2024 Grad Show

Kari Hutton

VCD – Character Design & Illustration

klhutton01.wixsite.com/portfolio

Hi, I'm Kari (any pronouns) and I am a Illustrator/Designer living in Calgary, Alberta. I've always had an interest in alternative aesthetics and I incorporate that into my work, whether through design elements or the characters themselves. I strive to create work that challenges the social norm and is innovative to design. When I'm not working on art, you can find me at my computer playing The Sims 4, or on my couch watching anime.

Lucas Erikson Turnaround A Turnaround of Lucas, one of the main characters of Landslide.

Max Villareal Turnaround A Turnaround of Max, one of the main characters of Landslide.

Side Character Performance Sheet The side characters of Landslide performing.

Lucas' Bedroom A still of Lucas' side of the shared bedroom.

Max's Bedroom A still of Max's side of the shared bedroom.

Pool Scene An illustration of the characters within the abandoned pool.

Landslide

A comic developmental book for my story Landslide. It's a collection of concept art for the hypothetical comic, including main characters, side characters, and environments.

Can Designs The final designs of the cans for the fictious brand Ladykiller.

Can Designs Flats The flat version of the final can designs.

Logo Flats Flats of the Ladykiller logo, hand illustrated.

Fits to Kill - Merch Designs Mock-ups of merch the company could sell.

Ladykiller

Ladykiller is a fake alcohol brand made for my Illustration class. Ladykiller takes stereotypically feminine cocktails and markets them towards men. My main inspiration was Liquid Death, a water brand that tries to make drinking water "cool".

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Can Designs Final can design for my three collectible cans: E-Girl, Goth GF, and Gamer Girl.

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Point of Sale Mock-ups Mock-ups of the POS stand and a box that would sell all three cans.

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Website Popup A mock-up of a popup ad on Monster's website.

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Instagram Ad A mock-up of an ad for Monster's Instagram.

Monster Energy

After doing some research into the brand, I noticed that Monster Energy doesn't target a specific demographic that I would argue is one of their biggest. This project was meant to correct that by introducing three collectible cans as well as some social media branding.

Cover Flat The flat of the cover for my DVD case.

Promotional Poster My promo poster for Sleepy Hollow.

DVD Flat The flat of my DVD.

Mock-Up The final mock-up of my DVD and it's case.

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow was part of a group project for an Illustration class. Our group took classical horror stories and rework them into children's animated movies, under the fictional company of Grimm Studios. I picked Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and turned it into a movie for an audience of 10-13. Our group decided to make a DVD cover, a DVD, and a promotional poster. Studio logo by Madison Carey.

Main Ad This is the main ad of the project, highlighting the switch to compostable paper cups.

Companion Ad - Donut Poster A companion to the main ad, the donut poster highlights the switch to more organic ingredients.

Companion Ad - Maple Leaf Poster The maple leaf poster is the final companion ad and highlights Tim Horton's roots as a Canadian company.

Tim Horton's Ad

A Tim Horton's ad campaign geared towards their goal of becoming more "green" and changing out plastics for compostable materials and/or materials made from plants. My main idea for this set was a cut paper effect to mimic the idea of compostable paper cups. They also want to move to more organic ingredients, and I reflected that with the donut poster.