ILLUSTRATION & GRAPHIC DESIGN BLOG: Karen Justl

BIO: Karen Justl is an illustrator and graphic designer. She holds an MDes (Masters of Design) from the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto, Ontario. She is a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba where she received her BFA Honors in Painting at The University of Manitoba. She is also an interdisciplinary visual artist researching caricature, facial expression, body language, illustration techniques and Freud's theories of slapstick humour & the uncanny. Her illustrations have been published across Canada in Applied Arts, subTerrain Magazine, Chesterfield, Kiss Machine, Herizons MB, Pilot Project and Crow's Toes. She teaches in the Digital Lab at the Toronto School of Art and in Continuing Studies at OCAD University.

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This is a Teaser for the Toronto School of Art's Fundraiser. I am working on a circus-theme print and interactive media package for them.
BEFORE= inspiration | AFTER= finished product.
a T-SHIRTdesigned for Marah’s 2011 Tour through Spain
The band’s two brothers, Serge and Dave Bielanko, have reunited for this tour! They wanted a T-Shirt deisgn based on a comic book popular in Spain.
Here is a link to the band's website:
MARAH

(above) original comic











(below) new Marah t-shirt for tour in Spain
Chianti Carnivore, project for LabSpace Studio, 2011


new business cards. laser-cut pine. gorgeous & photogenic.
Johnathan Gets Ready For His Party
a combination of watercolour and digital ink illo for you!

(re) collection project: challenge #3-reveal something hidden
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Western Esotericism & the Signs of the Beasts
inspiration click link

(re) collection project: challenge #2-make something old new.
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this morning: created recipe & baked quick bread | created illustration and layout of recipe card

Virtual Tear Sheets from my portfolio....
recent logos/business cards I designed for a consulting firm, two filmmakers, one food stylist and an animation festival in Calgary.
Here is the list of clients' URLs:

http://upsideconsulting.com
http://ryecinema.com/
http://www.dirtcityfilms.com/
http://abeworno.com/














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