This document provides examples of graphic design work from Katarina Countiss' portfolio from 2012. It includes logos, website headers, illustrations, WordPress templates, and print designs. The logos were created for class projects and commissions, conveying messages about nature, luxury, and hipster culture. Website headers used collage and geometric shapes to represent topics like travel, science, and writing. Illustrations included pen and ink drawings for Christmas cards and a webcomic. WordPress templates featured cats, science, and a cartoon character. Print designs included posters for music festivals and operas with vibrant colors and paper textures.

1. KATARINA
COUNTISS
PORTFOLIO 2012

2. KATARINA LOGOS
COUNTISS
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1. Sutherland Creative
3. Imperial Motors 5. Mouse’s Book Cafe
Class project Commission for a friend Class project
“This logo was inspired by Avatar. The “I wanted to give this client a “Hipsters. We got to pick the audience
client wanted something informal unique logo. Even though it’s for for this assignment, and I decided it
with script. My biggest challenge was an automotive business, I wanted would be so fun to draw a mouse with
trying to make something tribal look to convey, rather than speed, a glasses.”
professional.” sense of luxury and emporium.”
Clearmist Chicago Blues Festival
2. Commission for a friend
4. Class project
“Clearmist’s marketing strategy is to “I like the nostalgia of blues. Playing
play up their environment-friendly that aspect up with a hand-painted
message. This is a automotive anti-fog component seemed very natural.”
spray.”

3. KATARINA WEBSITE
HEADERS
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PandaProse Threadblair
1. Pandaprose.wordpress.com
3. Threadblair.wordpress.com
Personal project Commission for a friend
“I enjoy using collage for headers to “I collaged photographs of this
show the variety of the contents of blogger’s travels with his favorite
the website. In this case, it was a blog colors and motifs from topics he
dedicated to creative writing about writes.”
pandas, so it had to be.”
Sammy Witness Science for Artists
2. Sammywitness.com
4. Personal project
Commission for a friend
“My goal with this blog was to show
“Using some imagery from her songs, how beautiful science is. Using
this banner connotes the singer’s different fractals and other natural
playful side.” geometric s shapes, I created this crisp
and slightly off balance banner.

4. KATARINA ILLUSTRAT
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Christmas Card Yoks with Cake
1. Pen and ink
3. Adobe Illustrator, pen tool
4. Time like a Goldfish
Pen and ink
Self-Promotion Personal work Class project
“The night before Christmas made “This webcomic of mine as a “The assignment was to do spot
with pen nib and ink. Something ‘supercute’ aesthetic. Each illustrations for an article in the
quirky since Christmas is so done” illustration is part eye-candy, part NewYorker. David Eagleman wrote a
puzzle. Who put that cake on his piece about the perception of time and
House butt? Will that person be mad used the goldfish analogy to describe
2. Acrylic paint because it’s delivery guy took a how moments trigger different time
Personal work taste?.” signatures.”
“The geometric nature of the house
spoke for itself . I just added the paint.
I wanted to convey the sentimentality
that comes with house portraits, the
effect that differentiates them from
real estate ads.”

5. KATARINA WORDPRESS
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Ment Cat Science for Artists Mr.Yoks
1. Katikati.wordperss.com
3. Scienceforartists.wordpress.com
4. Mryoks.com
Personal blog Personal work Personal work
“I know that black shows better on “I’m inspired by the overlap “I made this character based off of a
white text than the other way around, between science and art, an stuffed animal. The simplicity of the
but I wanted to convey the idea of intersection where visual thinking webcomic, in my mind at least, relates
Basement Cat. The idea of the mind is praised. It’s imperative for each to the hope and promise that a blank
being a dark place and then products article to have an illustration.” piece of paper is given to a child. And
of the imagination giving it color and the minimalist lines of the character,
lightness.” Yoks’ body. I wanted it to be accessible.
PandaProse
2. Pandaprose.wordpress.com
Personal work
“This was an online campaign to
encourage some fun randomness. I
wanted to keep the look simple and to
the point– pandas.”

6. KATARINA PRINT
DESIGN
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Chicago Blues Festival Peter Behrens Frederica Von Stade
1. 11x17’’ poster
3. 17x11’’ poster with 3-d paper
4. 17x11’’ poster
Class project elements Class project
Class project
“Hot pink was an accident. I was “The assignment called for an
making a colored sketch at a friend’s “The parameters of the imaginary event: opera at a dive bar.
house and they didn’t have a lot of assignment was inspiring. It The pencil effect hints at artsy dim light
color choices, but then I liked it. The could have depth, the that the Twilight Exit emanates..”
color has a lot of ‘nightlife’ energy.” teacher said. Considering the
subject of my poster was an
Laura Marling architect, I experimented 5. Set of Book Covers
2. CD case cover with folding paper until I had
6x9’’ book covers
Class project
Class project some sections I liked.”
“Inspired by birds.”
“Her morose themes for this album
influenced me to twist the sweetness
of the flower during the photoshoot.”

7. KATARINA CONTACT
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Email address Phone Number Website
1. katarinacountiss@gmail.com
3. 360-509-4935
5. Countissarts.com
“I check my email five or more times “That’s a Bremerton “I’m probably going to update
a day. The internet is a character in Area Code, in case you this in the next year or two. My
the movie of my life. I’d cast him as were wondering.” work is developing to reflect my
Johnny Depp if I could.” graphic design ambitions.
Twitter Home Address
2. @MentCat
4. 1208 E Shelby St. #A
Seattle, WA 98102
“I’m still not sure if Twitter is worth
the effort, but in this day and age, it’s “I like my neighborhood. I am near the
worth trying everything.” water. It is very soothing. I think it
affects my design for the better.”