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Hi, I'm Linnaea.

I'm a designer, illustrator, and aspiring web developer in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

It's nice to meet you!

RRC Coursework

A capital, sans-serif 'P' letterform bursting with pink peony petals.
TDC Ascenders Poster
A cream-coloured book jacket for The Overstory by Richard Powers, featuring a taxonomic heirarchy resembling a family tree and a map of the plant kingdom.
Typographic book jacket
A photo-collage of close-cut images depicting two hands holding a road-map, surrounded by a frame of branches.
Bitmap Zine
A white background with a blue/purple baseball cap and two blue-purple coffee mugs. The images are close-cut. Both mugs and the hat have a minimalistic logo that looks like a stylized safety floaty.
Conceptual Brand Toolkit
White, ornate initials 'LR' in cursive, vaguely imitating blackletter.
Personal Branding logo
A close-cut image with a white background of a small child being carried on an adults shoulders. They are photographed from behind, their faces not visible, but their posture and the general tone of the image are carefree and safe.
E-newsletter
A close-cut image of an Iranian passport, circa the 1980s, edited with the word 'Persepolis' to become the focal point.
Typographic Book Adverts
A close-cut image of a native plant to Churchill, MB.
Frontiers North catalogue
A close-cut image of a yellow greeting card with a purple floral border and purple text: 'queer existence is resistance'.
Greeting Card Set for WHC

Freelance

This is a gallery of my best commissioned work! Most of these pieces were commissioned by independent Winnipeg metal or punk bands.

A black and white album cover on a black background. In the top left, there is a death metal band logo that reads 'Repressive,' but it's deliberately illegible. At the bottom, there are gravestones in the background, with an angel statue protruding in the foreground. The angel stands with one arm broken off, and holds a length of rope like an offering to the viewer. In the top right corner, there is a human head with hands growing out of it, wrapping around its face.
Repressive
A black and white album cover with a white background. A cursive typeface reads 'An Ode To Blight' in an arc above a cartoon mascot. The mascot is a cartoon heart wearing sunglasses, with angel wings and a crown, walking with a pep in his step despite being cracked and crumbling. The band name, THE BLUE GODS YOUTH, is displayed below the mascot in Helvetica.
An Ode To Blight
Album art for a band called Kill Mitchell. The words 'Kill Mitchell' are written in a sans serif font, with cursive below it reading 'a stranglehold on hope'. The artwork consists of a gas mask and roses
A Stranglehold on Hope
A text-free single cover featuring a black and white illustration, on a white background. The composition is symmetrical. On either side, at the top, there is a hand reaching inwards; in the centre, there is an arch-shaped frame with a heart-shaped padlock. Two switchblades are picking the lock. On either side of the padlock, there are smaller arch-shaped frames with streetlights inside of them, and gnarly branches growing out of them, towards the edges of the composition.
Let Me
A text-free single cover featuring a black and white illustration, on a black background, of a candle, ornamented by roses, matchsticks and switchblades. It is a symmetrical design, mirrored vertically, with arch-shaped frames on either side of the candle showing chains hanging in the background.
Linger
A black and white, round badge-style logo with a bat (the flying critter–not sports equiptment), a book, and some floral ornamentation. The text around the top and bottom curves of the round logo read 'Horror' and 'Gardener.'
Logo for Youtube's Horror Gardener

Illustration

This is a gallery of some of the illustrations I've completed for clients or for myself. I am primarily a pointillism/stippling artist, and most of these were created manually/traditionally using tiny dots of ink. All traditional illustrations have then been scanned or photographed, and their scans and photographs have been edited to more closely represent the full range of light and shadows in the original pieces.

A black and white illustration of Iggy Pop, the late punk rocker and artist, shirtless and singing into a microphone.
A black and white illustration of a raven perched on a scythe, surrounded by blooming flowers.
A black and white illustration of a raven surrounded by ornamental flourishes.
A black and white illustration of Alfred Hitchcock, the late film legend, in profile.
A black and white, photorealistic illustration of of a young woman. She has facial piercings, a a side bang, and heavy eyeliner.
A black and white illustration of Johnny Cash, in profile view, smoking a cigarette.
A black and white illustration of an ornate cathedral window.
A black and white illustration of the classic sacred heart motif. The heart is anatomically correct, pricked by thorns, and wrapped in roses.
A black and white, stylized illustration of a loon on a black background.
A black and white, photorealistic illustration of an anatomically correct heart. There is a full moon in the background, a snake wrapping around the heart, and a branch growing through the frame. Miscellaneous fungi and human arms holding olive branches are sprouting from the heart.
A black and white illustration of Iggy Pop, the late punk rocker and artist, shirtless and singing into a microphone.
A black and white linework illustration of a chrysanthemum and crescent moon.
A black and white, photorealistic illustration of an anatomically correct heart. There is a full moon in the background, a snake wrapping around the heart, and a branch growing through the frame. Miscellaneous fungi and human arms holding olive branches are sprouting from the heart.
A black and white illustration of Iggy Pop, the late punk rocker and artist, shirtless and singing into a microphone.
A black and white linework illustration of a chrysanthemum and crescent moon.
A photorealistic, black and white illustration of an apple.
A photorealistic, black and white illustration of an apple.
A photorealistic, black and white illustration of an apple.
A photorealistic, black and white illustration of an apple.
A photorealistic, black and white illustration of an apple.
A photorealistic, black and white illustration of an apple.

About Linnaea

A 20-something-year-old woman wearing a blue hijab looks at the camera with her head tilted. The image is black-and-white until it's hovered over. She has big green-ish eyes, and one nostril is pierced with a black stud. She is wearing dramatic makeup with a red lip, sharp eyeliner and thin brows. The background is out of focus but warm with ambient brown and orange tones.

I’m Linnaea (pronounced Lin-nay-uh), a graphic design student at RRC.

I'm passionate about living with intention, learning for the sake of learning, meeting others in good faith, mindfulness, and writing.

After graduation, I'd like to find work specializing in typography, UX writing, or back-end coding. I plan to go back to school someday for full-stack web development and cybersecurity.

In my free time, I love logic/word/math puzzles, Scrabble, niche horror movies, music, birding, yoga, video games, run-on sentences, being self-deprecating, good talks, and Magic: The Gathering.

I currently live in West Broadway with two cats, Emily and Escher.

Get In Touch!

Winnipeg, MB

@linnaeabydesign
@linnaea-indd
linnaea@linnaeabydesign.ca