Portfolio - Brian Thompson

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Portfolio

Brian Thompson


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Brian Thompson

438 West Main Street Rexburg, ID(916)293-2431

[email protected]


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1. Flier2. Event Ad

3. Imaging4. Montage

5. Logos6. Business Card

7. Stationery8. Web Page9. Brochure

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Title: Flier

Description: This project was explaining andmaking known a meeting that was happeningfor this company.Programs: Adobe Photoshop, InDesignDate: October 5, 2013Course: Visual MediaInstructor: Julie Peterson

Objectives:-To apply the design principles and use appro-priate typography.- Incorporate basic InDesign skills to improvebasic ier layout.-Retrieve image and logo from links on this

page.-Create a project folder with image, logo, andInDesign document to keep links intact.Process:First, I chose basic information that should beon the ier. I typed and organized that. Then,I found an appropriate picture and added it

to the layout of the ier. After that, I made thecentral part of the ier, the clickable link, obvi-ous and bold.


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Title: Event Ad

Description: This is a BBQ Food Fundraiser asput on by the Chamber of Commerce for theSenior Citizen Center. It includes the date,time, and place.Programs: Microsoft WordDate: October 12, 2013Course: Visual Media

Instructor: Julie PetersonObjectives:-Find, scan, and import a high-quality image.-Create a full-bleed design.-Use text boxes for layout in Word.-Insert and edit images in Word.

Process:First, I found an image in a magazine that wassuitable for this project. I scanned and savedthe image. After that, I created my designand narrowed down the wording to includeonly the most important information. Then, I in-serted my scanned image and edited it to theright size. I touched up the formatting lastly.


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Title: Imaging

Description: This is a picture of yellow roses thatI got my wife for her birthday. I did all odf myediting in Photoshop.Programs: Samsung Smart Camera, AdobePhotoshopDate: October 19, 2013Course: Visual Media

Instructor: Julie PetersonObjectives:-Learn basic photography skills with a digitalcamera.-Size and crop an image, change hue andsaturation levels

Process:I took this picture with a digital camera. Imade the yellow roses the focal point and fo-cus of the picture. I then cropped the image

into a 66. After that, I used a saturation lterand made the single yellow rose stand out.


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Title: Montage

Description: This is a montage of my time atDisneyland earlier this year. I used three pic-tures taken with my camera to create it.Programs: Adobe PhotoshopDate: October 26, 2013Course: Visual MediaInstructor: Julie Peterson

Objectives:-Learn to manage Photoshop layers.-Learn to blend images together smoothly, us-ing masks, use lters, and apply appropriatetypography.-Choosing good quality images. (Note back-

ground should be at least 16501275 pixels)-Unifying a piece with a consistent themeProcess:I found the three pictures that I wanted to usein my personal photo library. I then croppedthe background image and desaturated thesides of that photo. After that, I made a selec-tion around Aurora and Mickey Mouse anddragged them into the picture where I want-ed them. I added layer masks to each of thelayers and then softened the edges and ap-pearance of the images.


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Title: Logos

Description: I created three logos for thisrestaurant that were all unique, but each rep-resented the restaurant well.Programs: Adobe IllustratorDate: November 2, 2013Course: Visual MediaInstructor: Julie Peterson

Objectives:-Create a variety of new, unique logos to ta company or personal image using only thetools of Illustrator,-Setting up a professional display for the com-pany.

Process:For the top logo, I used four different planesfor the four different letters. I adjusted the

boldness, color, and size of them all. For themiddle logo, I created a perfect circle, thencreated the text and placed it on top of the

circle. I used a paintbrush effect on the textto give it that gray look. On the bottom logo,I rst made the gradient-rectangle. I thenmade and adjusted the text and drew eachof the palm trees.


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Title: Business Card

Description: I created a Business Card for anadvertising company.Programs: Adobe InDesign and IllustratorDate: November 9, 2013Course: Visual MediaInstructor: Julie PetersonObjectives:

-Create a new logo to t a company or per-sonal image.-Design a layout for a business card using yournew logo.-Apply typography rules keeping small copy.-Applying contact information: Include name,

address, phone, and email.Process:For the stationery, I started with the gradientand made a circle that would t the B inBrothers. Then, I typed out the rest of the wordand Advertising. Along the bottom of thecard, I made a solid blue rectangle and in-

cluded all of the contact information.


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Title: Stationery

Description: I created a logo and design forstationery for an advertising company,Programs: Adobe InDesign and IllustratorDate: November 9, 2013Course: Visual MediaInstructor: Julie PetersonObjectives:

-Create a new logo to t a company or per-sonal image.-Design a layout for stationery using your newlogo.-Apply typography rules keeping small copy.-Applying contact information: Include name,

address, phone, and email.Process:For the stationery, I started with the gradientand made a circle that would t the B inBrothers. Then, I typed out the rest of the wordand Advertising. Along the bottom of thepage, I made a solid blue rectangle and in-

cluded all of the contact information.


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Title: Web Page

Description: I created a unique logo and a

web page to display and describe the logo.Programs: Adobe Illustrator, Notepad++Date: November 23, 2013Course: VIsual MediaInstructor: Julie PetersonObjectives:

-Design a web page using HTML and CSS.-Using this new website, advertise and descibean original logo.Process:First, I created the logo for Brothers Advertis-ing in Adobe Illustrator. I used gradients, font

tools, and colors. Then, I created a basic .htmlcode in Notepad++. I included the logo andthe description of how I made it. I also cre-ated a .css code in Notepadd++ that usedcolors that corresponded with the ones in thelogo. I linked these two codes together.


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Title: Brochure

Description: I created this brochure for a com-

pany, Big Time Watches. I included a mottoof the company, description, and short expla-nation of what the company does and standsfor.Programs: Adobe Illustrator and InDesignDate: December, 7, 2013

Course: Visual MediaInstructor: Julie PetersonObjectives:-Set up and align a two-sided, folded docu-ment to display an original company logo anduse it in a brochure.

-Incorporate quality images.-Write at least 250 words of original copy withat least three paragraphs.Process:I rst created my logo in Adobe Illustrator.Then, I set up the outline for the brochure inInDesign. It had a grid and I set up all of the

black and gray boxes to outline where I wouldplace things. Then, I labeled the boxes withwhat pictures/words they would contain. Ifound the pictures that I wanted to use, editedthem in Photoshop, and set everything up inInDesign.


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