glitschka studios | illustrative designer » Iconography http://www.vonglitschka.com The Pursuit of Creative Excellence Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:36:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Good Eats http://www.vonglitschka.com/2010/04/02/good-eats/ http://www.vonglitschka.com/2010/04/02/good-eats/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:58:21 +0000 vonglitschka http://www.vonglitschka.com/?p=1494
Project: Brand Character Development Client: Bon Mangez Art Director: Dickie Adams An entrepreneurial client contacted Glitschka Studios about developing a new approach to syndicated food journalism. We love to cook up original creative recipes so we put on our conceptual chef hats and got to work. We first developed a character called “Bon Mangez.” The name is French, “Bon” [...]]]>
Project: Brand Character Development
Client: Bon Mangez
Art Director: Dickie Adams

An entrepreneurial client contacted Glitschka Studios about developing a new approach to syndicated food journalism. We love to cook up original creative recipes so we put on our conceptual chef hats and got to work.

We first developed a character called “Bon Mangez.” The name is French, “Bon” meaning “Good” and “Mangez” meaning “Eat.” Bon is a snarky but fair food critic personality the public will enjoy, and serves as a syndicated platform that localized writers can license and use to do restaurant reviews for print or online.

We also designed a fun and unique approach to the rating system, mustaches. And the hierarchy follows the guidelines set forth by the Association of Food Journalists.

“Bon Mangez” Brand Logo


“Bon Mangez” Character and Rating System Icons


First Run Publication

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Project: Game Avatar Icons Client: Upper Deck Company Art Director: Brian Bateman Huntik™ is a roll playing game produced by Upper Deck Company. Each character card in the set needed a custom avatar icon designed for it. Simplicity is key when developing iconography. So being able to bake down complex character attributes so they work as a simplistic one [...]]]>
Project: Game Avatar Icons
Client: Upper Deck Company
Art Director: Brian Bateman

Huntik™ is a roll playing game produced by Upper Deck Company. Each character card in the set needed a custom avatar icon designed for it.

Simplicity is key when developing iconography. So being able to bake down complex character attributes so they work as a simplistic one color quickly read piece of art can be challenging.

Unfortunately due to the economy Upper Deck Company has now shut down their entertainment division and this killed the project before it ever saw the light of day.

Avatar Icons – Jericho & Midnight Rook


Avatar Icons – Vigilante & Wildwood Druid


Avatar Icons – Pendragon & Marauder


Avatar Icons – Caliban & Harlekin


Avatar Icons – Divine Kagami & Arc 2

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Project: Non-Profit Identity Client: Tapestry Church Art Director: Austin Powell Glitschka Studios services aren’t limited to mere commerce driven businesses. We enjoy working with non-profits to provide design and marketing solutions that will help them reach their goals as well. Tapestry Church is a progressive ministry that understands the culture they exist in and needed a new identity that [...]]]>
Project: Non-Profit Identity
Client: Tapestry Church
Art Director: Austin Powell

Glitschka Studios services aren’t limited to mere commerce driven businesses. We enjoy working with non-profits to provide design and marketing solutions that will help them reach their goals as well.

Tapestry Church is a progressive ministry that understands the culture they exist in and needed a new identity that would reflect their core principles better.

With each project we define an appropriate visual aesthetic that fits the client. Tapestry Church wanted to get away from the old stodgy visual past and move into a new clean and modern future with their identity. We accomplished this while still accurately reflecting their purpose statement derived from a Bible verse that says:

“I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God.”

Our client was so happy with their new branding that they asked us to design another new identity for a separate ministry called “Kiddie Garden PreSchool” as well.

Whether you’re a commercial business or a small non-profit we can equip your vision so you can succeed.

Church Identity


Business Card


Ministry Icons: Real | Reaching | Relevant | Relational | Really


Church Identity – Format 1 | Format 2


Repeat Pattern


Business Card



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Project: Continuous Line Illustration Client: Think Pepper Art Director: Pepper Wunch My client on this project was a small business owner who specializes in marketing. She requested clean continuous line illustrations that she could integrate into her web site to reflect her own personality and style. Creating art that is encapsulated within one continuous line is challenging. And as [...]]]>
Project: Continuous Line Illustration
Client: Think Pepper
Art Director: Pepper Wunch

My client on this project was a small business owner who specializes in marketing. She requested clean continuous line illustrations that she could integrate into her web site to reflect her own personality and style.

Creating art that is encapsulated within one continuous line is challenging. And as you can see it’s not an ironclad rule but a general stylistic premise we operate under at Glitschka Studios. This style works well for a very broad range of clients and product types and we’d love to draw up some ideas for your next project too.

Laptop Lady and Snowshoeing Illustrations


Office Icons

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Project: Corporate Identity Client: New Modern Science Art Director: Chris Hahn At Glitschka Studios we enjoy working with all our clients, but when it comes to small business owners we have a passion in helping them succeed. We believe a strong, well conceived, and executed branding is the cornerstone for effective marketing no matter how small or large [...]]]>
Project: Corporate Identity
Client: New Modern Science
Art Director: Chris Hahn

At Glitschka Studios we enjoy working with all our clients, but when it comes to small business owners we have a passion in helping them succeed. We believe a strong, well conceived, and executed branding is the cornerstone for effective marketing no matter how small or large your company may be.

New Modern Science is a unique name for a unique business model. The owner Chris Hahn has a diverse range of creative skill sets he brings to the lab, whether it’s producing Music, Shooting Video, Developing Web, Directing Print, or Consulting Social Media.

New Modern Science manages and orchestrates teams of creatives to produce solutions for a broad range of clients. So we decided the tone of this brand should be vibrant and fun, but still sophisticated and clean.

Working in a vintage robot as the brands mascot was a nice bonus.

Corporate Identity – Vertical Format


Corporate Identity – Horizontal Format


Business Card


Secondary Badge Graphic | Service Icons


Web Splash and Corporate Mascot


Custom Wallpaper Background 1


Custom Wallpaper Background 2



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Project: T-Shirt Design Client: iovation Art Director: Craig Brewster Our clients cover a very diverse range of services and products that require unique creative solutions to market them effectively. This project was for iovation who helps online business fight fraud by identifying computers with evil intent. They wanted to promote their service in a novel way via a [...]]]>
Project: T-Shirt Design
Client: iovation
Art Director: Craig Brewster

Our clients cover a very diverse range of services and products that require unique creative solutions to market them effectively. This project was for iovation who helps online business fight fraud by identifying computers with evil intent. They wanted to promote their service in a novel way via a t-shirt design.

Glitschka Studios created fun iconic characters to represent good computers and evil computers. Our design was used with the slogan “Fight Online Fraud with iovation!” printed on the back of the shirt.

We’ll let you decide which one is Mac and which one is PC. ;-P

Good and Evil Computers





Geek Apparel Rules!

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Project: Church Identity Client: Northwest Church Art Director: Von Glitschka The local Church body is like a brand. It has a purpose, a target audience, and a personality. Unfortunately, far too many faith based organizations devalue the importance of having a well crafted identity to represent them visually within a community. Our Design Theology Northwest Church is a diverse group [...]]]>
Project: Church Identity
Client: Northwest Church
Art Director: Von Glitschka

The local Church body is like a brand. It has a purpose, a target audience, and a personality. Unfortunately, far too many faith based organizations devalue the importance of having a well crafted identity to represent them visually within a community.

Our Design Theology

Northwest Church is a diverse group of individuals with a wide range of gifts that serve one common faith. So our graphic solution leveraged this reality of a diverse group of people uniting and forming one body in Christ.

Along with the visual branding we developed a captivating slogan that reflects and reinforces the spirit of their mission statement as well.

Whether you’re a commercial business or in this case a ministry, Glitschka Studios will take the time to get to know what you’re all about. We want to lead the exodus from bad design into the promise land of originality through effectual creativity.

Church Identity – Format 1    View Blog Post Here


Church Identity – Format 2


Business Card


Letterhead | Envelope


Ministry Icons: Real Encounter | Real Connection | Real Love | Real Service


Icon Nesting



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Project: Linear Icons Client: ExecFocus Art Director: Von Glitschka Glitschka Studios was hired to create a set of business oriented icons for a publication on starting your own online business. Our client requested that the icons be in a continuous linear line style. Taking complex and wordy themes and condensing the concept into a simple iconic graphic is a [...]]]>
Project: Linear Icons
Client: ExecFocus
Art Director: Von Glitschka

Glitschka Studios was hired to create a set of business oriented icons for a publication on starting your own online business. Our client requested that the icons be in a continuous linear line style.

Taking complex and wordy themes and condensing the concept into a simple iconic graphic is a challenge we enjoy.

Going Global | Dress for Success | Glossary of Terms


Business Success | Defining Niche Markets | Build Your Website


Launching Website | Promoting Website | Online Entrepreneur

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Project: Ursus Vodka Brand Exploratory Client: Landor Associates Art Director: Hillary Soll Glitschka Studios worked with Landor Associates out of New York to provide additional creative explorations on revamping Ursus Vodka polar bear imagery. We were asked to create a simplified iconic version of the old composition of three polar bears. In addition to what was asked for we [...]]]>
Project: Ursus Vodka Brand Exploratory
Client: Landor Associates
Art Director: Hillary Soll

Glitschka Studios worked with Landor Associates out of New York to provide additional creative explorations on revamping Ursus Vodka polar bear imagery. We were asked to create a simplified iconic version of the old composition of three polar bears.

In addition to what was asked for we also developed an additional option using just a polar bears head. They liked that idea and requested the same approach but with three heads.

Like most explorations the work was never used.

Polar Bear Explorations


Polar Bear Head Exploration




Three Head Exploration

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Project: Energy Drink Illustrations Client: Adina Beverages Art Director: Clifford Yuguchi A new line of energy drinks by Adina called “Natural Highs” needed an appropriate graphic style for the target audience that these drinks cater too. My tribal tattoo brand illustrations quenched their graphic thirst and worked well with the concept of energy. And the public feedback for their [...]]]>
Project: Energy Drink Illustrations
Client: Adina Beverages
Art Director: Clifford Yuguchi

A new line of energy drinks by Adina called “Natural Highs” needed an appropriate graphic style for the target audience that these drinks cater too.

My tribal tattoo brand illustrations quenched their graphic thirst and worked well with the concept of energy. And the public feedback for their new campaign “Drink No Evil!” has been very well received and has even garnered Adina the “Best Non-Carbonated Beverage” of 2008.

Brand Illustration


Energy Drink Packaging


Brand Illustrations


All Natural Culture

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