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PortfolioKimberlee Curtiss

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Contact Table of Contents

Home Kimberlee Curtiss

Phone 801 919 6435

Address 241 W 2230 N Provo, UT 84604

Email [email protected]

Site https://kimberleecurtiss.wordpress.com/

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6 Photodesign

8 Montage

10 Web Page Mockup

12 Prize Presentation

14 Letterhead

16 Business Card

18 Infographics

20 Coding

22 Brochure

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Magazine CoverDescription A magazine cover of VOGUE with a photo and articles about myself. Date September 28 2016

Course COMM 130: 16

InstructorSister Bianca Rodriquez

Programs UsedPhotoshop

ObjectiveDesign a magazine cover that has self-portrait and articles about yourself.

ProcessI first sketched out the possible layouts of the magazine. Next I created a shape map in InDesign. I then had to take a photo of myself using my iPhone. I then chose a picture I liked best and used Photoshop to edit it and make a little more professional. I then opened InDesign and adjusted my previous shape map to go with the image.

Next I wrote down my articles and title for my magazine. I then inserted my image to my InDesign shape map and adjusted the title and articles according to how they look. Once I was finished I exported the image as a JPEG at 60 ppi.

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PhotodesignDescriptionA photodesign of tennis shoes with the caption “Walk the Walk” with the color palette at the bottom.

DateOctober 12 2016

Course COMM 130: 16

Instructor Sister Bianca Rodriquez


ObjectiveCreate a photodesign project with a color scheme from the image.

ProcessI first decided on what color scheme I wanted to use and the message of the project. I knew I wanted to use pink somehow and convey a spiritual message. I then saw my pink sneakers and thats when I came up with my message “Walk the Walk”

What I did to the photo was I changed the lighting. Increased the vibrances. Blurred out the edges. Balanced the levels. Increased the selected colors and sharpened the look of the shoes and grass. I did all of this in photoshop.

After I changed the look of the photo I created a 9×12 document so I could trim of the edges and pulled the photo on top of it. I then started to create my designs and test out different font types until I came up with one I was satisfied with.

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MontageDescriptionMontage with a couple whose hands are in the shape of a heart combined the a sunset with the caption “God is Love.”

DateOctober 19 2016

Course COMM 130: 16



ObjectiveDesign a spiritual poster montage using the blend of images and type.

ProcessI researched images online at unsplash.com. I found two images of a beautiful sunset on the ocean next to some cliffs. The second image I found was of two peoples hands shaped like a heart.

I then added those two pictures into photoshop and blended them together using brushes and blending tools. I added the quote “God is Love” in 1 John to complete the image.

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Web Page Mockup

DescriptionA webpage mockup for a fictional company that knits and sells homemade blankets.

DateNovember 16 2016

Course COMM 130: 16



ObjectiveDesign a website homepage using a grid

ProcessI came up with a company about knitting because I’m interested in knitting and selling blankets one day. I then sketched my layouts on how I wanted to my website to look. After sketching I created my wireframes for all three of my sketches and chose the best one I wanted my website to look like.

After picking my wireframe I searched for images about knitting and created a new logo in photoshop for my company. I then added the content into my wireframe. My final design looks similar to my sketch and wireframe but a lot cleaner.

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Prezi PresentationDescriptionA Prezi Presentation of what goes on in the mind of an introvert.

DateOctober 5 2016

Course COMM 130: 16


Programs UsedAdobe Illustrator and prezi.com

ObjectiveCreate an instructional presentation using the Prezi software to demonstrate it’s features and capabilities.

ProcessI first started out by sketching out ideas to help give myself a wireframe. I wanted to go with a women who is in touch with her inner self and sketched out a women surrounded my her aura. The idea I came up with for my presentation is “A Look Inside the Introvert.”

I started making my women using shapes in InDesign but switched over to Illustrator because it provided better tools to make my woman. I made my woman blue because blue represents introverts more and orange represents extroverts. I then inserted my images inside of Prezi by following the how to tutorial given. I added the text of the information about introverts inside the Prezi presentation.

https://prezi.com/yu67tmcdgb5w/my-prezi-com-130/

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Business Identity

DescriptionI created a letterhead and business cards for my own company K.V. Comics using a character from one of my comics as the logo.

DateOctober 26 2016

Course COMM 130: 16


Programs Used Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign

ObjectiveCreate a log for a company/service/organization and establish a visual identity across documents.

ProcessI first sketched out my logo ideas and then I created them in Adobe Illustrator. After I created my logo ideas I submitted a sample of them to Facebook to see what other people liked. I unfortunately only got two critiques from my classmates but my five other friends liked my second design.

I wanted an illustrated logo so I chose to use one of my characters from my comics to represent my business. I created my doggie logo and I decided to use that one over the favor of everyone else because that was the one I liked best. After choosing my logo I created my letterhead and business card.

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Infographics

DescriptionI created an infographics that gave data on haunted houses.

DateNovember 2 2016

Course COMM 130: 16


Programs UsedAdobe Illustrator ObjectiveCreate an infographic shows data in an organized way.

ProcessI deciede to do haunting because if fit with the current holiday season. After I started to research the topic of hauntings I realized hauntings was to broad so I narrowed it down to haunted houses. I found a study on how people believe in the paranormal and how houses can be haunted.

I then sketched out how I wanted my graph to be and saved some images I could trace in illustrator. I then went into illustrator and created my infograph with a pie charts and other graphics.

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CodingDescriptionI created a webpage for my own business K.V. Comics with HTML and CSS

DateNovember 9 2016

Course COMM 130: 16


Programs UsedTextWrangler ObjectiveCode a custom webpage using HTML and CSS.

ProcessI first used my logo that I created in our business project. I reshaped my logo so that do is above the letters because I felt it looked better that way. I created my HTML file and added the necessary items to make my webpage more complete. I then opened my CSS file and linked it to the HTML file and added all the components that I wanted my webpage to look like.

I added my logo to my css file and also the right color combinations that I wanted to match with my logo. I also added a photoshopped background to my CSS file that matched my color scheme. I then validated my code in validator.w3.org to check if it ran correctly

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BrochureFront Inside Front

Inside

Back

DescriptionI created a brochure for a fictional business called “Beauty and the Corset” that gives information about corsets.

DateNovember 30 2016

Course COMM 130: 16


Programs Used Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop.

ObjectiveDesign a brochure for a company.

ProcessAfter submitting my project I wasn’t thrilled with the way it turned out so I completely redid it.I kept my original concept but I wanted to make more symmetrical and clean Instead of having just one big corset I decided to have a landscape layout that folds three ways. The front is just my original layout design. The back was created to look like the back of the corset and it took about 45 minuets to create. The inside looks like the inside of a corset when it is open and that took me 45 minuets to create as well.

I then added these pictures in a new brochure layout design and that took me about 30 minuets to get everything added and arranged. I used my same pictures and text as the original but to add and arrange them in the new design took about 30 minuets as well. After editing and making sure everything matched up the whole took me about 2 hrs and 30 min to get done.

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