Client: Robert Half
Art Directors: Jennifer Mesina, Nadia Mah
Rennie & Associates is a Vancouver-based realtor that values strengthening community and supporting the arts. I created this commemorative artwork for their Instagram account for Remembrance Day.
Winter Themed Surface Design Collection
Colours of Strathcona was a joint exhibition I did with Vancouver-based street photographer, Jax. I created illustrations based on her colour-themed photos of the Strathcona neighbourhood. Profits from print sales are donated to Vancouver Chinatown Foundation and Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, two charities that support residents of the Strathcona neighbourhood.
Client: Arsenal Pulp Press
Art Director: Jazmin Welch
A poignant bilingual YA graphic novel about a teenage girl's harrowing experience crossing the Mexico-US border. I created original illustrations and layouts for the front cover and interior spreads.
Available for purchase at arsenalpulp.com
“Full of subdued blues, yellows, and oranges, Dunnett’s artwork captures the hazy scrapbook feel of memories, honoring Gricelda’s story and its nightmarish cadence. A confident chronicle from a young voice at the margins.”
—Kirkus Reviews
3x3 Illustration Annual No.17, Honourable Mention
Client: ScalePad
Selection of a series of illustrations I created to tell the story of the typical user of ScalePad’s software in a superhero comic style.
These ScalePad story slides are used throughout product presentations, making it stand out at the multiple events and conventions the company presents at.
Client: Arsenal Pulp Press
As part of our social media promotion for Travesía, we created short animated videos using audio from interviews with Gricelda, the book’s protagonist. The videos cover her own experiences crossing the Mexico-U.S. border and living in the United States, as well as her thoughts on how the immigration experience today differs from when she first arrived almost three decades ago.
Client: ScalePad
Role: Concept Development, Digital and Print Design and Layout, Illustration
A product refresh campaign that promoted the adoption of the IT asset disposal program to existing ScalePad users.
Client: Vancouver Mural Festival
I painted this sandwich board live during the Vancouver Mural Festival, held in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood in August, 2019. The piece showcases some iconic symbols of Mount Pleasant: coffee, a mountain view, and the clock at Main and Kingsway.
An acrylic painting I created for the August exhibition of SNAG, a live painting show in Vancouver. I dyed the canvas with with cochineal, a natural dye made of parasitic beetles that live on the nopal cactus.
Commissioned portrait to be displayed at the couple’s wedding reception
The craigslist brand is acclaimed by many for its purely functional interface design. However, over the years the site has developed a reputation among many users for being untrustworthy and frequented by scammers. In this project I aimed to find a balance between updating the website’s aesthetics to make it comparable with reputable websites while still maintaining the brand’s authenticity.
I created colourful illustrations and a simple, straightforward layout to maintain the site’s approachability. To preserve brand authenticity, I kept the craigslist blue and purple colour palette and used the original wordmark and signature peace sign motif throughout the site.
Client: SAD Mag
Art Director/Layout Designer: Syd Danger
“Love Doesn’t Have to Hurt” is about the writer’s experience living with Vulvodynia, a mysterious medical condition in women causing chronic pain in the vulva, particularly during sex.
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan is a novel about Wash, a young enslaved man who escapes his Barbados plantation with Titch, an abolitionist and scientist who discovers Wash’s talents as a research assistant and illustrator. The reader follows Wash as he cultivates his artistic career after being abandoned by Titch.
The octopus in this cover design represents Wash’s genius and identity as a scientific illustrator. The hidden silhouettes of Wash following Titch represent the young man’s journey to freedom, and his obsession and disillusionment with his mentor.
Client: Discorder Magazine
Art Director: Ricky Castanedo
Spot illustrations for a series of poems and prose written by Lena Belova.
Vocal Core is a fictitious music festival that features performers with unique voices. The shapes and line work of the illustrations and the lettering represent the quality of the performers’ voices. Bon Iver’s voice is undulating, Joanna Newsom’s voice is swirling and child-like, and Jonsi’s voice is crisp and intense.
Client: Capilano Courier
Art Director: Cynthia Tran Vo
A spot illustration for “i see you, i am you”, an article about Vancouver radio host Casey-Jo Loo’s newly released debut book of poetry.
Client: Capilano Courier
Art Director: Cynthia Tran Vo
A spot illustration for “If she Ruled the World: Tiffany Haddish”, an article about the life and accomplishments of the widely celebrated comedian.
These colourful and engaging flashcards can be used by parents and teachers of primary school children to teach the alphabet and common foods and their health benefits.
Flavour Bay is a fictitious spice company that targets young, environmentally conscious adults with a passion for cooking. The challenge was to develop sustainable packaging they would consider keeping.
The square tins are more space efficient, and the labels and barcode are removable. Additionally, a portion of the profits goes towards protecting the wildlife where the spices are grown.
This full page illustration was inspired by an article from The Georgia Straight, a Vancouver-based magazine. Vortex, created by contemporary artist Douglas Coupland, is a new art installation at the Vancouver Aquarium. The piece is a reflection on plastic, one of the artist’s main art mediums, and its contribution to marine pollution.
Client: Capilano Courier
Art Director: Cristian Fowlie
Spot illustrations for the publication from Capilano University, North Vancouver.
Freedom from Hunger is an organization that offers micro-loans and education as a way to fight food insecurity in developing countries. This illustration shows their positive effects on these communities.
The robust corn plant represents the growth and abundance resulting from properly managed micro-loans. Corn is a staple crop in Latin America and Africa, where Freedom from Hunger does most of its work. The corn’s hand-shaped roots receive the loan, and as the plant flourishes, the money to pay back the loan emerges from the corncob. The plant continues to thrive beyond this repayment point, symbolizing freedom from food insecurity.
A poster for a fictitious festival hosted by The Cultch. The imagery embodies East Vancouver, the iconic neighbourhood where the jazz festival takes place. The colours and illustration style reflect the raw nature of the music genre. The flowing typography emulates the flight path of the crows that migrate over the neighbourhood daily.
Day to Day is a fictitious web resource that provides education and support to Canadians caring for family members. The website targets caregivers ranging from their mid-twenties to mid-sixties.
Client: Geist
Art Director: AnnMarie MacKinnon
Illustrations for “King Zog and the Secret Heart of Albania” , a nonfiction article about the Albanian King in power during World War II, who opened his country’s borders to all refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. The article speaks not only about the compassion shown by King Zog, but also reveals the country’s little known ancient tradition of compassion, which is reflected in the hearts of its citizens today.
Client: Capilano Courier
Art Director: Cristian Fowlie
This cover illustration accompanied the feature story “Before the Curtain Opens”, an article about Vancouver’s thriving theatre scene.
Client: Creative Mornings
Art Director: Rick Etkin
In February of 2018, I created a portrait of Michael Unger for the event postcard at Creative Mornings Vancouver. Michael Unger, astronomy educator and co-founder of Nerd Nite Vancouver, gave a talk about curiosity, and exploring the unfamiliar.
