Chaz Vitale of Skeleton Key Tattoo asked me to design a business card for him. He expressed a desire to have the overall design bring to mind the old playbill styles of the old west, as well as vintage carnival advertisements. Chaz had a few color ...
ESTRELA Sustainability Consultants is an ecological conscious consulting firm located in Portland, Oregon. ESTRELA tailors a 'green' sustainability master plan for each business and organization they work with, that meets the abilities and needs of each respective client, in an effort to reduce our carbon ...
Celilo Natural Health Center is the Naturopathic practice of Dr. Orna Izakson ND, RH (AHG), located in Portland, OR. I was first contacted by Orna through a company that I occasionally do freelance work for, Chipboard Creative. This would be the second health-oriented practice I have ...
Not long ago I finished a portfolio web site for local photographer FuR Gebhardt. FuR is probably best described as an artist, since her work goes beyond photography and delves into glass work, in which she has created colorful, beautifully crafted pieces. You may visit ...
Here is another template I did for HostBaby.com. If you haven't seen my first one, you may view the write-up here. This time around I was asked to do a more minimalistic design, since a number of music artists had recently expressed wanting less 'designy' template ...
The Organization The Men's Resource Center & Women's Counseling Center provide respectful, effective counseling services to individuals, couples and families striving for safe and healthy relationships. The Design I wanted to try a different approach with this design. In my experience, organizations such as this, along with ...
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This project was a bit new for me – a UFO focused blog/news source, but I had some ideas churning around and was eager to get started. I felt it best to stay away from the typical sci-fi look, so there are no cheesy UFO images or alien faces in this design!
A few weeks ago I completed a design for Hostbaby.com. Hostbaby is web hosting company for musicians who want to focus on their music and leave the design up to someone else!
When I first began conceiving of the site, I imagined a group of cowgirls sitting around a campfire, telling stories & heating up food in a soup pot, so after a few stabs at campfire and cowgirl hat based designs, I decided to try one with a pot. I sketched out an idea, pulled it into Illustrator and finished it off.
Deirdre O’Lavery
Graphic Designer
Portland, OR
