Personal pitch for Legacy Bay Events Nonprofit
Illustration Final Project
When given a prompt from my school to make a poster-sized infographic teaching a viewer. I already had a plan on how to challenge myself. Since this was a project with creative freedoms I took the liberty to target it towards the medieval reenactors. Teaching them a skill that was an allegedly common practice during that era. At first, I wanted to have some history on the poster too. However, there is a lack of solid evidence in history as this was a skill taught verbally. So I opted on showing this skill in a visual format.
My largest challenge I knew would be the braided cord. I prefer to start on paper to get my ideas out quickly, then taking a picture of it and adjusting proportions; I move forward with the digital sketch. After getting my thumbnails made I got to making my own cord with the lucet.
After creating the rough aspects I wanted included into my poster I compiled them together with tape and took a picture to reference in my digital step. I am happy I was able to intertwine some of the borders with the cord too in the finished poster. Using a blackletter typeface helped age the poster as well after shading the poster similar to old yellowing parchment.
For my class in Illustration this was a well thought out piece. From this project I learned a new textile skill, and a few weeks later was approached to teach an immersive class from an eventing company. This was when I pitched my infographic, then in the summer of 2025 I was able to use this poster as a marketing piece for myself. If I were to make any adjustments it would be to add more texture if it were to be printed in color at full size.
Finished Iterations
