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Historical design with the title 'Le Caiman 1107'

Le Caiman 1107

The logo is intended to help the branding of a penthouse condo for short-term rentals (e.g. Airbnb). It is located in historic downtown Quebec City, Canada, 15-minute walking distance to the Old Port.

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Historical design with the title 'Viennese Jugendstil touch for Boho Quartier'

Viennese Jugendstil touch for Boho Quartier

A piece of Vienna we wanted in the logo, with a touch of modernity. The oxidized copper colors are inspired by the Viennese roofs, the architecture of the 1st district and the Viennese Art Nouveau movement. Thank you so much for this wonderful project, Viktoria! I felt at home :)

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Historical design with the title 'Rotterdam Coffee Co.'

Rotterdam Coffee Co.

Logo for a coffee company in the Netherlands. The concept is a combination of two famous landmarks in Rotterdam and a historical figure in the Netherlands: 1. De Hef Bridge 2. The Erasmus Bridge 3. Desiderius Erasmus

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Logo for D. L. George Historic Motorcars

Logo for D. L. George Historic Motorcars

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Ancient Deity character/mascot logo

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Historical design with the title 'Watson's Vets Club'

Watson's Vets Club

We are a 134 year old bar (1885) in Mount Shasta, CA under new ownership. We describe our historic bar as a museum by day, and night club at night. We are open to the public, 21 years and older. We are known for hosting live bands and DJ's on weekends. Despite our name, we DO NOT have any affiliation with the military/veterans and would like to avoid any indication that we do.

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Historical design with the title 'Main Street Plainfield'

Main Street Plainfield

The purpose of Main Street Plainfield is to develop and promote a healthy and prosperous downtown within the context of cultural and historic preservation.

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Historical design with the title 'The Strong Within us - WWI Historical Novel'

The Strong Within us - WWI Historical Novel

The Strong Within us

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Historical design with the title 'Historical Map for Novel'

Historical Map for Novel

Client wanted a historical map of Europe for his novel. The map had to be reasonably accurate yet still have a hint of style reflecting the period the book is set in (1500s). Buildings representing several towns the protagonist visited needed to be included, and they had to be correct for c.1500. Note: this was an initial run-through of the map. A later iteration had details added to Ireland, and some design tweaks.

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Historical design with the title 'Faebourne - Historical Romance'

Faebourne - Historical Romance

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Historical design with the title 'Book cover for "The Shadowing" by D.F. Lewis'

Book cover for "The Shadowing" by D.F. Lewis

This design was a layout proposal and was never published. It was made for a fictional story about the mystery of Edgar Allan Poe's death in 1849. I've recreated the atmosphere of that time, not only through the costumes of the characters but also with the dark and mysterious environment. The contrast between the intense lights and the shadows transmits the dramatic feeling that was required.

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Historical design with the title 'Denn Wir Waren Krieger - Fiction'

Denn Wir Waren Krieger - Fiction

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Historical brewery logo with roses and copper kettle

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Historical design with the title 'So much owed - An Irish World War II Story'

So much owed - An Irish World War II Story

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Historical design with the title 'Historical romance'

Historical romance

I tried to give this historical romance novel a fresher look with the idea of having the lighthouse's light fall over the title.

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Logo designs for Mercer Arms

Mercer Arms is the name of two boutique apartment buildings. Each building is unique in color, style, etc. They're located across the street from each other. "Mercer Arms" was an attempt to unify the two buildings under one name. The logo using building element with lineart style.

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Historical design with the title 'Create the next book or magazine cover for Amrit Chima'

Create the next book or magazine cover for Amrit Chima

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Historical design with the title 'Hooverville - Historical Romance'

Hooverville - Historical Romance

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Historical design with the title 'An Ignorance of means - Historical Romance'

An Ignorance of means - Historical Romance

A complex photomanipulation that resulted in a realistic depiction of a woman holding a string of pearls over a handwritten letter. My aim was to create a unique cover that absolutely fitted in the Historical romance genre.

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Historical design with the title 'The Shadow Witch'

The Shadow Witch

Web of Witches - Book three, but author Samantha Grosser.

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Create a vintage inspired logo for a cocktail bar and restaurant in Philadelphia

Create a vintage inspired logo for a cocktail bar and restaurant in Philadelphia

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Historical design with the title 'The Jump'

The Jump

Coffee Shop for fisherman

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Laudamus Ranch Logo Design

Classic & luxurious logo concept for Laudamus, a historic ranch in Malibu, CA. The black & white design is mature & sophisticated, with a vintage vibe to showcase the estates history from 1892.

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Logo for historic inn

Hand drawn , vintage logo for hotel

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Historical design with the title 'Community contest | Design a kick-ass book cover for a 2017 bestseller using Adobe Stock! 🏆'

Community contest | Design a kick-ass book cover for a 2017 bestseller using Adobe Stock! 🏆

The 'bardo' is a kind of Tibetan idea of purgatory. I imagine it as the cemetery where the ghosts reside, as well as a place in Lincoln's mind in his grief over the loss of his child, thus the old print of a tangle of trees. This book asks the question of how we can love when we, and what we love, are doomed to loss.

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Historical design with the title 'Historical romance'

Historical romance

The story revolves around the love affair between a young painter and a married woman, during the French Revolution. The woman's figure is a collage of many photo manipulated images in order to create the perfect heroine according to the author's vision.

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Historical design with the title 'Book Cover for Children Of Kings'

Book Cover for Children Of Kings

A third cover art for the same book from Eric made in western movie vibe. Early 19th century in what is now Bolivia and Argentina at the start of the South American Wars of Independence to free themselves from Spanish rule. Spain and the Aymara Indios are the two main bands that fight each other. And in the middle of it is Juana (the protagonist), a mother who just wants to keep her children safe, but gets more and more drawn into the conflict.

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Logo design for Unconventional Wisdom

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Logo design for cosmetics brand

Line-art logo design solution inspired by Aztec art.

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Historical design with the title 'Po Nagar Vietnamese wine label'

Po Nagar Vietnamese wine label

Wine bottle front and back label (for red and white) Imagery should reference Vietnamese highlands, simple life, organic, cham heritage (see wikipedia).

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Historical design with the title 'Wagon Trail Map'

Wagon Trail Map

Wagon trail map for an historic novel, based around the gold rush era. The client was uncertain which would look better, a faded land elevation background or a fully illustrated style. In the end I decided to provide both.

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Historical design with the title 'Process Diagram - Hill Country Prov. & Iron'

Process Diagram - Hill Country Prov. & Iron

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Historical design with the title 'Fairy Tales and Happy Endings'

Fairy Tales and Happy Endings

This is a Western/Historical Fiction/Literary Fiction/Tragedy. It is set in the 1870s, from Nebraska to the Wyoming Territory, during the fall and winter. It is about an orpaned senventeen-year-old girl who is lured across country by a criminal.

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Historical design with the title 'Brochure design for Aran Sweater Market'

Brochure design for Aran Sweater Market

Two fold DL sized brochure presentation of original Aran Sweater Market sweater, an important irish tradition.

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logo for Legendary Recipes

A website that features recipes from long-gone restaurants, hotels, resorts, cafeterias, and the like—even famous people—along with authoritative histories to go along with them.

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Historical design with the title 'Napoleonic War'

Napoleonic War

1 to 1 Projects

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Historical design with the title 'george washington steampunk'

george washington steampunk

george washington steampunk

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Historical design with the title 'Secrets In The Stars - illustrated book'

Secrets In The Stars - illustrated book

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Historical design with the title 'New Alexandria Foundation'

New Alexandria Foundation

Logo for New Alexandria Foundation heritage technology non-profit will publish heritage data about historical sites around the world.

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Historical design with the title 'Cover for 18th-Century Historical Fiction'

Cover for 18th-Century Historical Fiction

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Historical design with the title 'Spirit of the Essex'

Spirit of the Essex

Hand drawn maritime logo for whaling company located in Essex

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Illustrated logo for an online wine retailer

One more historical logo design concept. Continuing working on my engrave/woodcut illustration style.

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Historical design with the title ' Beneath a Veil of Madness'

Beneath a Veil of Madness

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Historical design with the title '1960's Inspired Book based on a true historical moment'

1960's Inspired Book based on a true historical moment

This is not a "war novel." It's not about blood and killing. It's about peace and escape from hell to an unknown. It's about taking chances and not knowing if you'll make it, and what kind of man you'll be at the end of that process. Uncertainty. As war rages in Vietnam, a group of American deserters holed up in Japan plot their escape with help from local peace activists. Their destination: Sweden. Based on a remarkable series of true events, Sweden takes readers on an exhilarating journey from the killing fields of Vietnam to a fogbound fishing port on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, with stops at a volcanic island in Japan's subtropical south and a student-occupied university campus in Tokyo along the way. Sweden is your destination to discover a part of American history you never knew.

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Vintage logo design

Vintage logo design custom typographical lettering

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Historical design with the title 'Cinémagine Alberta'

Cinémagine Alberta

Société Cinémagine de l'Alberta is a Francophone Non-Profit Organization whose missions are: "To increase awareness of Francophone culture through film of diverse origins and to provide film education to young and old through film." Cinémagine is 20 years old. Our society is at an important turning point in its history. We needs to keep up with the times, modernize and adapt to today's communications. For its 20th anniversary, Société Cinémagine de l'Alberta needs a new visual identity. At 20, you're still, more than ever, young and active. A new Logo and color codes, a graphic design in tune with the times is necessary. Whether a historical member's or a prospect, the new visual identity must evoke the world of cinema, the 7th art. The Provincial dimension, ALBERTA, is also important and must be taken into account.

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Historical design with the title 'Urban Legends City Quest'

Urban Legends City Quest

Urban Legends City Quest

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Historical design with the title 'Map for Fantasy Novel'

Map for Fantasy Novel

The client wanted a very specific illustration style, similar to a previous map they'd had done by another designer. This is set approximately 3,000 years ago. More work was done on this map in a 1-1 project. Check my Reviews list for the final map version.

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Historical design with the title 'India inspired book cover'

India inspired book cover

Book for anyone interested in the missionary breakthrough in Northern India. There are described the move of God among the 90 million Bhojpuri people of North India. The client wanted design with strong classic Indian colors and abstract pattern that is also reminiscent of India. I placed my own hand drawn pattern inspired by India on the cover.

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Historical design with the title 'The Bruce County Bookstore'

The Bruce County Bookstore

The Bruce County Bookstore

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Historical design with the title 'Elegant Booklet for Huber + Associates Roofing Company'

Elegant Booklet for Huber + Associates Roofing Company

They want to target custom-home owners, architects, and construction contractors, also keeping the vintage feeling in their tools as they're working in the roofing industry since 1974.

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New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau 100 year logo

Researched original New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau logo and signage. I used period typography and design elements along with simulated engraving styles popular in the past. The colors I chose remind me of New Mexico.

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Historical design with the title 'Chess Japan'

Chess Japan

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Historical design with the title 'Warwood Tool shirt design'

Warwood Tool shirt design

The design needed to reflect that company has the heritage on the tool making from the late 1800's era. Mainy the design needed to reflect the following phrases: MADE IN THE USA , HAND-FORGED TOOLS, BUILT TO LAST

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Historical design with the title 'Atmospheric design for Scottish historical fiction e-book cover'

Atmospheric design for Scottish historical fiction e-book cover

Atmospheric design for Scottish historical fiction e-book cover

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Historical design with the title 'Black Prince'

Black Prince

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Historical design with the title 'artwork for a history-themed podcast'

artwork for a history-themed podcast

artwork for a history-themed podcast

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Historical design with the title 'Map for fictional history novel'

Map for fictional history novel

The author wanted a Tolkien-esque sketched map style, black and white, but still easy to edit so it needed to be drawn using vector illustration software. The map has been developed from an earlier design which covered a different book's story line. It now includes more than twice the land area of the previous map. I added in a fanciful old damaged paper/hide frame, hinting at a treasure map style.

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Hand drawn logo for Vermont farm

Rental farm logo

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Historical design with the title 'Modernizing a historic church'

Modernizing a historic church

A traditional logo with a modern flair. Something the old timers will like and younger folks will think is cool.

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Historical design with the title 'For sale'

For sale

Historical novel for sale, available through 1 to 1 project.

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Vintage Villa Logo

Detailed vector drawing of historic houses with their main front characteristics!

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Historical design with the title 'Historical Book - WWII'

Historical Book - WWII

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Simple and Clean Logo design for a mobile app

Mobile app for liability waiver document management. Target audience is people who enjoy outdoor activities and own property in the country or on a lake.

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Historical design with the title 'Full book cover design for Glenn Hoge's "Unhittable"'

Full book cover design for Glenn Hoge's "Unhittable"

Full book cover design for Glenn Hoge's "Unhittable" about World War II legendary Japanese Battleship Haruna.

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Logo for Champernhayes Luxury Holiday Cottages

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Historical design with the title 'Red Mane'

Red Mane

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Historical design with the title 'Book Cover - Beyond The Black Earth'

Book Cover - Beyond The Black Earth

Book Cover

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Bold museum logo

The main goal of this design is to do a design in a minimalistic . CH wanted to see just one color active. I think that this design is very intuitive and easy to use.

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Historical design with the title 'Illustration for novel'

Illustration for novel

A vintage style illustration for an internal page in a novel. The client had a photo he'd been using and decided an illustration based on the photo would suit his historical novel better.

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Historical design with the title 'The Kiosk'

The Kiosk

Logo design for historical kiosk in New Jersey.

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logo for National Project

Logo for Canadian national project for historical incidence at World War II. In this design, I distressed Canadian flag with historic typewriter font and buildings and people incorporated into the distressed flag really captured the essence of the failure of the Canadian government during the internment and dispossession of their own people during the 1940s.

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Historical design with the title 'Vintage style Moving Company'

Vintage style Moving Company

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Historical design with the title 'Gavin Historical Bricks - Landing Page'

Gavin Historical Bricks - Landing Page

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Historical design with the title 'The Sugar Refinery'

The Sugar Refinery

Logo proposal for The Sugar Refinery.

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Historical design with the title 'Vintage style illustrations for a website'

Vintage style illustrations for a website

Vintage style illustration in digital etching/crosshatch technique for a website.

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cannon logo

Vintage logo incorporating American Civil War cannon and an oak tree

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Historical design with the title 'facts about negro'

facts about negro

well this contest was quite interesting for me. I did many options and frankly this one the best of them. client liked this in the very first attempt :) after few changes this was the winner :) few clients are very clear about their thoughts and brief and this client was one of them :)

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Historical design with the title 'artwork for a history themed podcast'

artwork for a history themed podcast

artwork for a history-themed podcast

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Historical design with the title 'Strategy and Tactics of the Mexican Revolution Book Cover'

Strategy and Tactics of the Mexican Revolution Book Cover

The expert Joe Lee Janssens examines the strategies formulated through the Revolution’s many twists and turns,

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Historical design with the title 'Baillet - Schröder'

Baillet - Schröder

Two noble family arms form one new coat of arms. I tried to make the best possible combination in which the characteristics of both family arms seamlessly merge into each other.

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Hand-drawn Ford Truck Logo Concept

Mature & feminine logo concept for Farm 12, a historic farm site rehabilitated into a community center that offers workforce development and job training for disadvantaged mothers with young children. The farm was founded in 1934 and the family farmers always drove red Ford trucks, so the design ties in this legacy. The classic, organic & sophisticated design conveys warmth and is “family-friendly” without being overly childish. For Sale :)

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Vintage town logo

Logo design for a historical town

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Logo and label for the Chilean wine

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Historical design with the title 'Map for historical fantasy novel'

Map for historical fantasy novel

A map for a historical fantasy novel set in the late middle ages. Client needed the map to work for an e-book as well as physical print material.

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Historical design with the title 'Happy author who received her dream book cover in one day! '

Happy author who received her dream book cover in one day!

This author has gone through multiple book covers prior to discovering 99 designs and asking me to design a cover for her. She stated, "I can't believe how easy and fast this was!" Her book discusses how a medieval Welsh poem and an epic Roman poem are related, so I utilized a Roman sword and a Celtic tree of life figure and married them into a type of logo to represent her book.

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Hand drawn logo for historic train depot

Old train depot turn rental property

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Historical design with the title 'Map for historical fantasy novel'

Map for historical fantasy novel

Revision on a previously made map for a repeat client - the map represents an area in Europe circa 500 BC. This revision was for the border, a wheat pattern was added.

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Historical design with the title 'Cartoon kids series characters'

Cartoon kids series characters

Cartoon characters

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Historical design with the title 'Retro Book cover'

Retro Book cover

A collection of interviews with Woodstock performers, crew, and a host of entertainment icons from the sixties and beyond. What did it feel like to be there? At Hendrix’s feet during the Star Spangled Banner.

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Historical design with the title 'Hand-drawn illustration for BrassTown mill'

Hand-drawn illustration for BrassTown mill

Hand-drawn illustration for use in packaging forms, letterhead design and other.

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Historical design with the title 'Map for historical fantasy novel'

Map for historical fantasy novel

Client wanted a traditional style historical map for a novel, keeping in style with previous maps drawn for the same book.

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$Historical design with the title 'Logo for a charitable business\website'$

Logo for a charitable business\website

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Historical design with the title 'Map for historical fantasy novel'

Map for historical fantasy novel

Map for historical fiction novel set in the Mycenaean era. Part of a series of maps all done in a matching style, covering various parts of the Mediterranean.

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Classical-Inspired Roman Wine Label for Clean Family Brand - Saint Bachis Winery

The idea was to make an original label that describes the history of the winery of the Saint Bachis family. Based on the project description, my concept is an example of the Roman wine god Bacchus. Illustrations on both sides are hand-drawn. The label exudes luxury and spirit from ancient times. The target audience would be the millenium generation. People who are not wine connoisseurs by saying, but are aware of what goes into their body and want to be healthy while enjoying themselves.

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