Emma Butler is a Canada based graphic designer who creates very appealing posters. By ingesting her typography skills and creative mind, she comes up with trendy, delightful and very interesting illustrations. She is a Graduate in Digital Media Production from Guru Digital Arts College, Canada. "My main focus is illustrative typography, particularly within poster design-I also happen to love working with video", shares the artist. We contacted her for a small interview with us to know more about her illustrations and artistic life.

Catch her interview and some of her coolest illustrations below:




Emma, please introduce yourself to E-junkies.

I'm a 23yr old Kiwi graphic designer currently living in Canada. I've taken courses in both Digital Film and Digital Media Production and recently started working for a graphic design firm in Edmonton, Alberta.

What motivates the artist with you? Is there anyone whom you look up to?

My motivation comes from a range of different sources - in the design sites that I visit regularly, advertisements I see, old signage . . . anything that catches my eye really. Currently, I really admire the typographic work of Jessica Hische and the crazy illustrative work of Chris Leavens.





















































Your 'Movie Parts Poster Series' look awesome! How did this creative idea strike to you?

I kept seeing a lot of awesome minimalist alternative movie poster designs popping up on the web, but I found myself thinking; "what would the opposite of a minimalist movie poster look like?". The Movie Parts Series idea was just the answer to that - filling the poster with all the stand-out pieces of a movie, instead of breaking it down to it's most basic representation. Plus it doubled as a challenge to try and remember all those movie pieces!





















































I really liked your 'Typography Project'. Would you like to share anything related to this project? I am keen to know more about it.

Yeah they were really fun to do - I began working on those when I started watching Mad Men (I'm not great at just sitting still and watching TV!), as an excuse to use some markers I'd had lying around for a while - and as a break from digital work. A character on the show would say a line and I'd use that as the typographical element in the design, then add in whatever illustrative aspect came to mind. (Aside from the "cog" one, that is - my girlfriend Jen requested that one because she said "cogs didn't get enough recognition these days")!

What influences your choice of designs? How do you conceive the idea of a particular project?

A lot of the time I'll be doing everyday tasks and an idea will come to mind - I try to make a quick sketch or note of it as soon as that happens. I usually create things that are fun and light-hearted, because that's how I enjoy my design.


Which project is the most special to you?

Probably the Marker Works Typography one, because it was a "back to the basics" type deal. No computer needed!

Would you like to tell us about your future projects?

At the moment I'm brainstorming some fun typographic pieces, and I hope to get started on a video project I've had in mind for awhile - I'm craving bit of video-editing action. And my fellow designer friend Jeremy Pudlowski and I have a plan to create a large scale art piece soon, possibly of a gigantic pigeon . . .

Share one best compliment you've ever received for your work?

"I wouldn't kick that out of bed".

What message do you have for our readers? 

Variety is the spice of life - don't be afraid to try something completely different to what you usually do, as you can end up with awesome results!


























Emma, thanks for a wonderful interview. It was a great experience learning about you. We wish you all the very best for your future endeavors. 


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