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. 

Illustrator to Photoshop

This was my Illustrator to Photoshop composition. I first made a flat piece in illustrator using different shapes and adding text. After this was complete, I exported it into photoshop and edited it. The first thing that I did was changed the transparencies of the circles and squares. I wanted them to look more like they went together and blended together as supposed to the first composition which was very choppy. Once I got those to a point I liked, I wanted to spice up the back square. I decided to use the gradient tool and mesh together an ocean image and the sky, since they were similar in color to the navy I had there, so they stayed within the desired color scheme. For the final touches I added a white square as a border, and white text to compliment that. A drop shadow was put on the white text to make it pop more and make it look less flat. Overall, I was very happy with this composition. I thought that it was neat to see how the different programs work together to create things and how they both add different elements to the mix. 

Color Wheel

This was another in class assignment that was completed to get an understanding of the colors that we would be working with in the InDesign program on the CMYK color scale. After making several circles using the shape tool, I added lines to break them up into small sections. I then separated the sections so that I could spread them out from the original compound shape. I added a black background because I found it to make the colors stand out more than the white background had. The final step was to add the text, in which I just inserted a text box and played with the color until I thought it looked best.

Chiles

This is the first assignment that I completed in Adobe Illustrator. This assignment was completed in class and was done mainly to get used to the program and see what can be done when using it. Tools used in this include; changing the color, making shapes, gradients, and changing the sizes. Once I had a grasp on the tools at hand, I was able to make the alterations to what I thought looked best. 

Photoshop Final

These were a series of four pieces for my phototoshop final. To make this I used all the techniques that I had learned throughout the semester and applied them. I first start off by making four separate photoshop files to make the cards that appear in the images. After playing with different transparencies and images I finally got the cards to look the way that I wanted them to.  I then chose the theme of gambling and playing cards to portray throughout the four compositions. Using similar techniques to the layered mask pieces, I created the images. This included the gradient tools, paint brushes, and selections. Overall, I am very proud of this series and think it has been one of my best pieces of work all semester. It took a while to complete all of it, but in the end it paid off and is something that I'm proud of.