Nancy Brauer

Crazy random happenstance

// March 6th, 2011 // 1 Comment » // Blog

Last month a graphic design gig more or less fell into my lap. A Christian minister from Virginia Beach was looking for someone to design the cover of his latest book. He found my site and contacted me. We worked together to find stock artwork that suited his manuscript, and I revved up Illustrator. Dr. Pulley was so pleased with the first cover that he asked me to create the cover art for a second book. He’s a pleasure to work with, so my response was a wholehearted “Yes!”

Here’s how the designs came out. Click the images below to see a larger version.

Commercial Graphics

// June 10th, 2010 // No Comments » // Portfolio

Kroger “now hiring” signs

The advertising department of supermarket chain Kroger hired me to create two signs. Kroger supplied the text and the logo.

Print dimensions: 22 in. x 28 in.

Print dimensions: 24 in. x 18 in.

“The TV is watching you” graphic by Jarl Lyng

Cover Art

// May 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // Portfolio

1,000 Stories

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Cover art for MCM’s 1,000 Stories collection, based on a Creative Commons-licensed photo by Autum Loverin.

Tori’s Row

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Cover art for Tori’s Row by Nancy Brauer and MCM. Background photo of Boston by Mike Folden.

Addergoole minibook

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Cover art for a minibook promoting Addergoole by Lyn Thorne-Alder. The Addergoole crest was created by Elizabeth McLaren. See the Addergoole website for the original version of the crest.

Digital Inking and Coloring

// January 25th, 2010 // No Comments » // Portfolio

“Starring Sonya Devereaux” #1

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In 2009 I colored a few pages of the first issue of “Starring Sonya Devereaux.” The comic is written by Todd Livingston. Pencils and inks are by Brendon and Brian Fraim.

“Starborn” graphic novel

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A few years ago I hired the insanely talented Astrid Vohwinkel to pencil a graphic novel. I wrote and digitally inked, colored, and lettered the pages.

Strange Little Band chibis

I hired artist and fellow writer Charissa Cotrill to pencil and ink cute, cartoonish versions of characters from my and Vanessa Brooks’ serial Strange Little Band. Then I colored them.

The Scarlet Lemming lemming

MCM and I hired illustrator extraordinaire Brian Goff to pencil and ink a deliberately silly rodent for MCM’s livewritten comedy/crime noir The Scarlet Lemming. It makes slightly more sense if you read the blurb. Anyway, I did the colors.