P9 BenDahl Portfolio Project

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Portfolio

Ben Dahl



Contact Ben Dahl

123 S. 3rd W. Apt. #7

Rexburg, ID 83440

208.313.9599

[email protected]



Table of contents

Brochure

Business Card

Letterhead

Event Ad

Flier

Montage

Logos

Web Design

Images

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BrochureDescription: A two sided folding brochure

Process: I used Illustrator to create my logo. First I traced an image of aninsect and then I used a type font called philosopher for the text.After I created my logo I used InDesign to create a simple foldingbrochure. I used photo shop to enhance my images and createdtext boxes over the top of my images. I used rectangle boxesto create a theme throughout my design. For the image of theladybug and aphid I used the quick select tool in photo shop tocut out my image, I then used rene mask to smooth, feather, andapply contrast to the outline of the image.I then placed my image in InDesign and wrapped text aroundthe image.

Programs:Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop.

Date:December 6, 2014

Course/Instructor: Comm 130, Ben Pingel

Programs: Objective:Set up and align a two-sided, folded document.Create an original, new logo and use it in a brochure.Incorporate at least four quality images, not including the logo.One should be clipped in Photoshop and text-wrapped in InDe-sign so the text follows the cutout shape of the image.Write at least 250 words of original copy in at least three para-graphs, headers, and sub headers.Trim for a full bleed and print in duplex (two-sided) color.



Let the bugs ght your battle

Millions of dollars are spent on chemicalseach year to control pests on agricultural andornamental crops.

Chemicals are dangerous to human andenvironmental health, but there isa solution.

Benecial insects have controlled thepopulation of pest insects for thousands ofyears, and with the help of Assassin’s BioControls you can use this natural process tocontrol pests in your retail nursery,greenhouse complex, or home garden.

A ssassin’S Bio ControlsSustainable pest control

www.assassinsbiocontrol.com

To learn more about benecialinsects and Assassin’s BioControl visit:

A ssassin’S Bio Controls

Things to know

Once you notice a pest on you plants it is often too late to control the problemwithout removing the plant or resorting to chemical sprays, so the key to using bio con-trols is to use them as a preventative part of your pest managment program. It wouldbe a good idea to invest in some sticky traps and spend some time monitoring to ndout what pests you have.

Once you know what pests are on your plants, learn about their life cycle so you knowwhat predator insects to use as a control. It is important to learn what predator insectsto use on each pest because if you release a predator without pests insects to eat thatpredetor will soon die and you will have wasted your money.

One of the biggest st ruggles with using benecial insects is notbeing afraid of seeing pests on your plants. Predator insects

will control the pests but will not eliminate them, andthe key is to establish a balance between keeping the

populat ion down but not out of con- t rol.

What are

beneficial

insects?Most everyone knows theimportance of insects likebees who are majorpollinators in nature, butmost people do not realizethat there are many otherinsect that play animportant role in theecosystem. These insectsare the natural enemies ofmany garden pests such asaphids, mites, thrips, andscale insects. This meansthere is a non-toxicapproach to controllingthese bothersome pests.

What’s the deal with chemicals?

The problem with chemical pest controls is that they are not selective of the bugs theykill, which means that the good bugs get killed along with the bad. Once there are nomore predators to keep the population of pests in check, the bad bugs return with avengeance. When use chemicals, continual applications are necessary to keep the pestproblems from getting out of control. Another drawback of using chemicals is that in-sects will develop a resistance to the chemicals being used, so other more toxic chemi-cals have to be applied to keep ahead of the pests. With benecial insects you will neverhave to worry about the pests developing a resistance, and you will not have to spray somany chemicals.

Choose your assassin



Business CardsDescription:Matching letterhead and business card design using a per-sonally created logo

Process: I used the star shape and pen tool in Abode Illustrator to cre-ate my logo, I also used the path nder tool to combine theelements to make them easier to work with. After I was n-ished with my logo I created a new document in InDesign andplaced my logo. To create my Business cards I used the rect-angle tool to create the shape for the front and back of thecard. I positioned my logo and text on the front of my card ina good owing pattern, and I put the logo on the back at anangle and running off the page to create a feeling of mystery.

Date:November 8, 2014


Programs:Abode Illustrator and InDesign

Objective:Create a new logo to t a company or personal image. Donot imitate existing logos or use previous designs. Don’t usephotos or live trace. Use the new logo to design layouts fora business card. Business card should be 3.5 x 2 and print-ed above center on a vertical page. Apply typography rules,keeping small copy. Include contact information: name, ad-dress, phone, and email on each piece. Use periods, bullets,or spaces in phone number; no parentheses/ hyphens.



Ben Dahl132 S. 3rd W. Apt. #7Rexburg, ID [email protected]



Letterhead

Description: Matching letterhead and business card design using a per-sonally created logo

Process:I used the star shape and pen tool in Abode Illustrator tocreate my logo, I also used the path nder tool to combinethe elements to make them easier to work with. I createdmy letter head by creating a new document in InDesign andplacing my logo in the top left corner and my informationin the right corner making sure everything was .5 ve inchesaway from the edge, then I connected both parts with a linefor better ow. Next I placed my logo enlarged and at anangle to match the back of my business card, then I light-

ened it to create a water mark.



Programs:Abode Illustrator and InDesign

Objective:Create a new logo to t a company or personal image.Use the new logo to design a layouts for a letterhead. Letterheadshould be 8.5 x 11, full-bleed optional, but trim only. Keep de-signs simple with light watermarks and drop shadows and plen-ty of white space. include contact information: name, address,phone, and email on each piece. Use periods, bullets, or spacesin phone number; no parentheses/ hyphens.



Ben Dahl

132 S. 3rd W. Apt. #7Rexburg,ID [email protected]



Event Ad Description: A color full-bleed event ad promoting a fund raiser sponsored bya company of my choice using only Microsoft Word and a scanner.

Process: I scanned the bike image and decided not to change itother than enhancing the sharpness and lighting. I thoughtof the message I wanted for my event ad, and then I createdthe boxes for color and text. I chose a split complimentarycolor scheme of green, blue, and brick that matched thepicture. After working for a while I decided to add the mattextured boxes behind all my other boxes to give the de-sign depth and make it more interesting. I also combined asemi-transparent mat with solid green to create texture for

the background of my design.Date:October 12, 2014


Programs:Microsoft Word and Photoshop

Objective:

Comprehend image sizing (how pixels and inches work to-gether). Find, scan and import a high-quality image. Createa full-bleed design. Choose a color scheme and typeface(s)that work for your message and audience. Learn to use onlyWord design features without using any Adobe programs,including Photoshop.



Join us for an all terrain bike

race.

Get ready for 20 miles of

pavement, gravel, and trails.

Sponsored by Sticks n’ Stones

Mountaineering.

Start and finish @ The Nature

Park.

All proceeds go to

WaterisLife to help bring

clean drinking water

to developing

countries.

Race for Water!

$25 Entry fee

Saturday

October 11

9-12pm

@ 5th

W 3rd

N

Rexburg, ID 83440

For more information on

WaterisLife visit

www.WaterisLife.com



Flier

Description:

Black and white ier advertising a graduate leadership conferencefor recent graduates.

Process: I rst drew some sketches to explore ideas for the layout of mydesign. Then I used InDesign to create a design from my sketch-es. I was given the image, logo, and the text for this ier. I usedboxes and bold lines to create repetition within my design. Iplaced the elements in such a way as to create ow, and left whitespace to create a design that would be easy to read. I used com-plementary fonts in the title, and kept the body copy small.

Date:October 4, 2014


Programs:InDesign

Objective:

Apply the design principles and use appropriate typography.Incorporate basic InDesign skills to improve basic ier layout.Retrieve image and logo from links on this page.Create a project folder with image, logo and InDesign documentto keep links in InDesign intact.



Graduate Leadership Conference

Registration and more information available athttp://www.vouantcomm.com/ leaders

Do you want to have the competitive edgein business?

Come learn how at Vouant Communication’sannual Graduate Leadership Conference.

Vouant Communications is devoted to helpingtomorrow’s leaders gain essential leadershipskills in the workplace. During this dynamicthree-day seminar, attendees will meet withtop executives of Vouant Communications todiscuss breakthrough leadership techniques,while cultivating attributes of leadership thatwill market to any employer.Conference is available to graduating seniors.

Space is limited.

October 218 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Lincoln Convention Center



MontageDescription: An spiritual montage made by blending two images and incorpo-rating text.

Process: After loading both images into Photoshop I enhanced the natureimage to bring out the colors and make the image lighter. I select-ed the part of the image of the woman I wanted to use with the las-so tool using a 30% feather and dragged it onto the other image. Icreated an mask over the image of the woman and used the brushtool with a 30% strength to blend the two images together. I addedsome type with two contrasting fonts and I added a drop shadow tomake the text more legible. I had to adjust the color and sharpnessof the nature image and the text multiple times to get the colorsright before my design was nished.



Programs:Abode Photoshop

Objective:Use the FOCUS design process with strong focal point and owUnify a layout with a consistent theme and dominant spiritual mes-sage Learn to blend two or more images together gradually, usingmasks Demonstrate more advanced Photoshop skills for layout withmultiple elements Use a mask to apply a lter to one part of theimage Apply typography principles (titles, quotes, events or scrip-tures…your choice) Format type: Legibility; Small copy & Title withvarying text size. Theme word(s) Select good quality images



Logos

Description:

Three different logos for the same company

Process:For my rst logo I found images of Bigfoot, and a runner,then I traced them so I could use the images legally for mydesign. I chose different typography styles that reect themessage I wanted to give and used the shape tool to un-derline my font. For my second design I used the shape toolto create a box, then I chose two different fonts for my text.For the last effect I used the wrinkle tool to make the logolook like the woods. For my last logo I found an image of a

Sasquatch foot print and used the pen tool to trace the toes,then I found an image of a shoe print and used the pen toolto trace the tread markings. Then I put the text over the topand chose an appropriate color scheme.



Programs:Abode Illustrator

Objective:Create three completely different, original logos to t a companyor personal image that will appeal to the audience. Do not imitateexisting logos or use previous designs.Use only the Illustrator tools to create and draw your logos.(No Illustrator pre-fabricated ares, symbols, etc.. No photos or



Sasquatch Running

SRSasquatch Running

Running

SasquatchRunning



Web Design

Description: Web page designed to showcase a personally designed logo

Process:

After inserted my image, I attached a pre-made CSS documentto my HTML., I then used the colors from my logo as the colorsfor my web page. I found these colors by opening Photoshopand using the eyedropper tool. I also changed my fonts to TimesNew Roman and Charcoal. I declared some backup fonts just incase the viewer’s browser doesn’t have these fonts. I also usedpadding around the logo and text so that they would not be tooclose to the edge of the web page. I made the foregroundslightly transparent so the background picture would be morevisible, and I stretched the foreground so it would ll up more ofmy web page.



Programs:TextWrangler, Photoshop, HTML, and CSS

Objective:

Size and optimize an original logo as a .png for a web page.Acquire a working knowledge of HTML. (Include all required tags– Doctype (provided), html, head, title, meta charset (provided),body, h1, h2, p, ol or ul (with li tags), img, hr, and a link to blog)Acquire a working knowledge of CSS. (Customize the provid-ed CSS provided to format the HTML to complement the logodesign. Change at least the following: The h1 text color & back-ground color, font colors for the paragraphs & list items, the back-ground color, font families and add at least one css comment.)



ImagesDescription: A quality image taken with a basic camera and editedin Photoshop.

Process:To take this photo I held the capture button down part way to focuson the building and then I brought my camera back to get the treebranch in the frame, I then enhanced the colors, vibrance, and light-ing in Photoshop.



Programs:Cannon powershot cameraPhotoshop

Objective:Learn basic photography skills. Use a digital camera to take aquality image, then download it to Photoshop, size and crop theimage. Use Photoshop to make the following edits: Levels –

Vibrance/Saturation – Selective Color – Sharpen Tool.

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