Leann E. Johnson

Client: Electrostatic Sanitizing Services of Minnesota
Goals: branding for a community-based sanitizing and safety cooperative
Results: logo used to promote the organization’s sustainability and support of small businesses (digital and print)

Project: Personal illustration
Goals: I heard the observation comparing diversity to inclusion, which inspired this image.
Results: The illustration supports another way to think of what diversity and inclusion means as actions.

Client: Dwayne A. Ratleff
Goals: custom illustration for cover design for author’s self-published book (digital and print)
Results: illustration used effectively for cover, resulting in a successful book launch

Project: “Tech for Better Eating”
Client: New York Times, Well section (New York, NY)
Goal: illustration to support an article about apps that monitor glucose levels
Results: showed how glucose spikes can differ between individuals while eating the same foods.

Client: Fearless Comedy Productions
Goal: Company wanted to update logo to reflect their new direction of a broader, more inclusive perspective.
Results: Redesigned logo reflects the company’s spirit and energy.

Project: "Impressions" (pairing writers with visual artists)
Client: St. Paul Almanac (St. Paul, MN) and Metro Transit
Goal: Illustrate a poem about a homeless man’s experience riding MetroTransit
Results: images were displayed on Green Line transit stops and in St. Paul bus stop shelters
 

Project: "Bride Food"
Client: New York TImes, Style section (New York, NY)
Goal: illustrations on ceramic tile that accompanied an article on healthy eating as part of a pre-wedding beauty routine.
Results: Several electronic illustrations on tiles to support article.

Project: Style section "Skin Deep"
Client: New York Times Style section (New York, NY)
Goal: Accompany text in article about a smear-free night-time beauty balm.
Results: Illustration and article published in paper and online.

Project: "Skin Deep"
Client: New York Times Styles section (New York, NY)
Goal: Client wanted to break up text in and supplement yoga article.
Results: Illustration and article published in paper and online.

Project: Irrigate Corridor Collaboration Grant with ASANDC for historic Rondo neighborhood
Client: Aurora St. Anthony Neighborhood Development Center (ASANDC; St. Paul, MN)
Goals: Needed an illustration to reflect and combine past and present members of the former Rondo community (a St. Paul neighborhood)
Results:
• Created illustration for one of the banners
• Inspired by an old photograph from historic Rondo neighborhood