Retro primary artwork posters

I always have to have a project going on. Lately I’ve been really into graphic design. Josh interned at Adobe so we have a lot of cool design software, but I didn’t know how to use all of it. Through new projects, I’ve slowly been able to grasp bits of it and I’m learning more and more. I love it!

My latest project were these retro primary posters. I was looking at the LDS Media Library for some artwork for a lesson and stumbled across these primary cutouts from like the 80s. Does anyone else remember using these in nursery? It’s funny how outdated they can look now (for example, take a look at these awesome sister missionaries) …

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… so outdated they’re retro and cool. Or at least I’m calling them that.

When I saw them I immediately thought, “I want to use those!” I had been learning a new technique in Illustrator (line tracing in color) and thought it would be a fun way to practice. Several months later (yeah, of course the project got shelved halfway through and had to wait for a revival), I’ve got these sweet posters I’m going to put in the kids’ rooms. The wording comes from songs from the Children’s Songbook.

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Now I need to do one with the sisters…

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