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Portfolio
Ryan McGovern
Visual Media
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Ryan Mcgovern
480 S. 1rst W. Rexburg ID. 83440Apt. #[email protected]
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Table of Contents
Web PageFlierLogosPhoto DesignMontageBrochureStationary
Event Ad
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Web Page
Description: This is a webpage created to display a logo I
created.
Program(s) Used: Text wrangler and Dreamweaver
Date:June 28
Course:Comm 130
Objectives: Learn basic HTML code, size logo for web page,
compress multiple files in one folder.
Process: I began by opening the text that was provided in tex-twrangler. I edited the text in it to match my logo which I also
included in the code. I then began working with dreamweaver.With dreamweaver I was able to edit the code so that the col-ors on the page matched my logo. I changed the font to whatI wanted. I changed the the shape of the page so that it wouldhave sharp edges and shifted my logo so it was positioned cor-rectly. I then had ti get the code validated which took a coupletries.
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Flier
Description: Black and white flier to promote the Graduate
Leadership Conference.
Program(s) Used: InDesign
Date: May 10
Course:Comm 130
Objectives: Learn the basics of InDesign, practice using
P.A.R.C.F
Process: I began by just brainstorming and creating foursketches of potential formats to use. I chose one that was my
favorite and used that as my platform. When I began creatingthe sketch I had in InDesign I realized I would have to movethe logo and the title around as well as aligning things differ-ently to make it look better. The end result ended up beingmuch different than the sketch I began with.
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Logos
Description: These are three different logos I designed for a
fictional gym.
Program(s) Used:Adobe Illustrator
Date:June 7
Course: Comm 130
Objectives: Learn to design a variety of logos and develop
skills in Adobe Illustrator
Process: I began by brainstorming and coming up with theidea to make logos for a gym. I then spent a few minutes look-
ing at many different logos for gym that I found online. OnceI had some ideas I began sketching as many ideas as I couldthink of. I had a few different sketches that were my favoritesso I took those and began to try and create them in illustrator.I used the shape building tools a lot for the 2nd and third lo-gos. For my text logo I had to convert the text to point type soI could make the s curve and underline fitness. I used the pen
tool to trace a fist for the image logo I have on the bottom. Theshape building tool is what I used to create the dumbbell. OnceI had the basic designs made I began experimenting with differ-ent color schemes until I found ones that I liked for each logo.
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Photo Design
Description:A color poster that includes an original photo.
Demonstrates good photography and image editing skills.
Program(s) Used: Photoshop
Date: May 24
Course: Comm 130
Objectives: Learn basic photography skills, how to use a dig-
ital camera, practice skills in Photoshop.
Process: I began by looking at the photos I had taken andchose the one I thought was the best that had a color scheme
from the Visual Focus book that I could work with. I used thelasso tool a lot to bring out the brightness in certain parts ofthe photo to emphasize the colors that go with the scheme.Because it was dark when I took the photo I needed bring thebrightness out in a lot of things. It also helped to bring the vi-brant color level up. I then decided to use a quote in the designand because there is a basketball hoop in the photo I searched
online for inspirational basketball quotes. I found the MichaelJordan quote and liked it so I put that in there.
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Montage
Description: It is a montage poster that creates excitement
for the NBA playoffs.
Program(s) Used: Photoshop
Date: May 31
Course: Comm 130
Objectives: Learn how to use masks in Adobe Photoshop
while also using layers and blending images together.
Process: I began by putting in the background which is thepicture of the NBA Finals banner and logo and cropped it. I
then inserted a picture of a star player from each the four teamsin the conference finals. I created a mask for all for imagesof the players and used the black painting tool to remove thebackground from there original pictures. After that I added thetext and aligned the text boxes. I then inserted a picture of thetexture of a basketball court and used the gradient tool to haveit fade into the background.
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Brochure
Description: This is a brochure to promote the fitness gym
Shredded Fitness that I made up.
Program(s) Used: Indesign and Photoshop
Date:July 12
Course:Comm 130
Objectives: Learn how to set up a two-sided document tofold together the way I want it to. Also learn how to include
quality images.
Process: I first brainstormed and sketched ideas until I came
up with a logo and a basic design for the layout of the bro-chure. I then created a InDesign document and set up theboarders for where the folds would be. I then put my imageswhere I wanted them and also my logo which I created us-ing Photoshop. Then I started putting in background colorsto match the colors of the logo. Then I placed my body copythroughout the brochure where I thought it was appropriate. I
made changes to how every thing was arranged multiple timestrying to get it to look nicer. The one constant image was theman doing the dumbbell fly in the middle of the page. I even-tually came up with a design where I used circle which I creat-ed using the shape building tool. I then added a couple moreimages, used text wrap around the main image and my designwas about ready. After that it was just a matter of getting the
brochure to print and fold the way I wanted it to.
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Stationary
Description: Letterhead and business logo using the same
original logo.
Program(s) Used: Indesign
Date:June 14
Course: Comm 130
Objectives: Learn to create a stationary document withenough space for the letter, use appropiately use watermarks,create a two sided business card that includes logo and all ap-propriate information using design principles.
Process: I used InDesign for the whole process. After final-ly coming up with a logo idea I designed it on the computer.Making the shapes and text was not hard until I had to morphthe word fitness to the way I wanted it to look. After that I cre-ated the rest of my design for my letterhead. I then put togeth-er a very basic design for the front and back of my business cardusing my logo on both sides.
After having the design critiqued I went back and made a lotof changes. I added a circles to my logo. I then gave it a colorscheme other than black and white. I changed the design of theback of the business card by having the logo hide off the pagea little bit. On the front I put the information in a circle gaveboth sides a dark blue background.
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Event Ad
Description:A advertising handout/poster to promote a
fundraiser.
Program(s) Used: Microsoft Word
Date: May 17
Course: Comm 130
Objectives: Learn how to scan download and resize an imagefor a document, create an advertisement to promote an eventising design principles.
Process: For this project we were required to use Microsoft
Word for the whole design of this ad. Since it had to include ascanned image I began by finding one that I liked from a maga-zine. Once I had the image I scanned, downloaded, and resizedthe image for the document I was going to use it for. I came upwith the tree planting fundraising idea to go with the image Ihad. Then I wrote the informative text that was needed for theproject. After I had the text I experimented with many different
fonts and colors until I had the ones that I thought looked thebest. After that I just made a few adjustments to where the textwas placed and aligned and that was it.
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