P9-KellyStarr

PortfolioKelly Starr

Kelly [email protected] 480-612-772222331 E Via Del RanchoQueen Creek, AZ 85142

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Event AdDescription: An Event Ad that was created for a fictional event of a Half Marathon, benefiting Mental Illness Awareness.

Course/Instructor: Comm 130Jason Stucki

Date: 10/11/2015

Programs: Microsoft Word

Objective: To create an original event ad using at least one scanned image and only Microsoft Word application.

Process: I did quite a bit of research before starting this project. I learned that the area I chose has a tulip festival every year and that mental illness is highly common in that area. First I scanned my image, then cropped to the appropriate size. Then I inserted my image into a Word document. I then added a bright pink box over the image and chose a font that was bold and professional. I then added a light gray box to the bottom of the page added typography and a green mental illness awareness ribbon behind the font. I also added the green strokes to the left side and bottom of the page to tie in with the green ribbon.

April 9, 2016 7:00 am

Run through the beautiful tulip fields of Skagit Valley. Proceeds benefit the treatment, care and awareness of Mental illness. $40 Early Registration Fee $60 Race Day Registration Race begins at Skagit Valley Historical Museum.

FlierDescription: This project was a flyer intended to advertise an upcoming event for a business seminar. This seminar was for students graduating from college, who would be entering into the business world.


Date: 10/04/2015

Programs: Adobe InDesign

Objective: To create a flier using Adobe InDesign

Process: For this project, I first sketched a few ideas for the layout. I then chose one layout and created it using many tools within the Adobe InDesign program. I used the rectangle frame tool to create the frames around phrases and pictures. I also used the color tools to create different shades of colors I wanted to use. From this project, I mainly learned how to use InDesign; I learned how to use the formatting and editing options within the program. I also learned a bit more about creating visual interest. Although I think things look “neat and tidy” when they symmetrical this does not create visual interest. This is something I still need more practice with, but I did learn a little more about it through this project.

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LogoDescription: Create a Logo for a fictional or non-fictional company


Date: 11/1/2015

Programs: Adobe Illustrator

Objective: To create a logo for a compan using Adobe Illustrator

Process: First I decided on the company I was going to design the logo for. I chose a fictional company “Bicycle co.” which does rentals, sales and repairs of bicycles. I then decided to focus on a more casual audience versus a mountain biking crowd. I began sketching a few ideas. I was then able to enjoy getting to apply some things I have learned using Adobe illustrator to design three different logo ideas. I really enjoyed using the pen tool to trace a picture of a bike. After taking a vote from classmates and friends, I chose the most popular one and did some refining. I refined the typography, specifically the size of the c’s so they would be the same thickness as the rest of the font. I also designed the one logo pictured above using complementary colors, grayscale colors, and a solid color background with white font.

MontageDescription: To create a montage of two or more pictures, with a spiritual message


Date: 10/25/2015

Programs: AdobePhotoshop

Process:First, I cropped the background image to 8.5×11. I then used the Lasso tool on the image of Christ then added him to the background picture. With black paint and a 100% opacity, soft-edged brush, I painted away the hard image edges. With a larger black brush at 40 % I blended the image of Christ so that he appears to be a subtle piece of the image. I added some type with two contrasting fonts, then selected a color that was similar to the silhouette of the girl.

PhotodesignDescription: To demonstrate good photography and image editing skills. Incorporating color into a poster layout with original photo.


Date: 10/16/2015

Programs: AdobePhotoshop

Process:For this project, I first decided to take a picture. I wanted to find something beautiful and colorful. I feel like my photograph is a nice picture, but isn’t the colorful photo I wanted. I then chose the complementary color scheme of blue & orange.I edited the photo using PhotoShop. Then created the background, again, within PhotoShop.

Business Card

& StationeryDescription: To create matching letterhead and business card designed using a personally created logo.


Date: 11/8/2015

Programs: Adobe Illustrator & InDesign

Process: I created the logo using two stars overlapping each other. I then found a type that had a pointed “A” to fit in the arm of the star.I decided to make my first page a letterhead. I positioned the placed logo in the top left corner of my letterhead. I made sure to keep it at least .5 away from the edges. I added a double line stroke across the top of the page. Then I typed my contact information into a text box and positioned it on the right hand side of the letterhead. I also added a large copy of the star logo as a watermark and changed the opacity to 5%.For my business card I copied/pasted the logo onto one side of the logo. I then copied/pasted the star portion of the logo onto the other side, along with my contact information. I made sure, on this side, that my name was the most prominent portion of the card. Then I aligned my contact information to the lower right of the card.

WebpageDescription: A web page designed to showcase a personally created logo.


Date: 11/22/2015

Programs: Text Wrangler & Photoshop

Process: I created this web page using only TextWrangler. I had never seen or written any HTML/CSS. It was interesting to see how you could make a web page by only using a simple text editor. It was also interesting to use the http://www.W3.org HTML validator. It was useful to have something check to see if I had any problems with my code.

After I marked up all my content and inserted my image, I attached a pre made CSS document to my HTML. I then used the colors from my logo as the colors for my web page. I found these colors by opening Photoshop and using the eyedropper tool. I also changed my fonts to Myriad Pro & Times New Roman. The most challenging part of this project was learning how to adjust the centering of the logo. A fellow-classmate taught me how & I was able to give the logo a nice center alignment.

BrochureDescription: A two sided (duplex) folding brochure


Date: 12/6/2015

Programs: Adobe InDesign/Adobe Illustrator/Adobe Photoshop

Process: For this project I created a tri-fold brochure to showcase a fictional company, New England cruise line, using Adobe Indesign. First, I created a logo using Adobe Illustrator.

Then I wrote text for the inside columns, which helped to me to choose what photos I wanted to use. I then created the shape on the front page, using the pen tool and inserted a picture. I then inserted the text in columns, added pictures and edited the text so that there were no hyphens.

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