spread is 10 inches in width and 5 inches in length.
Spread 4 of the Booklet. Descriptions of classes of honeybees.