Cory McBee
14 // Cory McBee was born in Dallas, Texas, and now lives in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. She studied Painting at the College of Charleston and Graphic Design at Savannah College of Art and Design. Cory works under the label Modern South, and her designs are influenced by mid-century and Art Deco illustration and typographic styles. She is currently an instructor in Graphic Design at the Art Institute of Charleston and has been featured in CMYK Magazine and Apartment Therapy. For the future, Cory hopes to continue to grow Modern South and her webdevelopment company Tiny Tree Creative. Her dream job would be to illustrate a children’s book or to be commissioned by a major greetings-card company. She would also love to have her work picked up by stores like West Elm or Land of Nod.
Design Heroes: Paul Rand, Jonathan Barnbrook, Herb Lubalin
Moustache Man
All Cory’s works are created in Adobe Illustrator using traditional and digital illustration techniques. A jolly image of a man with a moustache is created from simple shapes in a striking CMYK palette.
Mid-Century
Three Birds in Blues Experimenting with circles and curves led to this interesting bird illustration with hints of Art Deco design. All of Cory’s works shown here were created for the sole purpose of expressing her creativity.
Alphabet in Shape
Cory shows how the entire alphabet can be illustrated using geometric shapes. She loves experimenting with opacity and blending, as well as incorporating traditional illustration techniques in a digital environment.