Serving the parents and families of UofT students, this microsite within the university’s online ecosystem needed to be cleaner, easier to use and—most importantly—had to meet strict accessibility standards.

This new look keeps content consistent, always easy to find, and well within the WCAG 2.0 AA standard grade—allowing the site to perform well with screen readers, for the visually impaired, and for custom accessibility-focused browsers.

Noted law firm Torys has a history of producing wonderful holiday messages for their clients and colleagues. This year, I helped them design the email people would receive, and both storyboarded and illustrated the actual video message, which features delighted reactions from Torys staff in Toronto, New York and Calgary.

For their third year, Toronto games festival Gamercamp needed a fresh new look that got away from expected videogame imagery and gave the event an identity of its own. This new approach kept the fun, playful feel that the three-day show is known for, but utilized simpler iconography and clean, legible type to make it more accessible.

The website was created in WordPress so the client could populate all the content themselves during the busy rush towards the event’s opening. This proved to be a real asset as content changed, events had to be moved around, and schedules were revised up to the minute—with their own tools for updating, the festival owners didn’t miss a beat.

Advertising the event around Toronto was handled online and through these iconographic posters, which doled out facts and tidbits about the show, as well as hinting at the welcoming, fun nature of the show itself.

As with last year, respected law firm Torys LLP highlighted the top trends in mergers and acquisitions with a dynamic, animated video. For this installment, I illustrated the six trends that appeared alongside Torys partners’ explanations.

The illustrations can also be seen on the Top Trends M&A 2012 microsite, on YouTube, on Facebook, in iTunes, through the Torys iOS app and within the related print booklet.