13A Alex Nielson

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Table of Contents

p. 4 Brochure p. 6 Montage

p. 8 HTML/CSS Site design

p. 10 Infographic

p. 12 Prezi Presentation

p. 14 Web Page Mockup

p. 16 Logo Design and Letterhead

p. 18 Magazine Cover

p. 20 Photodesign


Project Title: Brochure

Date: July 6, 2016

Course/Instructor: Comm 130, Bro. Stucki

Program(s) Tools: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop

Objectives: Create a brochure advertisting the perks of living in the state of Florida

Process: I used Photoshop’s magenetic lasso tool tocopy the shape of Florida, the outline of the picture I took of the house, and to make the Ron Jon logo into a .png image. I also used Photoshop to create the montage images. I used Illustrator to make the surfboard shape, the Mickey head, the surfboard, and the wineglass. I used In-Design to compile everything and add background iamges


Project Title: Montage Design

Date: May 25, 2016


Program(s) Tools: Adobe Photoshop, GoogleTranslate

Objectives: Use blending to create a montage that conveys a spiritual message

Process: I found the image of the Bible on image and uploaded it to Photoshop where I applied a layer mask and used the brush tool to make the image lighter and with a slight blur. I uploaded the image of Christ, drew a rough outline with the lasso tool and added feathering to the image before ineserting it into the Bible picture. I then added all of the text, adjusting the bevel/embossing


Project Title: HTML/CSS Site Design

Date: June 16, 2016


Program(s) Tools: Notepad ++

Objectives: Use HTML and CSS to code a web page for a company

Process: I took the existing code provided by Brother Stucki and created a link to the Valhalla Wear logo I’d created earlier as well as the viking image I ob-tained from Google. Using CSS styling, I adjusted the fonts families, colors, size, positioning, and applied the coloring to the divs on the page. I also used CSS to add the background with fixed positioning


Project Title: Infographic

Date: June 9, 2016


Program(s) Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop

Objectives: Create an infographic that exlains a little bit about the movie industry

Process: I used Photoshop’s magnetic lasso tool to trace the outline of each letter in Hollywood and inserted the .png files into an Illustrator project. Using illustrator, I created the searchlights, the light beams, the Christmsa tree, the roller coaster, the football, the gender symbols, the pie graph, and the mountain backdrop by using the pen tool. I then adjusted to text by adding drop shadows and contrasting features


Project Title: Prezi Presentation

Date: May 12, 2016


Program(s) Tools: Prezi

Objectives: Create an aesthetically pleasing presentation to explain some of the main cultural differences between China, Korea,and Japan

Process: I found the background image and all theother images from various sources on Google. I arranged them in a logically successive way to follow the outline of the tutorial, causing the screen to zoom, tilt, and shift with each slide


Project Title: Webpage Mockup

Date: June 22, 2016


Program(s) Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop

Objectives: Use Illustrator to create a conceptual image of a web page for a business

Process: I first used Photoshop and used the magnetic lasso tool to create the outlines of America and China and to add the Chinese text to the logo I’d cre-ated for another class. I used the pen tool in Illustrator to create the four quadrants of the yin yang, merged the shapes into a single image, and placed te ying yang as a linked image for the background


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Project Title: Business Card and Letterhead

Date: June 1, 2016


Program(s) Tools: Adobe Illustrator

Objectives: Use Illustrator to design a logo for a company’s letterhead and business cards

Process: I used the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator to draw half the shape of the sword blade, which I copy and pasted as a mirorr image and combined the two shapes into a single object. I repeated the process for the hand-guard, hilt, and pommel. I used the color dropper tool to get match the colors from the HTML/CSS project. I added three rectangles, colored them, and sent them to the back to serve as a backdrop


Project Title: Magazine Cover

Date: May 5, 2016


Program(s) Tools: Adobe Photoshop

Objectives: Use Photoshop to create the cover of a magazine

Process: I took a photo and uploaded to Adobe Photoshop. I adjusted the brightness slightly to make it easier to see. I used the pen tool to draw a ran-dom shape, which I filled with an image of static that I obtained from Google. I then added text and adjusted it by adding drop shadows and increasing the stroke width to the word “Rebel”


Project Title: Photodesign

Date: May 18, 2016


Program(s) Tools: Adobe Photoshop

Objectives: Use Photoshop to create an inspirational message

Process: I took a photo of a rose in a lake, uploaded the image to Adobe Photoshop and adjusted its appearance. I increased the vibrancy to give the image a crisp look and also accentuated the red tones in the image. I then created the extra shapes and added the text

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