Jim Leonardson

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Designer of books, logos, posters & brochures.

Illustrator of concepts & ideas.

Portfolio
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Frankenstein

Shows what could be the Monster, but on further reading, could be Victor Frankenstein who appears at the start of the novel when he is discovered by a sea captain whose ship is frozen in the arctic ice.

For Recovering the Classics, available for purchase as a poster

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Rise of the Modern Mind

Book cover concept from an article describing the theories explaining the explosion of creativity that occurred 30,000 years ago revealed by archaeological evidence of tools and cave art.

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Paradise Lost

Shows two planes; heaven being torn apart represented by sky and torn gold, and hell viewed through the title and the Serpent from the garden of Eden forms out of the letter-forms.

For Recovering the Classics, available for purchase as a poster.

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The Culture of Fear

The author explains how the public is gripped by fears that are exaggerated by politicians and the media.

 

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The Mask of Command

A historical examination of the role generals and commanders play, comparing four styles of leadership and how they reflect their times.

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The Face of Battle

A description of three famous battles from the soldier’s viewpoint.

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Quaint Epitaphs

Design and illustration for a self-published book of a collection of epitaphs. Available for sale on Blurb.

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Mission Patch for Space Horizons

The Kepler space observatory searches for planets using the transition method, where small drops in a star's output indicates a planet is blocking a tiny amount of light.

Poster available for sale at the Creative Action Network.

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Mission Patch for Space Horizons

For the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), which orbits at the L1 Lagrange point, the point where the gravity of the Sun and Earth is equal. It collects data on the solar wind and its interaction with the Earth's atmosphere.

Poster available for sale at the Creative Action Network.

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Mission Patch for Space Horizons

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) collects data at high speed that reveals what is happening inside the Sun and the solar weather flowing out. The circles represent the variable, internal dynamics and the charged particles of the solar wind.

Poster available for sale at the Creative Action Network.

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