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Custom Type Illustrations for Studio Mathewes

By Cara McKinley | Published: June 27, 2010
Studio Mathewes not only captures beautiful images for their clients, they also do a great job of following up with clients after the work is done. In keeping with the flourishing-type motif established by the Studio Mathewes logo, I created these two hand-drawn type illustrations for use on greeting cards or in email correspondence.’Ever After’ [...]
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College of Business Holiday Cards

By Cara McKinley | Published: January 3, 2010
The College of Business at U of I needed holiday cards for Thanksgiving and New Year’s, and wanted something that would help bring the college to a more modern-business reputation. Solid bright colors and matte metallics were used with helvetica and minimalist illustrations to create a clean and sophisticated design that can say ‘Happy Holidays’ [...]
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Cover Design for the 2006 Fall/Winter Issue of the Ninth Letter

By Cara McKinley | Published: January 3, 2010
The Ninth Letter is a literary publication published twice a year as a collaboration between the English and Art & Design departments at the University of Illinois. Much of the writing in the 2006 Fall/Winter edition had a feeling of surreality or a struggle of the characters to define their reality. The below cover concept [...]
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Illustration for Short Fiction in the 2006 Fall/Winter issue of Ninth Letter

By Cara McKinley | Published: January 3, 2010
I created a couple spreads of artwork for a short fiction titled ‘Apples Could Make You Laugh’ in the Fall/Winter 2006 edition of the Ninth Letter. The story tells of a desperate office worker obsessing over a female coworker who doesn’t return the feelings. The reader can’t be sure if the encounters described by the [...]
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