This was the final project of my Graphic Design 1 course. This project required that I select a type of food from the list provided, research my product, and develop a concept for a brand identity, including logo, menu, truck wrap, t-shirt, and culminating in a final presentation. Of the list of food items, I […]
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Graphic Design 1This was a really exciting project that is near and dear to my heart. This project is six of seven in the course, and it started out by walking me through the process of designing postage stamps. Given a list of causes, I chose the “Wounded Warrior Project”. I had to first identify two key
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Graphic Design 1Logos help to build brand identity. This is project five of seven for this graphic design 1 class. The project required that I establish a brand identity for myself by first designing my logo. Through the process of sketches, first draft and final presentation. Sketches Logo Rough Draft I did make a revisions to the
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Graphic Design 1This is project four of seven for this course. However, this is my first introduction to Adobe InDesign. This project required the selection of one of the following historical and influential graphic designers, research that designer, and create a research project with InDesign. Historical and influential graphic designers: Choice: Emory Douglas Outline Final Presentation Booklet
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Graphic Design 1This is project three of seven in this Graphic Design 1 course. This was probably one of my favorite projects to complete. This project utilized some advanced techniques in Adobe Illustrator while establishing layers. The project concluded with the creation of my very own designed Emojis, with the question, “How Do You Like Your Toast?”.
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Graphic Design 1This is project two of seven in the course. The task requires the creation of vector graphics through the process of: (1) creating graphics in Illustrator from raster images, (2) select an object (a stock image photo as the reference image) to create graphic stylizations, (3) create 6 hand-drawn sketches with pencil & paper, (4)
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Graphic Design 1This is the first of seven projects for my Graphic Design 1 (ART 166-200) course. This assignment required that I visualize graphic design, by finding all 26 letters of the alphabet in my surrounding environment. After capturing those letters digitally, my task is to use Adobe Photoshop to enhance and crop them, then use Adobe
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Graphic Design 1This project incorporated another aspect of Photoshop and allowed me to quickly come up with an idea for an animation. I wanted to show someone sitting on the beach, relaxing in a chair and watching someone parasailing go by. As a last concept, I threw in the buzzing bee and fly-swatter as a measure of suspense.
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Intro to Digital DesignThis is my final project for ART 106-200, and final use of Adobe Photoshop for the course. This project required: Thumbnails of the poster concepts, poster first draft of the two (2) select concepts, the final poster comp of the overall selected design, and a multimedia presentation of the final design. Thumbnail: Poster Concepts This
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Intro to Digital DesignJohn Andrew Perello, also known as the artist: JonOne Born of Dominican origin, John Andrew Perello, butgoes by the alias JonOne, was born and raised in Harlem, New York. His artwork started out as graffiti in his neighborhood streets at the age of 17. Although his work was viewed as graffiti, he rose above what
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Intro to Digital DesignThis project introduced me to Photoshop for the first time. Kaleidoscopes are a toy that many of us grew up playing with, so to create a digital kaleidoscope variations was really cool. Within this project, I had to create variations through the use of transparencies and masks in Photoshop. Original Image The variations were created
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Intro to Digital DesignThumbnail Sketches The places I researched and chose all looked very interesting to visit in the near future, and had some very fascinating iconic landmarks. The iconic places are: The 2 chosen are bolded and italicized. Vector Comp 1 The first place I chose to render a design in Illustrator was Mount Fuji. I was
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Intro to Digital DesignThis assignment was the very first project in my Intro to Digital Design course (ART 106-200). This assignment required the experimentation of the type tool in Illustrator. The first draft involved the selection of one letter and my desired font to create 4 different designs using that letter. My draft was submitted for feedback, and
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Intro to Digital DesignFirst Draft What was my process? The Quote: I wanted a quote that was meaningful to me and inspirational at the same time. While researching adult coloring books, I thought about using a poem as my quote. I came across poems from the late and great Maya Angelou. I chose her poem “Still I Rise”.
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