Stephen Franklin Selected Design Works

Retouching of the front of pack hero image for the Norwegian frozen pizza brand Grandiosa.

Development of master illustrations, photography, and master elements for the Unilever Flora Heart design packaging artwork.

Identity design for Escape to Luz, a Dublin based holiday company which organises personalised trips to the Costa del la Luz in the Southwest of Spain.

Logo and stencil design for the Geezah Sound System, Dublin Ireland.

Design and development of the Freedom Unlimited website, Dublin, Ireland.

Design and development of the Eventuality website, Dublin, Ireland.

Cover illustration for the Escape to Luz promotional brochure.

Logo design and stationery for Ecotech Recycling, Dublin, Ireland.

Designed both print and digital components for the Wyeth Bio Pharma - Work/Life Harmony Week. This included various printed pamphlets and messaging pieces along with the UX/UI for the program’s website.

Finished artwork for the Sqeez range of juices in Tetra Pak packaging.

Creative artworking for the John Bullers Family Pies. A new product range from Green Isle Foods.

While working as the Creative Artworker at Mesh Design, Stephen was tasked with building the finished artwork for the Donegal Catch range from Green Isle foods.

Creative artworking on the Green Isle Stir-Fry flexographic packaging finished artwork.

Creative artworking on the Green Isle Potato Bake flexographic packaging finished artwork.

Identity design for Kin Khao Thai restaurant, Athlone, Ireland. The design was executed across interiors, signage, menus, newspaper ads and other marketing materials.

Identity design for Brightspark, a Dublin-based digital marketing agency.

Street poster and flyer for FOOD club night 1st Birthday celebrations, Dublin, Ireland.

Retouching of hero image for Thick & Thirsty point of sale promotion.

A promotional back-of-pack illustration created for Kellogg's Froot Loops cereal packaging. Included the digital creation and preparation of the finished image for use in the packaging artwork.

A promotional back of pack illustration for Kellogg's Coco Pops cereal packaging.

Concept visualisations created for Landini Associates client projects. Each image was based on supplied architectural elevations, along with a creative brief for the materials to be used for the interior design.

Snakes and ladders illustration used as the central prop for a TAFE NSW television commercial. Final artwork was produced at a size of 3 x 3 metres and used on set. The largest snake was later animated and composited with live action to complete the ad.

Created user interface icons for various use cases for the Australian Business Online (ABOL) website, commissioned by Hothouse Interactive, Sydney, Australia.

Corporate identity and stationery design for HCi, a Knowledge and Process Management company based in Sydney, Australia.

Children's alphabet blocks illustrations created for an AGL bill payment brochure.

Design and layout of the Angels of the Sea video cassette cover for a documentary on the Whales of Hervey Bay.

Creative direction and production of Braams Property Services design collateral, and marketing materials from 1997 through to 2001.

A seventy-page report on Queensland energy. Franklin designed the complete report including all graphs, charts, and illustrations. The target format was a short run digitally printed document.

Logo design for Resource Connections, an independent Australian energy consultant.

Stephen's contribution to the Merrilake agency’s promotional calendar. He was requested to respond to the brief "Merrilake Illustrators are not just bums on seats!" in the style of his favourite artist. Salvador Dali's "Sleep" was Franklin's inspiration.

41 Page proposal document for Credit Suisse First Boston to act as global coordinator for the Telstra PSO (Public Share Offer). Designed the layout including all graphs and charts. Entire document was designed and completed at short notice over 3 days to meet a tight Government deadline.

Mars EVA (Extravehicular Activity) exoskeleton mech suit - a personal design project to help discover the basics of 3D modelling and texturing.

Creative direction and design of various marketing collateral for Integrated Vision, a leading Australian videoconferencing solutions provider. Stephen, operating as Graphic Vision, partnered with the client to produce a range of items including, a Quarterly Newsletter, DL Brochure, and DL Promotions, managing all designs from concept through to prepress and final print.

Cover illustration created for a Microsoft Windows Server NT sales brochure for the Frontline agency, Sydney. 

Composite image created for the cover of a Microsoft Exchange brochure. Sourced from multiple image styles and combined to create a visually integrated piece of digital artwork.

Worked with the Art Director at the Frontline agency to produce this secondary pack image, used as part of a Telstra Big Pond Cable Modem packaging. Involved matching and applying the colour halftone screen effect of the hand image to an image of the Microsoft mouse, combining both into a seamless composition.

Worked with the Art Director at Frontline to produce a hero image, the centrepiece of the Telstra Big Pond launch campaign. Blended two stock photography images using various distortion effects to create the blurred image on the outside and manipulated colour values to maintain an overall consistency.

Cover image of the Microsoft Windows product catalogue produced for the Frontline agency, Sydney, Australia. This image is a composite of multiple stock photography images and a photographic shoot involving two models: one for positioning and one for face and hands.

Front cover image for the Microsoft Communiqué magazine featuring the new Microsoft Front Page application. Utilising Alias Sketch 3D software to set the lighting and texturing of the composition of the image, and Photoshop for the final shading and colour balance.

Editorial design and masthead design of SoundNet, the official newsletter of The Oceania Project a non-profit research organisation dedicated to raising awareness about Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises and the ocean environment.

Logo design for The Oceania Project, a Not-for-profit research and information organisation established in 1988, dedicated to raising awareness about Cetacea (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises) and the ocean environment.

Portfolio submitted as a requirement for graduating from the KvB College of Visual communication, Sydney Australia. Stephen received a diploma in Graphic Design on the 7th of December 1987.