ERIK A. EVENSEN
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Samples are from courses in graphic design, digital imaging, and typography taught at the University of Wisconsin–Stout and Ohio State University.
Project: Book Jacket Design
Class: Illustration Design | UW–Stout
This advanced project requires students to produce an illustration-forward dust jacket for a public domain book of their choice, visualizing elements from the book's narrative. 
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Project: Book Jacket Design
Class: Intro to 2D Digital Imaging | UW–Stout
​This foundations-level project requires students to research a leading figure in their major field of study and create a book jacket for a fictional biography. Students are required to synthesize their semester's education in digital imaging software, using raster images, vector art, and typographic layout.
Alex Van Keulen / Frida Kahlo
Brandi Ellenbecker / Sarah Parmenter
David Nelson / Michael Bierut
Grace Raddenbach / Glen Keane
Joshua Kemmer / Massimo Vignelli
Mariah Zegers / David Carson

Project: Color History Posters
Class: Color Studio | UW–Stout
In this assignment, students are tasked with researching a notable figure, movement, or topic in the history of color within art and design and presenting the “ten most interesting things to know” about them. inspired by Gabe Tippery
Bridget Riley by Katherine Bosworth
Alvin Lustig by Katie Schmidt
Op Art by Helen Anderson

Project: Typographic History Posters
Class: Intro to 2D Digital Imaging | UW–Stout
​In this foundations-level project, students produce informative posters to explain both the historical development and formal idiosyncrasies of an assigned typeface. The class arranges the posters in chronological order to provide historical and technological context to class critique. inspired by Paul Nini
Anna Busch, Blackletter
Joseph Boettcher, Avenir
Adam Toth, Baskerville
Rachel Kothe, Gotham
Nate Miller, Caslon
Rachel Verdeja, Archer
Kevin Kalmon, Garamond
Grace Raddenbach, Georgia
Tory Dunker
Megan Geurts
Justin Schwarting, Officina
Cole Deuman, Caslon

Branding the Oaklawn Harmony Centre
In this assignment, students were tasked with a service learning consultation project with the Oaklawn Harmony Centre, a local non-profit facility housing non-profits, startups, and educational facilities, with strong ties to the university community. Samples to the right include branding proposals for the facility and its related clients.
Beaupre, Bergquist, Figueroa, Holm, Ostertag, Werner
Hartleben, Sweeney, Mulvihill, Haywood, Anderson, Timmerman
Bosworth, Burge, Hoover, Johnson, Kyseley, Pedersen
Blume, Ellsworth, Schmidt, Wengelewski, Zaske, Zelhofer
Project highlights from Typographic Design | The Ohio State University
This class serves as an introduction to the knowledge and skills of typographic design and its corresponding aesthetic, functional, and technological applications and utilizations. It is meant to provide students with exposure to the principles and techniques needed for effective uses of typography in a variety of applications, contexts, and with a variety of software. The course also begins with a historic movable type workshop unit with Bob Tauber at Logan Elm Press and the OSU Center for the Book Arts. 
Historical typography workshop at the OSU Center for the Book Arts at Logan Elm Press
Historical typography workshop at the OSU Center for the Book Arts at Logan Elm Press
Historical typography workshop at the OSU Center for the Book Arts at Logan Elm Press
Ashley Vanzant / Letterform Exercises
Gabriella Ciccola / Letterform Exercises
Gabriella Ciccola / Letterform Exercises
Kellie Conrad / Letterform Exercises
Lilli do Rosario, expressive type exercise
Lilli do Rosario, expressive type exercise
Kellie Conrad, hierarchy exercise
Shanchun Yu, hierarchy exercise
Robin McAfee, typographic poster 1
Robin McAfee, typographic poster 2
Robin McAfee, typographic poster 3
ERIK A. EVENSEN
DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR,
GRAPHIC NOVELIST, EDUCATOR
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