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Delta Airlines

  • Illustration
  • T-shirt Design
  • Print Material
Folded white Delta staff t-shirt printed with the Brisbane to Los Angeles artwork: hand-drawn palm trees and a plane against an orange sun above a beach scene, with the Delta logo below

Overview

Delta Air Lines approached me to design staff t-shirts and postcards celebrating the launch of its new Brisbane to Los Angeles route.

Challenges & Solutions

The brief was open, with no style direction, so I explored several approaches, from bold graphic treatments to hand-drawn illustration. Delta chose a hand-drawn scene of tall palm trees and an orange sun, iconic of California. The artwork functions just as well on a shirt as on a postcard.

Folded white Delta staff t-shirt printed with the Brisbane to Los Angeles artwork: hand-drawn palm trees and a plane against an orange sun above a beach scene, with the Delta logo below
White Delta t-shirt on a wooden hanger, with hand-drawn palm trees, an orange sun and a plane over a Californian beach, and BNE to LAX with the Delta logo below
Hand holding a Delta BNE to LAX postcard with hand-drawn palm trees, an orange sun, a plane and a blue ocean and yellow beach
Delta print set in mid-air: “You’re the First (and the Best) to Do It!” welcome to Australia cards for first passengers, and the BNE to LAX palm tree postcard
Front and back of the Delta BNE to LAX postcard: the illustrated palm tree beach scene and the welcome card with a large red Delta widget
Delta Airlines
Melanie Lepage Copyright 2026