Graphic Design Portfolio
Christina Rycz
Poster created as part of a hand-lettering course during my MFA studies at the School of Visual Arts. The assignment was to design a poster around a chosen a letter (I decided on “R”) and experiment with the expression of this letter in as many forms and using as many mediums as possible.
Dynamic typography created as part of a production pitch.
Excerpt from layout design for The Jungle Book, written by Rudyard Kipling. Background illustration sourced from The Biodiversity Heritage Library: The natural history of plants; their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution V.2 (1895). Please click to enlarge.
Six page layout design built around the work of my favorite Bauhaus artist, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. The copy is a short essay that I wrote about his life and work. Please click to flip through.
Excerpt from layout design for a short story Flit, written by myself. Photograph and illustrations sourced from The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Bird homes. The nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds, Erd- und Süsswasser Gasteropoden. Beschrieben und Abgebildet von J.D.W. Hartmann ..., and Territory in bird life. Please click to enlarge.
Postcard design for my MFA thesis show at the School of Visual Arts. Shared illustrated typography credit with Vidhya Nagarajan. Please click to enlarge.
Book jacket for my MFA thesis project, Mila & Jasper and the Kettle Ghost.
Book jacket for Nestling, a 15ft accordion book project created during my MFA studies.
Book pitch created for Hourglass Press, laying out the concept and preliminary sketches for an accordion coloring book focusing on the ecology of the Giant Sequoia groves in the American Northwest. Please click to enlarge.
Layout sketch created for Hourglass Press to establish the chapter pacing of a nature-focused children’s activity book. Please click to enlarge.
Responsible for branding, promotional materials, and zine design and layout for Pthaloblack Collective. Created printed and bound zines for sale at Pthaloblack Collective’s table during MoCCAFest 2016. Featured above are examples of business cards and a selection of jackets created for the prompts Encounter, Spellbook, Relic, and Sequential. Please click to enlarge.
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