LLDCPDX logo Lionel LynnerDesign & Creative

Portland, Oregon

Brands, websites, social graphics and photography.

I create artistic solutions for people and businesses. Fifteen years of work, with roots in aerosol, letterpress and hand-drawn type, finished in Adobe.

15+ years 40+ clients Lane Community College, Graphic Design
Selected work

Brands and websites for businesses in Oregon and beyond.

Website for The Unlikely Outdoorsman with a hand-lettered title over a forest photograph
Brand + Website

The Unlikely Outdoorsman

Identity and website for a forthcoming book of narrative nonfiction about fishing and hunting the Pacific Northwest.

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Goldfinch Mediation website with a yellow and orange palette and the line Mediation Made Simple
Brand + Website

Goldfinch Mediation

Identity and website built around one promise: Mediation Made Simple.

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Premium Efficiency website showing a modern house and a thermal imaging camera
Website

Premium Efficiency

Website for a home inspection and energy audit company proudly serving the Willamette Valley.

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NorAm Capital Holdings brand board: corporate umbrella logo plus three subsidiary marks, Financial Services, Debt Management and Metals Vault, with a full color and gradient system
Logo + Brand

NorAm Capital Holdings

Full brand suite for a capital holdings firm, 2016.

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Rose City Sky Blues crest over the Portland skyline
Logo

Rose City Sky Blues

A supporters-club crest that joins two port cities, Portland and Manchester, through a ship and the rose they share.

Nebulous Taproom sign on a brick storefront
Brand + Logo + Website

Nebulous Taproom

Full brand identity, logo and website for the taproom, including a logo that holds up as a lit sign on the storefront.

Alchemy Tattoo Academy website with a gold emblem over a smoke background
Website

Alchemy Tattoo Academy

Website for a professional tattoo training academy in Portland, Oregon.

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Project story

Every project gets a short story, not just a picture.

The Unlikely Outdoorsman website
For
The Unlikely Outdoorsman
The problem
Author Dante Zuñiga-West required a brand for his autobiographical book, with the title previously mentioned, to be used as the book cover, as well as the website and promotional materials for the book.
What I made
I created a logo-stamp using a black bear skull painted with Mexican 'Sugar Skull' design elements used in the holiday Día de los Muertos to tie in his multi-racial heritage, as that is one of the themes of his literature in this book, which tells the tales of trials and tribulations of a Black-Latino man pursuing an off-the-grid lifestyle focusing on hunting and fishing. I used photos of some of his excursions to craft a responsive website that places the viewer in a setting reminiscent of being submerged deep in the Cascadian wilderness.
What changed
We have a website that perfectly communicates the themes, topics, and aesthetic of Mr. Zuñiga-West's literature and his personal world, for promoting his book.
Services

Four things, done properly.

Brand and logo identity

Logos, color, type and the guidelines that keep them consistent across print, web and signage.

NorAm Capital HoldingsRose City Sky BluesNebulous Taproom

Websites

Designed and built, then handed to you to run without a subscription tying you to me.

The Unlikely OutdoorsmanGoldfinch MediationPremium Efficiency

Social media design

Post templates, story graphics and animated Instagram Stories that keep a brand consistent in the feed.

GOL PDXSoccer Pub Quiz League

Photography and digital art

Event and city photography, finished into digital art and prints.

GOL PDX#Portlandscapes

Also: posters and print, and apparel.

40+ clients, including
442 Soccer Pub Alchemy Tattoo Academy Black Rose Coffee Roasters Cannabis Communion GOL PDX Vacasa Vacation Rentals Goldfinch Mediation Premium Efficiency The Unlikely Outdoorsman NorAm Capital Holdings Rose City Sky Blues Nebulous Taproom and dozens more
Photography and digital art

Match day, made into graphics.

Event photography and finished social graphics for GOL PDX during the World Cup, plus urban landscape photography around Portland.

GOL PDX Copa del Mundo Final graphic over a photo of two fans
Collage of World Cup fans in torn-paper frames
Fans in Spain colors framed in a torn-paper collage
Rain-soaked downtown Portland street at night, streetcar lights reflected in red and gold
Process

How a project goes.

  1. Meet

    A conversation about what you need, and why.

  2. Research & establish goals

    Who it is for and what it needs to do.

  3. Exploration & rough concepts

    Questions, references and early sketches, before anything is polished.

  4. Build on the vision

    The chosen concept, developed properly.

  5. Produce the solution

    Final files, ready to launch or print.

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