Graphic Nation: digital illustration and graphic design services by Mia Brignull

The Brothers Movement : Logo design

Mia — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:18:16 +0000

'The Brothers Movement' logo design by Mia Underwood

Initial sketch for 'The Brothers Movement' logo design by Mia Underwood

Logo design: Dark Horses

Mia — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:40:36 +0000

This logo was designed for ‘Dark Horses’ an up-and-coming indie rock band who have recently toured with Kasabian. Note: This logo is not currently used by the band.

Logo design concept work for 'Dark Horses' band

Logo Design: Various Clients

Mia — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:30:16 +0000

Logo Design : Various Clients

I’m an accomplished logo designer, having designed logos for a broad range of clients. Some examples are shown below.

Florentin Boutique: Logo design for a gift shop in Brighton UK

SmartPlanet.com : Logo and website design for an eco-living resource site

Building Schools for Burma : Logo design for a non-political, non-profit making, registered charity

boho mexica : Logo design for Mexican restaurant in Shoreditch, London

Vivid nature : Logo design for London-based yoga center

Twenty-two : Logo design for London-based bakery

Pibabo : Logo design for a writers social network

Tripletruth : Logo, website and Flash e-card design for online charity e-card company

Digital Art : Private Commision

Mia — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:38:50 +0000

'Manga Panda' Canvas 200cm x 100cm

Drawn with my Wacom pad in Photoshop and Illustrator

Initial sketch 01

Initial sketch 02

Mural : Practicus Ltd

Mia — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:09:16 +0000

One of the initial sketches for the wall design ‘local Bristol fisherman’ Bristol’s green monster (“Bristol is Britain’s greenest city“. Evening Post. Bristol News and Media. Retrieved 2009-07-05.).

Digital Illustration : Mancini Band

Mia — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:35:45 +0000

Portrait of Iraina Mancini, lead singer of the band 'Mancini'

Another Illustration for Mancini, with band logo concept.

Silk painting: Vintage screen

Mia — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:08:45 +0000

For this I was given three silk fabric panels to adorn with gold leaf and then paint a bird scene on top.

The silk fabric has gone through several layers of different types of gold medium to achieve texture and an antiqued effect.

Once the panels were covered in gold to my satisfaction, I then painted the bird and plant scene on top with a selection of fabric paints.

When the panels were complete I then harnessed them onto an antique wooden screen supplied by the client.

Mixed Media : ‘Into The Woods’ Artist Open House May 2009

Mia — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:17:53 +0000

Artist Open House : Into The Woods

For the month of May every year, Brighton has an “Artist Open House” festival where local artists turn their homes into free art galleries for the general public. I opened my house this year with the theme of ‘Into The Woods’, and it was a great success. As well as running the gallery, I produced the event flyers (the Wolf image featured below), the website, and of course much of the work that was displayed, including silk screen prints, paintings, Raku ceramic bowls and ceramic figurines.

Into The Woods : Image used for flyer and poster design

Silver Birch Pigeon : Acrylic on canvas

Blue Pigeon : Acrylic on canvas

Red Pigeon : Acrylic on canvas

Finch : Watercolour

Thrush : Watercolour

Honey Buzzard : watercolour, inks and pencil

Illustration : Personal Submissions

Mia — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:44:03 +0000

‘Breeze’ illustrated for illustrationfriday.com site.

I created this image for my Grandmother’s funeral. I wanted to create something positive, as a celebration of her life. I have placed symbols that represented certain things in her life, for instance 2 swallows to symbolise a long distance as Nellie reached 95 years old, and a bottle of sherry as she drunk a glass every day.

Front of Wedding invite

Inside Wedding invite

My wedding invite design ‘Harry & Mia 2006′. 3 fold. The illustration was inspired by The Royal Pavillion building, its beautiful public garden and Brighton seafront.

Flyer & Poster Design : Moshi Moshi

Mia — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:59:31 +0000

Moshi Moshi: Japanese Street Festival Branding & Advertising

Moshi Moshi is a fantastic brighton-based Sushi restaurant, voted “one of the 10 best places to eat out in Britain” according to The Independent. I was delighted when they commissioned me to design the flyers, posters and advertisments for their Japanese Street Festival in June ’09. The brief was to create an eye-catching “Japanese cute” feel, and they were very satisfied with the results.

(Image was also used for front cover of Latest7 magazine May 2009)