PIXEL & PAPER | CREATIVE PROJECTS IN DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION & CRAFT

Welcome to Pixel & Paper — a blog where I share creative design projects from Beal Design. It’s where I share what I’m working on — whether I’m refining a website layout, carving a new piece, or experimenting with watercolours. I write about the process, the tools, the challenges, and the small wins that come from working with both pixels and pine. This blog is part workshop, part sketchbook, and part conversation with anyone who values thoughtful, well-made things.

Hartland Bridge Painting -Eric Beal

Painting Hartland Bridge

This watercolour of the Hartland Covered Bridge captures more than just its structure — it reflects a personal connection built over many crossings
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wayfinding-signage-new brunswick

Wayfinding and Sign Design

To help people interact with their environment, you need clear, consistent signs. The potential value of signs goes beyond identity and navigation. Signs provide opportunities to establish a mood and transform a flat dull space into a fresh, memorable place with character.
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Award Winning! Book design for Connections Publishing

Nice Things Customers Say

Working with Eric of Beal Design has been a joy. Not only is his design work extraordinary, his patience and sense of humour throughout the process
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top 5 questions concerning website design

Top 5 FAQ about Website Design

At Beal Design, when working through the beginning stages of a new web design project, understandably we find clients ask us a number of recurring questions. To answer these and help those of you who are unsure, we’ve put together a list of FAQs you might find useful.
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Hardy Buoys Smoked Fish salmon packaging design

Packaging Design that POPS

Customers are drawn, more than anything, to products that look good. Something that is well designed and interesting is bound to attract more potential customers than a product that is poorly designed and looks bland. This is the importance of packaging design.
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Package design for Java Blend Coffee Roasters

Your Logo is how People Recognize your Product or Company

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When you think of great products or companies, the visual image that forms in your head is probably that of their logo; Apple’s apple, Michelin and the Michelin man, Ford using the serif font within a blue oval, Nike’s
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