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Susan Elias

Graphic design
and the drawn
hand.

Editorial and type-led design, made by someone who still works in charcoal.

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Charcoal and graphite drawing of a single eye, the iris rendered in warm amber against otherwise achromatic tone.

From the studio

Charcoal drawing of roses in a glass jar, the blooms picked out in deep red against a near-black ground.
Graphite study of a single eye, rendered in soft tone with no outline.
Charcoal figure study of a seated man on a stool, worked in heavy dark tone.
Charcoal study of a draped figure, the cloth knotted at the front against a striped ground.

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Identity and campaign work

ahp wordmark, white on deep blue.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline lockup with the California Department of Health Care Services.
WRAP, Wellness Recovery Action Plan, with the line Your Wellness Your Way.
Montana PATH logo with a sunrise over layered hills.
MA-ATR, Access to Recovery.
Central East HHS Region 3 MHTTC logo.

The drawing is not a hobby that sits beside the design.

Charcoal, graphite, collage. Portraits and figure studies, worked in tone rather than line, where the eraser does as much as the stick does.

It is the same eye that sets a page. Knowing how a shadow resolves into an edge is knowing how a column of type sits on a spread.

  • Charcoal
  • Graphite
  • Painting
  • Collage
  • InDesign
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator

Every project here was drawn before it was set.

Tell me what you are making.

Editorial, identity, type and lettering. Send the brief, or just the problem.

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