Hello, my name is Shawn Schmidt, and I am a designer, illustrator, and photographer living in Vancouver, Washington.  As a lifelong creative, I strive to remain a student of craft, skill, and understanding. My skill set includes the latest cutting edge design software, such as Adobe Creative Cloud, but I often prefer to begin with pen and paper.

Some of my hobbies and inspirations include: outdoors, hiking, and people watching. I love to play the guitar, study music theory for composition and sound recording. I love animals of all types and I find my greatest fulfillment in being of service to others. I have been a member of AIGA since 2015. You can find me on Instagram, and Facebook.

Alderney Essential Oils

Client: Alderney Essential Oils
Role: Brand Identity System
Date: 2019

Alderney essential oils is a CBD company located on Alderney Island, UK, It was very important to the client that Alderney's unique story is represented in the brand. This was accomplished by researching the wealth of video, images and travel information available online. The people of Alderney are fun-loving, hard-working, resourceful, and have a strong sense of history.

With the concept of the sea and land, I created the "ALDERNEY A" logo mark which uses colors picked and inspired by images of the island itself. Using the mark and color palette I extended the visual story with textures and patterns. The brand extensions include social media, digital, and print advertising.

image forge

Client: IMAGE FORGE
Role: Branding and Marketing
Date: 2019 / 2021

IMAGE FORGE, is a case study of an agency with the purpose of studying advertising, marketing, and graphic design. The campaign, “cut through the noise" using highly saturated and glitched images that represent the noisy media environment, juxtaposing this noise is clear and concise typography communicating the idea that “in a noisy media environment IMAGE FORGE will help you to be seen”.

The brand extensions include social media, motion graphic advertising, print advertising, and a publication. IMAGE FORGE magazine contains curated articles and interviews about all things creative. This publication project highlights an easily consumed layout design, creative relationships between type and image, and on-brand advertisements.

motion graphics

A compilation of motion graphics works from 2019 to 2020.
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Some portions of this video were created as a case study I do not represent the band Ghost.

promotional

A graphical case study exercise looking at a local event. I do represent Firehouse Glass.

A publication image combing photo, text and image editing.

A promotional graphic for AIGA Portland event.

A  Lester Beal inspired splash poster for the annual parade of bands event in Hazel Dell Washington.

logo design