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Paul Conrad
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Paul Conrad
FILM
DESIGN
ILLUSTRATION
ABOUT/CONTACT
SECRET
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FILM
DESIGN
ILLUSTRATION
ABOUT/CONTACT
SECRET
Login Account
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Final Wilderness Explorer logo design, with a render of Russell's backpack for design application.     WE MERIT BADGES Russell wears a sash that is covered with 47 Wilderness Explorer merit badges, with one open space for the "assisting the elde View fullsize
Round1A.jpg View fullsize
Round1B.jpg View fullsize
Round1C.jpg View fullsize
    Once narrowed down to the final badges, placement and color coordination began. View fullsize
Russell wbadges.jpg View fullsize
The final 47 badges.     WE MANUAL Referencing old scout manuals, alongside my own memories of being a cub, webelo and boy scout, I wanted to distill all of those types of ideas into the design of Russell's WE manual cover. View fullsize
Wemanual1.jpg View fullsize
Finalists. View fullsize
Final cover design.   At one point in the story, Russell was going to explain the jet stream to Carl using a spread from his Manual. View fullsize
jet stream spread.jpg View fullsize
WE GPS Interface/display. View fullsize
Russel's candybar.     SODA BOTTLE CAPS. At the beginning of the film young Ellie, has fashioned several pins or medals out of soda bottle caps and initiates Carl into her club of two by pinning him with the Grape Soda cap. View fullsize
Young Ellie.jpg View fullsize
Round 1. View fullsize
Finalists. View fullsize
finalgrape.jpg View fullsize
Final grape soda cap with Carl. View fullsize
Finally, at the end of the film, Carl pins it onto Russell, naming it... the Ellie badge. View fullsize

conrad.paul@comcast.net

embroidery.jpg
Final Wilderness Explorer logo design, with a render of Russell's backpack for design application.     WE MERIT BADGES Russell wears a sash that is covered with 47 Wilderness Explorer merit badges, with one open space for the "assisting the elde
Round1A.jpg
Round1B.jpg
Round1C.jpg
    Once narrowed down to the final badges, placement and color coordination began.
Russell wbadges.jpg
Wemanual1.jpg
Finalists.
Final cover design.   At one point in the story, Russell was going to explain the jet stream to Carl using a spread from his Manual.
jet stream spread.jpg
WE GPS Interface/display.
Russel's candybar.     SODA BOTTLE CAPS. At the beginning of the film young Ellie, has fashioned several pins or medals out of soda bottle caps and initiates Carl into her club of two by pinning him with the Grape Soda cap.
Young Ellie.jpg
Round 1.
Finalists.
finalgrape.jpg
Final grape soda cap with Carl.
Finally, at the end of the film, Carl pins it onto Russell, naming it... the Ellie badge.
The final 47 badges.     WE MANUAL Referencing old scout manuals, alongside my own memories of being a cub, webelo and boy scout, I wanted to distill all of those types of ideas into the design of Russell's WE manual cover.