Portfolio of Mette Virala, a visual and digital designer from Turku, Finland. Brand identities, illustration, and web design, documented with process.https://www.mettevirala.com/en/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/riso-maker/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/riso-maker/A free browser tool that prints video like a risograph: real Riso inks, halftone dots, misregistration wobble and paper grain, exported as a web-ready MP4.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:57:18 GMTanimationmotion-designpersonal-projecthttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/border-of-blocks/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/border-of-blocks/A free browser tool that cuts a subject out of its photo and wraps your words around it in square blocks, one letter to a block. The new Distance control lifts the ring of blocks clear of the edge.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:28:10 GMTillustrationpersonal-projecttutorialtypographyhttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/sine-wave-rhythm-grids/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/sine-wave-rhythm-grids/The one-line trick under kinetic identities: a sine wave every shape reads a little late. Three monochrome loops, one seed, 154 kilobytes.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:22:56 GMTanimationbrandingmotion-designpersonal-projecttutorialhttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/scanline-art-contour-following/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/scanline-art-contour-following/A technique that makes video look hand-drawn — lines that curve around faces and shapes that react to edges.Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:06:03 GMTanimationmotion-designpersonal-projecttutorialhttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/retro-p5-lofi-pixel-processor/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/retro-p5-lofi-pixel-processor/A Node.js tool for turning video and images into lo-fi pixel art. 8 effects, 10 palettes, inspired by demoscene and permacomputing.Sat, 03 Jan 2026 09:21:03 GMTanimationcreative-codingmotion-designpersonal-projectpixel-artretrotutorialhttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/flowroos-website-design/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/flowroos-website-design/A landing page for Flowroos, a Turku event florist, built around a pressed-flower collage.Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:25:06 GMTcase-studyfigmaui-designwebsite-designhttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/illustration-print-kansanvallan-tunkiolla/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/illustration-print-kansanvallan-tunkiolla/Editorial illustration for a feature article on institutional fragility — a house-of-cards metaphor in collage.Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:27:00 GMTcollagecommissioned-workeditorial-designillustrationprinthttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/echo-art-festival-poster/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/echo-art-festival-poster/How a flat Illustrator poster ends up looking glued to an electrical box.Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:24:03 GMTadobe-photoshopeventsmockupsposter-designtexture-workhttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/happy-cakes-bakery-branding/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/happy-cakes-bakery-branding/Brand identity for a fictional bakery that had to feel handmade without feeling old-fashioned.Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:40:42 GMTbrandingfood-beverageidentity-designrebrandingtypographyhttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/paavo-nurmi-marathon-rebranding/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/paavo-nurmi-marathon-rebranding/A rebrand for the Paavo Nurmi Marathon: four colours and type you can read at running speed.Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:36:51 GMTeventsidentity-designminimalismrebrandinghttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/floral-studio-re-branding/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/floral-studio-re-branding/Two brand directions for a floral studio — one calm, one bold — and why green won.Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:13:42 GMTbrandingcolor-theoryfloralidentity-designrebrandinghttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/poster-design-ideas/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/poster-design-ideas/Poster designs for floral shop marketing, a student pop-up event, and summer-themed experiments.Thu, 02 May 2024 13:33:54 GMTeventsgraphic-designmarketingposter-designtypographyhttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/photography-2/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/photography-2/Flowers in vases photographed against a thunderstorm.Mon, 08 Apr 2024 07:52:26 GMTcompositionflorallightingphotographyhttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/photography-is-love/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/photography-is-love/Flowers against colour, street shots in concrete, design shop interiors, and everyday moments.Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:35:04 GMTcompositioneverydaylightingphotographyhttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/product-design-marketing-skai/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/product-design-marketing-skai/A branding exercise: Skai, a fictional universal remote that had to make technology feel approachable.Sat, 23 Mar 2024 16:11:24 GMTbrandingcase-studyidentity-designproduct-designtech-producthttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/photos-graphic-design/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/photos-graphic-design/Photo collages layered with geometric shapes, typography and bold patterns. Made in Adobe Illustrator.Sat, 23 Mar 2024 15:44:02 GMTadobe-illustratorcollagedesign-elementsgraphic-designmixed-mediaphotoshttps://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/pretty-patterns/https://www.mettevirala.com/en/works/pretty-patterns/A geometric pattern designed in Adobe Illustrator, applied to plates and sheets.Sat, 23 Mar 2024 14:47:44 GMTadobe-illustratorgeometricminimalismpattern-designproduct-application