Helaman Higley

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Brochure

Photo Design

Stationery

Logo

Montage

Event Ad in Microsoft Word

Web Page

Flyer

Table of Contents

Brochure

Description:A two sided (duplex) offset brochure.

Process (Programs, Tools, Skills): I created my layout using Adobe Indesign, the photo edits in Adobe Photoshop, and I created my logo using Adobe Illustrator. The unifying theme for my design was to allow the images of the cosplayers to shine. I decided to showcase the image of the Darth Vader Cosplayer because I felt it was the most visually striking. I took the base image which you see on the front and back cover and brought it into Photoshop where I adjusted the color balance to bring out the red in one image, then the blue, and yellow in another. I used these color filtered images to dictate the color theme of each page. These are also the images I offset on each page to stick out on the front cover. This is what gave it the great effect on the front cover. I created paragraph style presets in Indesign to insure everything in my brochure worked together.

Programs Used:Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop

Class:Comm 130

InstructorJoel Judkins

July 11, 2015

Photo Design

Description:A demonstration good photography and image editing skills, as well as incorporating color into a poster layout with original photo.

Process (Programs, Tools, Skills): I went on an outdoor photoshoot using my simple point-and-shoot camera (Canon PowerShot ELPH 100 HS) and got great results. This is an image that I felt told a story: true beauty is a reflection of the soul. It was my job to make sure I wasnt the only one who knew what that story was. After taking this photo I loaded it into photoshop. The first thing that needed done was a correction of the lighting level because everything was a bit gray, due to the overcast weather at the time. I Fixed this by correcting the levels and increasing the saturation. I then used the selective color editing tool to really bring out the red and teal in this photo. Once I was satisfied, I started to overlay graphics to tell the story I saw in this photo. After a quick search I found an inspirational quote by Audrey Hepburn that told the story and added a great deal of clout to the image. I decided to place the quote in ellipses because of the contrast it gave to the strong straight lines in the image. I didnt want the ellipses to overpower the image, so I made them transparent. After creating the ellipses I felt that my image had two ununified parts: the picture on one side and the graphic on the other. To join the two I overlayed three more ellipses which would visually connect the two, was well as draw the eyes to the woman and her reflection.

Programs Used:Photoshop

Class:Comm 130

Instructor:Joel Judkins

May 23, 2015

Stationery

Description: Matching letterhead and logo created for my new blog which can be viewed here.

Process (Programs, Tools, Skills):I started this project in Adobe Illustrator. I created the die found inside of the logo using a pen tool. I then selected a font for the type which I felt was appropriate for my audience and turned them into objects so I could edit the shapes. I used the shape builder tool to make it look like the letters overlapped. I then manipulated the shapes to make the F look smashed with the direct select tool. Once I had a logo I was satisfied with I imported my work into Adobe InDesign. For my letterhead I took the die out of the logo and placed it into the lower right corner with the opacity at 5% to give it a watermark effect, For my business card on one side I placed a regular logo and on the other side I enlarged it but made it opaque to unify the two sides of my card. I once again took the die out of my logo and placed it on my card to unify my theme and connect it to my letterhead. Programs/Tools Used: Adobe Illustrator & InDesign

Programs Used:Indesign, Illustrator

Class:Comm 130

Instructor:Joel Judkins

June 13,2015

Logo

Description: This is the logo I will be using for a blog I started recently. You can check it out at https://criticalfailurehandbook.wordpress.com/

Process (Programs, Tools, Skills): I started this project by sketching out some ideas on paper so I could visualize them better. Once I had three designs I was satisfied with, I went to work with Adobe Illustrator to create them. Of the three, the one featured above had the most appeal for both me and my peers. I created this one by tracing out with the pen tool an image of a 20-sided die I found online. I then modified the image to make i my own. Next I refined the typography to create more interest.

Programs Used:Illustrator

Class:Comm 130

Instructor:Joel Judkins

June 6, 2015

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Montage

Description: An inspirational montage made by the blending of two or more images, and the use of typography.

Process (Programs, Tools, Skills) I first used the free-form tool to select Spider-man out of my original image.

Doing this created a matte that I then linked to an image of a busy street. Doing this allowed both the original Spider-man image and the image of a busy street to take the shape of Spider-man

I then applied a second matte to the street image and with the brush tool set at 20% opacity I blended it into Spider-man.

Next I found a fitting background. I chose newspapers because of the tie-in with Peter Parker (Spider-mans secret identity) as a journalist, as well as the representation newspapers have as the voice of the people. The background had some large font which was distracting from my image so I used the stamp tool to cover the large font.

I now added my typography, a quote by Stan Lee. I used 5 unique text boxes so I could get the placement as I wanted. 1 for each quotation mark, 1 for the bulk of the quote, 1 for the emphasized section of the quote, and finally another for the Stan Lee tag. I noticed the readability was not as good as I would desire, so I double layered a white text box with a transparent filter. I then used my brush tool to blend in the hard edges.

Programs Used:Photoshop

Class:Comm 130

Instructor:Joel Judkins

May 30, 2015

Event Ad in Microsoft Word

Description:A color full-bleed event ad to promote an upcoming hypothetical event using only Microsoft Word and a scanner.

Process (Programs, Tools, Skills):I knew I wanted to create a flyer that would instantly speak to my audience. I wanted someone who causally glances at it to say be able to say to someone else, Did you see that Spock flyer? That event looks fun. To accomplish this I knew it had to be the showpiece. So I gave Spock the entire page to shine and I organized my text to be as unobtrusive as possible. My first hurdle in the design was the title: Geek-a-Week of the Year. None of the stock fonts really felt like Star Trek to me so I downloaded a free font from the internet made to resemble the font used in the credit sequence of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The shade of yellow and blue text is the same as used in Star Trek: The Original Series. When placing my title I aligned it with strong line created by Spocks ear. My body text on the right I aligned to the line created by Spocks shoulder. Overall I added the typography to work in unison with the photo of Spock and to make sure he gets most of the audiences attention.

Programs Used:Microsft Word 2013

Class: Comm 130

Instructor:Joel Judkins

May 16, 2015

Dust off your battleaxes and charge your phasers. The annual Geek-a-Week competition is upon us.

Admission is $15 and all proceeds will be donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America

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For more information go to criticalfailurehandbook.wordpress.com

Date: August 21, 2015

Location: Porter Park

Web Page

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

Process (Programs, Tools, Skills): The logo I created using using Adobe Illustrator. Everything else was created using Notepad++, a simple plain text editor. I started first with editing html code to get the content into the web page. To stylize the page and make it unique I then linked it to a css stylesheet I created to showcase my logo.

Programs Used:Illustrator, Notepad++

Class:Comm 130

Instructor: Joel Judkins

June 27, 2015

Flyer

Description: This is a black & white flyer created for a upcoming leadership conference.

Process (Programs, Tools, Skills): This flyer was made using the Adobe Indesign program, but the process of creating the flyer did not start here. It began as I researched my target audience, which guided me as I created a sketch with pencil and paper to appeal to my audience. After researching and sketching, the creation on Adobe Indesign began, but it did not finish here. Upon completion it was reviewed by my peers to ensure the design was appealing and the message would resonate with my audience. Critiques were received in the peer review and applied by me to my flyer to further strengthen it.

Programs Used:Indesign

Class:Comm 130

Instructor:Joel Judkins

May 9, 2015