Kristin Elaine is a graphic designer, creative problem solver & visual storyteller living in Lenoir, N.C.
The Drake Rayden Foundation raises awareness for NKH, fights for better treatment, and supports desperately needed research to change the lives of children around the world living with NKH. I and a team of designers, coders, and web specialists rebranded the foundation and created a remarketing web campaign as well as branding and advertising for the First Annual DRF Open Charity Tournament.
A brand identity and logo design for an online printing start up with the motif of unlucky symbols, namely black cats.
Promotional mascots and logo marks for Tilled’s semi-annual company-wide hackathon. Tilly the Toolbox & Fizz the Juice, the first iteration of the mascots was designed for the June 2024 Build Week alongside designer Nina Aragon. Cosmo the Rocket was designed for the March 2025 Build Week.
A personal design project, my goal with this work was to reference vintage post card designs in my holiday card for 2024.
Power to the voter! A poster created as a part of AIGA’s “Get Out The Vote” campaign aimed at encouraging young people to vote. The poster stylistically evokes the look and feel of the youth protests and counter culture of the 1960s and 70s.
This project, alongside the creative team at DOM360, worked to create digital and print elements created for Toyota's Chicago Region Black Friday promotional event.
"Construir Algo" Build Something! A skate deck design created for an event with AIGA Charlotte and Industry Charlotte to be displayed in Industry Charlotte's gallery space. I was inspired by sugar skulls and tattoo illustration to create this piece
A poster created for Winthrop University’s Dance Theatre 2016 Performance. Conceptually, I worked to show the variety and unique abilities of the dancers in the Theatre and Dance showcase, as well as show a preview of what would be in the showcase. I wanted the poster to be fun, eye-catching, and colorful.
A re-branded logo and identity system for the Winthrop Department of Design. My team, made up of three design students - myself, Wesley Fry, and Katie Reynolds, worked to create promotional materials to recruit potential students.
Rhapsody in Blue, composed by George Gershwin, brought jazz from night clubs into concert halls. This poster, showcasing LTF Iro Sans by Type Together, seeks to portray the feeling of the iconic jazz masterpiece.
A redesigned cover for a childhood classic about a little girl with a ribbon and some awesome powers. The ribbon style text is inspired by the red ribbon Matilda wears in her hair and the blue field is inspired by the blue that she is most frequently depicted wearing. I wanted the cover to be simple and sweet like the young protagonist.
Astro is inspired by the retro-futurism of the 1950s and 60s. Astro has a reactive color scheme and features a varied character set of basic, bolt and ray gun characters.