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Throughout my college career I was involved with many projects, in school and out. From group projects, studying and working in the darkroom, to Designing for

my company (Rad Chap), DJ-ing on the weekends, and trying to snowboard whenever I could, I had a lot on my plate. It was hard to keep all my ideas and due dates organized and in order. This is when I went out and bought my big dry erase board. It allowed me to brainstorm my ideas and keep important projects in order, and in clear sight. Some people use a notebook, a planner, or use their phone, but I

felt that having the board over my desk and next to my bed allowed me to constantly keep the ideas running through my head, in which I was able to fully develop them into the final product. The board became a big part of my life and

with out it I would be lost in a terrible storm of ideas and due dates.

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I designed these three posters for an assignment in my graphic design class. The idea was to create posters to promote a current or original idea for a exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Since New York has a large graffiti community I wanted to create something that grabbed the attention of those interested in graffiti and pop art. The Exibit will show the roots of pop art, focusing on Andy Warhol, and show how it developed and influenced graffiti.

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Electro Magazine is a project I did my senior year at Marist College. The assignment was to create an idea for an original monthly newsletter, 4 pages in length, about something you were interested in. I chose to focus my newsletter on Electronic Dance Music (EDM). It would look into and explore the lifestyle of the fans, musicians, and everyone involved in the EDM scene. All of the photos used in this project were photos I took at Concerts I have attended.

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I created these Nooka Posters for an assignment my junior year, our teacher wanted us to create an assignment that could be entered into the One Show Competition. The Basic idea behind my campaign was to get different artist to create posters and magazine ads that showed what inspires them. I use the Jackson Pollock quote, “Every good painter paints what he is” to show that art comes out when you create something that is true to your own style. The artist would create different style ads that would appeal to a diverse group of consumers. Further an online component would allow people to log on to Nooka’s site and create their own posters. Then they could print out, share and even enter their posters to an online gallery for a chance to be chosen to have their designs published.

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These are some of the Logos I have designed over the past couple years. I included some examples of black, single color logos, and some with multiple colors. Throughout the years I have learned how to combine typography with unique vector images to create appealing designs that can be used for Logos, Branding, Identity, and Apparel.

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While attending Marist College I studied a Minor in Photography, in which I had the opportunity to work with real film, a real darkroom, and set up model shoots. I feel very lucky to have had this chance because real film Photography is slowly dying with the rise of Digital Photography. I’m glad that I have learned this dying art form and hope to continue it in the future.

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Photography has always been a part of my life, I love being able to capture a moment and have it portray a story or emotion. These are some examples of my favorite digital photos I have taken. I like to capture bright colors and playing with shutter speeds to capture light blurs that are completely unique.

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I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to work as a Student Brand Manager (SBM) for Red Bull, while attending Marist College. This Job gave me a lot of insight into promoting and marketing a product for a specific target, in my case college students. I worked with my Field-marketing Specialist and other SBMs from neighboring schools to create effective ways to market to our target. Some of those ways were; supporting college events with product, such at parties and formal events, guerilla marketing techniques, and using social media. While at red bull I created video and photos to help promote the brand virally. The pictures and video screenshots that are in the collage are from my time working for red bull.

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Rad Chap is a Lip balm company that my best friend and I started. We felt that there was a need for a lip balm company specifically within the snowboard industry, but open to all extreme sports and young adults. The Idea came to us when we were on a snowboard trip and we kept losing our chapstick. We decided that making unique flavors and designs would attract and allow our market to choose which Rad Chap fit their personality the best. Also with the availability of lip balm holders the user can wear it as an accessory and it would cut down the chances of losing the product.

www.RadChap.com

All work created by Christian Cortes. All Rights Reserved (c) 2011 - 2012