Chalkboard artwork has been a major graphic design trend the last two years. It’s easily spotted in advertisements, magazines and yearbooks. It can be used to create a vintage look for your yearbook or to make it more playful and fun.

Like this magazine example, the chalkboard design can be used as a background. The look is completed through the use of the handwriting or chalk-like fonts. Even though chalkboard might make you think of black and white, in this example and others, color can be used really effectively to create this look, which modernizes it.
#1 – Austin Woman Magazine – March 2012 Cover – photographed by William Russell – cover handwriting by Anilyn Fabello and Danielle Pruitt of ChalkInk – Art Director Victoria Miller

You can use the chalkboard look as a graphic element. In this example, it creates more of a faded grunge look.
#2 – Graphic Design and Typography – Swiss Legacy – Graphic Design in France 2009/2010

Use this trend to personalize mug shots or student ads.
Brekke Felt – Felt Photography – www.feltphotography.com 

Use free frames, vector art, clip art and fonts to create the look you want for your yearbook.
Kimberly Geswein – KG Flavor and Frames 

 Visit our Pinterest Trend of the Month Board for more examples, resources and tutorials on creating this look for your yearbook.

Melissa Falkowski
Yearbook Sales Representative