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CONTACT
Austin Cook
111 W. 7th S. #1610
Rexburg, ID 83440
808-987-4023
[email protected]
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
EVENT AD..............................4
STATIONERY.......................6
BUSINESS CARD...............8
LOGOS.................................10
BROCHURE........................12
MONTAGE...........................14
PHOTODESIGN................16
FLIER......................................18
WEBPAGE...........................20
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EVENT AD
Description: This is a project for my visual media class. We
were assigned to make a fake event ad using
only Microsoft Word. We had to scan a picture from a magazine
and use it as the background. I wanted to
use a surfing picture but there aren’t any surfing magazines
here in Idaho. So I picked something that I think
is cool. SNOW SPORTS! I made an ad for a Snow Day event at
Targhee Resort. There would be fun snow
sports and a hangout area to just take in the sights.
Process (Programs, Tools, Skills, FOCUS principles): This
process was crazy! I went t hrough at least 10
different ideas for this project. I only used Microsoft Word. I
just used text boxes, and line tools. I made the
original picture, that I scanned from “Backcountry” magazine, a
little darker so that the text would stick out
a bit more. I came up with the idea and Formulated a plan with a
message to everyone that lives out here
in Rexburg or in any part of Idaho that deals with snow and
keeps people indoors. I Organized all of my
shapes and ideas and picture options. I put t he text in a
slanted alignment so as to follow the direction of
the mountain. I Contrasted the color by making the picture
darker so that the text would stick out more. IUnified everything
by giving the text boxes a sense of rhythm so that the person who
saw the ad knew that
they had read it all. I Simplified everything by refining and
getting rid of boxes and text outlines. This process
happened at least 10 times so that I could refine
everything.
Message: There is a snow day with all sorts of activities and
everything is free of charge. All people would
have to do is show up.
Audience: Anyone who lives in the snow in Idaho and enjoys the
outdoors.
Color scheme and color names: Red, White
Top Thing Learned: I learned that the contrast of the picture
can make a huge difference on the emphasis
of the text
Date: 2/1/2015
UNTIL
BRING ON THE COLD!
Winter is here and that doesn’t mean- stay
indoors.If you like sledding, snowboarding, skiing, family time or
just
enjoying the view of nature, then come out to a full snow day
party!
All activities are FREE of charge! All you have to do
is sho w up! We
will be meeting in the Targhee Resort Lobby at
8 a.m. Feb.13, 2015
February 13, 20
8 a.m. – 5:3
Targhee# S n o w D a y
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STATIONERY
Description: This was a continuation of my logo project. With
the best logo from my last project I had
to make a business card layout and also a letterhead layout.
This is a for a fake sports company. I
made up the sports company.
Process (Programs, Tools, Skills): I used Adobe Illustrator to
make the business card and to upgrade
the logo and then I used Adobe InDesign to make the
letterhead.
Message: The message is to say that this sporting store has the
best stuff.
Audience: Anyone who plays sports.
Top Thing Learned: Spacing can always be played with to be made
better.
Date: 3/1/2015
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BUSINESS
CARD
Description: This was a continuation of my logo project. With
the best logo from my last
project I had to make a business card layout and also a
letterhead layout. This is a for
a fake sports company. I made up the sports company.
Process (Programs, Tools, Skills): I used Adobe Illustrator to
make the business card
and to upgrade the logo and then I u sed Adobe InDesign to make
the letterhead.
Message: The message is to say that this sporting store has the
best stuff.
Audience: Anyone who plays sports.
Top Thing Learned: Spacing can always be played with to be made
better.
Date: 3/1/2015
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BROCHURE
Description: This is a FAKE brochure for my class COMM 130. It’s
supposed to be for the
preservation of trees. I don’t know a lot but the idea just came
to me. It’s a brochure that
looks like a tree stump and ther e are flaps on the front and
back for so you can see t he
animals inside. I used the images from the internet but my
computer crashed and I don’t
have the direct links to them. They are not my images.
Process (Programs, Tools, Skills): Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop,
and InDesign. I used a lot of
tools but the ones that stick out the most were the text wrap
and quick selection tools.
Message: Don’t kill more trees than needed.
Audience: People that like trees.
Top Thing Learned: I learned how to do textwrap, which has
become very handy.
Date: 3/28/2015
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MONTAGE
Description: This is a project that I was asked to make in my
college class. The images
are from the sources found below. This is a Montage of an idea
that I’ve had in my head
for some time now. It’s supposed to signify that Christ wasn’t
only thinking of a certain
group of people but of EVERYONE. This should be motivational to
help people know
that they’re not alone.
Process (Programs, Tools, Skills, Steps taken while designing):
I used Photoshop to
blend three different images together. I mainly used the masking
tool on Photoshop and
just increased or decreased the opacity of some of the
images that were used. I also
used the paint brush.
Message: My message is that when people can’t feel the love of
Christ during a bad
day, they can know that this was a sacrifice “FOR EVERYONE”
Audience: Anyone who is having a rough day.
Top Thing Learned: I learned that it’s never too late to change
an idea. I had another
idea that I had actually submitted for my draft but this idea
came to me and I liked it a
lot more.
Date: 2/15/2015
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PHOTODESIGN
Description: This is another project that I was asked to do for
my visual media class.
I was supposed to make something in Adobe Photoshop to show an
employer that
I’m skilled with this program. I used a quote from the movie
“Rocky” and used a
monochromatic color scheme. It’s pretty easy to tell that the
color I chose to use was
blue.
Process (Programs, Tools, Skills, FOCUS principles): I used
Adobe Photoshop. I used
four basic adjustments on the photo that I took: Levels,
Vibrance, Selective Color, and
the Sharpening Tool. I had a couple of ideas for the picture so
I made a plan for each
idea but I just liked this one more.
Message: The message is to keep moving forward after being hit
hard. That’s what
matters most.
Audience: The potential employer who is looking to know if I
have skills in Photoshop
and anyone who is found victim to a hard day.
Top Thing Learned: The top thing I learned was that ideas
change. I sent in a
completely different draft for a critique and later thought that
t his was a better idea. It
was a message I wanted to convey. It’s never too late to change
ideas.
Date: 2/8/2015
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FLIER
DESCRIPTION: This is a flier that I put together that is
supposed to inform the graduating
seniors of a Leadership conference.
PROCESS/PROGRAMS: The process of putting this together was full
of refining. I used
Adobe In Design to make this layout and used a square tool for a
lot of the shapes. Every
time that I thought I was finished I noticed something that
could be added or moved or
better aligned. I also noticed that I could change the text so
that attention could be drawn
to the more important parts. I thought that the gray black and
white all kind of meshed well
together. I thought that the logo also looked good with the gray
background. That was an
accident that turned out to be pretty nice.
MESSAGE: The message is for the graduating class and it’s about
a conference to help
graduating seniors to gain a competitive edge in business.
TOP THING LEARNED: The top thing that I learned from this
project is that there is always
room for improvement. I refined this project at least five
times.
Date: 1/25/2015
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WEBPAGE
Description: This is a website project that I was assigned in
class to show that I have
the basic html and CSS skills. It uses the same logo from my
previous projects. It was
supposed to add to my work with my webpage project and logo
project.
Process (Programs, Tools, Skills): I used Textwrangler to make
the codes for the
website. I had to learn how to set everything up so that it
would look like a webpage
wen I finished. The process is actually described in the project
itself. I just used a bunch
of different shape tools in illustrator to make an “O” for the
logo. I used the line tool to
make the lines for the arrow and the arrow is made out of a
rectangle and a triangle.
Just made used the text box tool for the “M” and combined all of
the shapes to make it
all work together.
Message: It’s a sporting good company that moves on to the next
best thing in sports!
Audience: The customers.
Top Thing Learned: Working with html and CSS is really hard. A
lot of room for refining all
the time. Another thing I learned is that patience is
important.
Date: 3/15/2015
