Snowy Wild Alaska

janessabork — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:42:04 +0000

During the holidays I went to Alaska for two weeks of fun! It was a winter wonderland and I went snowboarding everyday. Heres the video edit of my adventures!

And some photos of the beauty!

Commissioned Holiday Card

janessabork — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:07:31 +0000

This week I had the privilege of creating an institutional holiday illustration for PNCA! I was given a bicycle to work with that was made by three applied Craft and Design Students who are in the MFA program there. My illustration will be made into cards with the quote “Powered by Creativity and Collaboration.” I was really interested in working with a festive color palette and detailed line work! This is what I came up with:

Here is the bike created by Andrew Lonnquist MFA ’12 Karl Ramentol MFA ’12 and David Boekelheide MFA ’11:

New Typography Designs

janessabork — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:43:36 +0000

This November I have had the opportunity to do some Typography for !
Shred Betties has started this new program to help at risk moms get there kids on the hill and teach them some skills! We dicussed the logo for the program “Moms on Board” would need to be designed for many different applications such as logo, web banner use, diecut stickers, and as a t shirt graphic. These are some of the designs I sent them to choose from:

I also did some “Shred Betties” typography for printing on apparel:

Mural Painting for Bishops Barbershop

janessabork — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:28:35 +0000

I recently finished a mural for a Portland based hair salon called Bishops Barbershop.
Check out this video timelapse of my process:

You can check out the Bishops Shop I painted at:
http://www.bishopsbs.com/locations/gresham-station/

Shred Betties Online Magazine, Interview with Janessa

janessabork — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:47:46 +0000

Check out my feature on this awesome online female snowboard magazine, Shred Betties! It show cases girl riders all over the USA. It also has articles and info on contests, gear, and videos. I am the featured rider for the month of August! Click to open it:
Shredbetties.com Betty of the Month: Janessa Bork

I’m also in a video my friend Erika made called:
Why we Ride

Summer Snow

janessabork — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:10:01 +0000

Summer is Easy

janessabork — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:34:37 +0000

I’ve been obsessed with taking photos this summer in PDX. Heres just a few from this week. My vintage cruiser and bff @ Park of Roses in NE. Skate Date at Pier Park. Fresh strawberries from my garden. Cycle trip with Josh Ramp to skate in Hood River (damn ur ass gets numb riding over an hour co-pilot on a 1979 yamaha 650). Beautiful ride through the Gorge though. Oh, and it was my dog Bakers 5th B-day too, sparkles and all.

Thank you card process

janessabork — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:16:19 +0000

I created this card to send to all the lovely people who supported me throughout the last few monthes as I was creating my thesis work, fed me and loaned me money during this stressful time, and gave me awesome graduation gifts. I couldn’t have done it without them!
To view a better image of these cards please visit my portfolio site: janessabork.com

Artwork Feature

janessabork — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:55:51 +0000

I have some featured work and an interview on this awesome blog called Day n Night. CHeck it out:

http://daynnightblog.com/

Featured Artist: Janessa Bork

After Graduation last week I had some fun…

janessabork — Mon, 30 May 2011 05:16:52 +0000

I competed in the Cricket Campus Rail Jam Tour Finals in @ Pioneer Square inPortland, OR.
It was rainy and wet, but the sun kept breaking through randomly to give us some good shots of the features!
I ended up getting second place! Pretty stoked.