Carmen Oldham

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Appalachian Branding Company

2025

Brand identity, logo design, 48 original micro-graphic illustrations, and collateral suite for a new branding agency based in Appalachia. A visual identity rooted in local craft and storytelling, anchored by the ladder-back chair, a lasting emblem of Appalachian tradition.

Category
Brand Identity, Logo Design, Print

Dragon
2025

20-foot sidewalk mural designed as a coloring book brought to life. Created for public participation, the piece evolves daily as chalk and weather reshape it. Whimsical and impermanent, it invites play, collaboration, and shared creative ownership within the community.

Category
Interactive / Participatory Design, Illustration, Play

Anchor QEA Social Media
2024–2025

Series of social media posts exploring themes of ecology and restoration through the lens of seasonal and holiday celebrations. Each piece translates the company’s core values of integrity and vibe into vibrant, celebratory graphics that bridge science and storytelling.

Category
Digital, Collage, Ecology

Anchor QEA Impact Report2024

Annual impact report celebrating the intersection of people, community, and environment. Designed with space to pause and reflect, where data, image, and type move in balance. An analogous color palette and a measured grid system create cohesion and rhythm, blending clarity with quiet energy. Calm and precise. Engineered yet authentic.

Category
Digital, Ecology

Harvest Illustrations
2024

A series of 21 harvest-themed illustrations combining hand-drawn elements, texture rubbings, and digital collage. Scanned textures were cut and layered digitally to create tactile compositions grounded in texture and whimsy.

Select illustrations available as stickers

Category
Illustration, Collage, Stickers

Your Field Guide

2022

180-page risograph activity book for school age children. An invitation to notice the world more closely; through recipes, creative prompts, educational games, and moments of reflection. Built for both desk and field, its laminated cover and spiral binding support exploration, durability and play.

Created in collaboration with: Ryann Abunuwara, Dasha Iarotskaia, and Makiah Roberts

Category
Print, Risograph, Ecology, Play

Gus goes to the Dog Show
2021

37-original watercolor illustrations for a children’s book. Developed in close collaboration with the author, the illustrations bring subtle humor and warmth, blending expressive brushwork with quiet observation. A study in character, motion, and determination.

Authored by: Andrew Schuster

Available for purchase

Category
Illustration, Watercolor

About Me

Through my work, I seek to be in dialogue with people & the environment in an iterative, expansive design-research practice.

Based in Seattle, WA.