FREELANCE VISUAL DESIGN // CASE STUDY

American Bear

A friend approached me about managing a Tumblr she had for her most recent movie project about a cross-country trek that she and her boyfriend had taken while solely relying on the kindness of strangers for a place to sleep each night. In addition, they made planned stops at each city named Bear, of which there were 5. Managing the Tumblr was the start of a great working relationship that led to designing stickers, graphics for a motion designer to use as transition moments in their film, as well as a movie poster.

Skills gained

Utilizing existing assets

Most of the assets were provided to me, like the illustrations and photographs, but creating the map visuals in a way that the video/motion designer could easily use was all me!

Print file setup

This project was one of the first where I needed to learn how to set up a file for printing. Following templates and working with the printers in order to get my sticker and poster files in tip-top shape.

Working for friends

It's always harder working for friends, but I learned pretty quickly how to set and enforce boundaries for our working relationship that allowed our friendship to remain intact.

Stickers

To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key.

Videos

Movie theater poster