Burned Out Inside
The brief for this BFA project was that it must be solely based on typography. The image-making was to be kept to the bare minimum. It was truly a great assignment, except I was completely burned out before even starting it. So I waded through the mud of burnout and found catharsis in the act of making very time-consuming images. Everything included here except the backgrounds and the color fields are made entirely from type. I found a loophole and ran with it. Is it typography? Is it image? Both? That's for God to decide. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I turned one of the images into a rug!
Creative Direction
Jordan Carr, Torres, Devin Dailey
Design
Jordan Carr
Project Type
Print
Booklet
Typography
Type specimen
Burned Out Inside
The brief for this BFA project was that it must be solely based on typography. The image-making was to be kept to the bare minimum. It was truly a great assignment, except I was completely burned out before even starting it. So I waded through the mud of burnout and found catharsis in the act of making very time-consuming images. Everything included here except the backgrounds and the color fields are made entirely from type. I found a loophole and ran with it. Is it typography? Is it image? Both? That's for God to decide. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I turned one of the images into a rug!
Creative Direction
Jordan Carr, Torres, Devin Dailey
Design
Jordan Carr
Project Type
Print
Booklet
Typography
Type specimen
My Name is Jordan Carr. I am a graphic designer and illustrator. I specialize in branding, illustration, packaging, and print, but anything interesting to design is in my wheelhouse. I started designing logos at 15 for local construction companies and called it t-shirt design, not knowing this was actually called branding. I spent most of my late teens and twenties working as a contractor, renovating houses, then designing and building furniture for boutique stores. Throughout each new venture came a new excuse to design a brand, build a website, and create. I had a kid, got married, got a couple of dogs, had another kid, and decided to follow my passion. I started focusing on graphic design again, and sometimes even made money doing it. I eventually went back to school and graduated from Cal State University Long Beach with my BFA in Graphic Design in 2022.
-Wizard with image trace
-15 years experience
-Animated Gif specialist
-15 years experience
-Give me a grid and
watch me break it
-10 years experience
-I'm getting better but I know
enough to be dangerous
-Supplemental work mainly
-Replaced all that
paper I was using
-Main tool for illustration
-Working knowledge
-Interested in learning more
Expert Googling
Linocutting / printmaking
Custom procreate brush making
Mediocre skateboarding
Carpentering
Raspberry pi computing
Tinkering
Cricut operating
Die line making
Paper crafting
Dog petting
©2024 Jordan Carr
Last Update 10/3/24
My Name is Jordan Carr. I am a graphic designer and illustrator. I specialize in branding, illustration, packaging, and print, but anything interesting to design is in my wheelhouse. I started designing logos at 15 for local construction companies and called it t-shirt design, not knowing this was actually called branding. I spent most of my late teens and twenties working as a contractor, renovating houses, then designing and building furniture for boutique stores. Throughout each new venture came a new excuse to design a brand, build a website, and create. I had a kid, got married, got a couple of dogs, had another kid, and decided to follow my passion. I started focusing on graphic design again, and sometimes even made money doing it. I eventually went back to school and graduated from Cal State University Long Beach with my BFA in Graphic Design in 2022.
-Wizard with image trace
-15 years experience
-Animated Gif specialist
-15 years experience
-Give me a grid and
watch me break it
-10 years experience
-I'm getting better but I know
enough to be dangerous
-Supplemental work mainly
-Replaced all that
paper I was using
-Main tool for illustration
-Working knowledge
-Interested in learning more
Expert Googling
Linocutting / printmaking
Custom procreate brush making
Mediocre skateboarding
Carpentering
Raspberry pi computing
Tinkering
Cricut operating
Die line making
Paper crafting
Dog petting
©2024 Jordan Carr
Last Update 10/3/24
My Name is Jordan Carr. I am a graphic designer and illustrator. I specialize in branding, illustration, packaging, and print, but anything interesting to design is in my wheelhouse. I started designing logos at 15 for local construction companies and called it t-shirt design, not knowing this was actually called branding. I spent most of my late teens and twenties working as a contractor, renovating houses, then designing and building furniture for boutique stores. Throughout each new venture came a new excuse to design a brand, build a website, and create. I had a kid, got married, got a couple of dogs, had another kid, and decided to follow my passion. I started focusing on graphic design again, and sometimes even made money doing it. I eventually went back to school and graduated from Cal State University Long Beach with my BFA in Graphic Design in 2022.
-Wizard with image trace
-15 years experience
-Animated Gif specialist
-15 years experience
-Give me a grid and
watch me break it
-10 years experience
-I'm getting better but I know
enough to be dangerous
-Supplemental work mainly
-Replaced all that
paper I was using
-Main tool for illustration
-Working knowledge
-Interested in learning more
Expert Googling
Linocutting / printmaking
Custom procreate brush making
Mediocre skateboarding
Carpentering
Raspberry pi computing
Tinkering
Cricut operating
Die line making
Paper crafting
Dog petting
My Name is Jordan Carr. I am a graphic designer and illustrator. I specialize in branding, illustration, packaging, and print, but anything interesting to design is in my wheelhouse. I started designing logos at 15 for local construction companies and called it t-shirt design, not knowing this was actually called branding. I spent most of my late teens and twenties working as a contractor, renovating houses, then designing and building furniture for boutique stores. Throughout each new venture came a new excuse to design a brand, build a website, and create. I had a kid, got married, got a couple of dogs, had another kid, and decided to follow my passion. I started focusing on graphic design again, and sometimes even made money doing it. I eventually went back to school and graduated from Cal State University Long Beach with my BFA in Graphic Design in 2022.
-Wizard with image trace
-15 years experience
-Animated Gif specialist
-15 years experience
-Give me a grid and
watch me break it
-10 years experience
-I'm getting better but I know
enough to be dangerous
-Supplemental work mainly
-Replaced all that
paper I was using
-Main tool for illustration
-Working knowledge
-Interested in learning more
Expert Googling
Linocutting / printmaking
Custom procreate brush making
Mediocre skateboarding
Carpentering
Raspberry pi computing
Tinkering
Cricut operating
Die line making
Paper crafting
Dog petting