Meredith Burke Graphic Design & Illustration

This is an illustration that I did for the October 2008 edition of the UB Post. The illustration accompanies a pair of point/counterpoint-style opinion pieces about the presidential candidates’ views on energy sources. In case you’ve been living under a rock, that’s Senators Obama and Biden hanging onto a wind turbine on the left, and Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin riding an oil derrick on the right. Pretty simple, really. I didn’t want to show much partiality because it’s meant to illustrate both sides of the argument, so everyone looks pretty silly. 

This is yet another piece drawn and colored in Illustrator…I’m getting the hang of it.

This illustration and design was created for a postcard promoting NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland Fund’s upcoming variety show. (One of my friends is an intern for NPCMD and referred them to me.) The event is superhero-themed and the client asked me to design the card accordingly.

Due to print budget constraints, I was asked to work with only two spot colors. I chose gold and red because they are part of Maryland’s flag and recall the bright primary colors of old superhero comics. The limited amount of color proved to be an interesting challenge, but I must have succeeded because at first the client didn’t believe that it was only two colors! Definitely a fun project.

And there you have it - the final piece! This will be on the front of a (folded) 4.5″ x 5.75″ greeting card and sent to Baltimore Research’s clients for the Fourth of July. The tagline will riff on high gas prices, as you may guess. This one was a lot of fun, and I feel like my digital coloring skills are getting stronger with every project!