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STATIONERY

Programs: Adobe Illustrator, IndesignDate Completed: February 28th, 2015Course Title: Visual MediaInstructor: Ben PingelObjectives/Skills: To create a new logo to be used as a design concept between stationery and a business card.

Process:First I designed a new logo using simple circles and letters. The “W^2” is in reference to the two “W’s” in the title of Witticism Weekly. I then found an appropriate color scheme, and put the logo on a gray background. I played around with adding textures, but I thought that would make the business card look too serious. Afterwards, I added the necessary information, and copied the logo designs to another document. From here, I opened a document in Indesign and copied the two different logos onto the page. I added a line between “Witticism” and “Weekly” to have consistency with the text on the right. I took the circular logo and made it relatively transparent to create a water mark.

LOGOS

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Witticism Weekly

WEEKLY

Programs: Adobe IllustratorDate Completed: February 20th, 2015Course Title: Visual MediaInstructor: Ben PingelObjectives/Skills:To create three logos that are completely different from each other in every design aspect, from the framework to the color scheme.

Process:For this project we got to have a lot of freedom in Adobe Illustrator. For the top logo, I created 3 identical ellipses, and shrunk two down so there would be a large, medium, and small circle. I then stacked them on top of each other asymmetrically and put two “W”’s to represent the company, “Witticism Weekly.” For the next one I created two ellipses and a curved line for the glasses, a triangle with two circles and an ellipse for the nose, and many rounded rectangles for the mustache. The bottom logo is pretty straight forward, using “Witticism” as the focal point and bringing the first “I” down to create a border for “weekly.”

EVENT AD

 

Programs: Microsoft WordDate Completed: January 30th, 2015Course Title: Visual MediaInstructor: Ben PingelObjectives/Skills:To learn how to scan high quality images, as well as how to design in Microsoft Word, since many companies will not have Adobe products on hand.

Process:I started by scanning the tree picture from the book “All My Friends Are Dead.” Then, I put that picture into Microsoft Word and put a green background behind it. From there, I removed the background from the tree and matched the color of the leaves to the background, and played around with the tint. I added a few text boxes and shapes behind the smaller text boxes. I gave those shapes a shadow effect to make it seem like it popped off the page. Lastly, I added a “paper bag” texture to the background and made it transparent so the green color could come through. From there, I contrasted the greens so the text and shapes could easily be discerned.

BROCHURE

Programs: Adobe Illustrator, Indesign, PhotoshopDate Completed: March 28th, 2015Course Title: Visual MediaInstructor: Ben PingelObjectives/Skills:To use all programs we have learned in the semester to create a two-sided brochure containing high quality design elements.

Process:Before I went in to the actual programs, I sketched out my design for a Frisbee golf brochure and chose an appropriate color scheme, which ended up being analogous in the green spectrum. Once I sketched my design, I created my logo in Adobe Illustrator, using a thrown disc as my inspiration. I then found 4 fitting photos from Google Images, and did the 4 basic edits to each of the in Adobe Photoshop. After that was all taken care of, I set up my layout in Adobe Indesign, putting in my color scheme, logo, and images. I added filler text for the time being. Coming back to the project, I cleaned up the lines, changed one of the images, made on the images into a text wrapping one, and added my body text. From there I did the necessary edits, printed the two pages, glued them together, and made the posted video.

MONTAGE

Programs: Adobe PhotoshopDate Completed: February 13th, 2015Course Title: Visual MediaInstructor: Ben PingelObjectives/Skills:To create a spiritually based design by blending images and textures in Photoshop.

Process:First I selected a large mountain picture from Google, as well as a silhouette of a girl praying in nature. I opened the mountain in Photoshop, and then cropped the girl picture and put it with the mountain. I blended the edges of the girl picture with the background of the mountain, and then used the overlay setting so the silhouette would match the color of the sky. Afterwards, I added a marble and metal background from cgbackgrounds and overlaid those as well, giving a textured look to the sky. I then added a painted filter to give the mountain hard edges, and then softened the peak of the mountain. I then added the appropriate text, played with the color of the design a little bit, and matched it with the text.

BUSINESS CARDS

Programs: Adobe Illustrator, IndesignDate Completed: February 28th, 2015Course Title: Visual MediaInstructor: Ben PingelObjectives/Skills:To create a new logo to be used as a design concept between stationery and a business card.

Process:First I designed a new logo using simple circles and letters. The “W^2” is in reference to the two “W’s” in the title of Witticism Weekly. I then found an appropriate color scheme, and put the logo on a gray background. I played around with adding textures, but I thought that would make the business card look too serious. Afterwards, I added the necessary information, and copied the logo designs to another document.

WEB PAGE

Programs: Adobe Illustrator Notepad++Date Completed: March 14th, 2015Course Title: Visual MediaInstructor: Ben PingelObjectives/Skills:To learn how to properly code a website and combine it with Creative Cloud.

Process:I first updated the logo I would be using to make a better, more appealing design. After that, I created this web page using only Notepad++ on my home PC. The original text and logo were placed in an HTML file, and was coded to have all the text formatted the way it currently is. After making the HTML file, I then used CSS to make the web page have a look to it. In CSS, I changed the colors of the webpage to the blue, cream, and pink colors you can see. I changed the fonts to two different typefaces (Slab and Sans Serif), and centered the logo. The only thing done outside of Notepad++ was the logo itself, being created beforehand in Adobe Illustrator.

FLIER

Programs: Adobe IndesignDate Completed: January 23rd, 2015Course Title: Visual MediaInstructor: Ben PingelObjectives/Skills:To learn how to make an appealing design layout in black and white.

Process:Starting with a sketching a few brainstorms on what the design could look like, I took my favorite and put the design on InDesign. To create an attention grabbing design I used repeating black boxes for contrast, as well as emphasized the title through capitalization and thickening the letters. Around the body copy I left enough white space to make the text standout and seem more appealing.

PHOTODESIGN

Programs: Adobe PhotoshopDate Completed: February 6th, 2015Course Title: Visual MediaInstructor: Ben PingelObjectives/Skills:To learn how to make an attractive layout in a photo and create an appealing design around it in Photoshop.

Process:I took a picture of an apple at the top of the bleachers at the BYU-Idaho field to get a blue background. I then took the photo into Photoshop and did the 4 basic edits: Levels, Values, Color Selection, and Sharpening. From there, I added the main text “Be Healthy/ Eat An Apple.” I added rectangles and color matched the red to the darker part of the apple, the blue to the background (and then darkened it), and found a yellow to fit the shades of the other colors. I made two sets of 3 rectangles, both pointing to the apple, which is the “main character” as it were of the design. From there I chose an appropriate font, finished sharpening the design, and printed.