Résumé

This is my resume that I put into InDesign and spruced up a bit. I like it because seeing as I am not going into the design world, I cannot have a resume with a lot of design and color on it. This is simple, but still looks nicer and stands out against other resumes that people have. To make it look this way I just added some boxes in the background of a somewhat neutral yellow color to make it still look professional. Then using the line tool and elipse tool I created the pattern on the right hand side, and lowered the transparency so that it was not as bold and aggressive.

Two page magazine

This is my two page magazine spread imitated after one I had found online. This was a part of the introduction to InDesign. I really liked this program and think that it is something that will be helpful to me throughout life. With this assignment I learned how to fill up a page with dummy text and make it look like there is actually an article being written, when in fact there is not. I was also able to use font in a way that I probably would not have thought of on my own (such as turning the word "the" sideways).  Overall, I think that I did well with this assignment and is something that I can look at and feel accomplished.

Tarot Cards (Illustrator Final)

These are a series of tarot cards that I made for my Illustrator final. I created them using a combination of the pen tool, pencil tool, and shapes. I then changed around the colors and added some gradient to them as well. My favorite one, is number II. I like this one because of how abstract and contemporary it appears to be. I also like the swords on number I because I think that the gradient works well and it truly looks like they are heading into the heart. Overall, I am pretty proud of this assignment and think that it shows my full understanding of the Illustrator program. 

Hello Kitty (Image Re-trace)

With this assignment I traced an image that I had of hello kitty. I then created boxes in the background to make it look like grass and sky, but to keep it simple and cartoon esque at the same time. While I did work on this for a long time, I do think that there are ways I could improve on it as well. Some of my lines have extra unnecessary points so they are not as smooth as they could be. 

Line Art

This was an in class assignment in which we played around with the pen and line tools. After making different lines I went and changed the properties associated with them such as the color, pattern, and thickness. I chose to do different properties for each of the lines because I wanted to get a full understanding of what my options were when it came to changing the lines from basic. 

Pear

This was completed to demonstrate my learning of the pen tool in InDesign. After following given points, I created the pair seen in the middle. I then played with color and the mesh tool to make the pear the colors that I thought seemed best. After this I then changed the colors of the other pears to allow a variety and placed repetitive text in the background. I like the simplicity of this composition as well as the repetition of shape and text throughout. I think that it makes it look clean and put together.

Grid Image

This was the grid image assignment. For this assignment, I took a 3 by 3 grid and made a design that looked continuous throughout all 9 of the boxes. I first started off with the blue triangles around the center making it look like a square turned at an angle. I then did the same thing with the orange triangles. From here I started to fill in the smaller details and play with color. When I had thought I finished, I felt as if I was missing something so using the circle tool I made flowers of green and purple in those corner triangles. After this was done, I felt as if my piece was complete.