emily finch portfolio

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Portfolio


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ContactEmily Finch

760.484.8338

175 W 5th S Rexburg, ID

[email protected]


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TableofContentsBrochure

Logos

Event Ad

Buisness Card

Letterhead

Web Page

MontageFlier

Photo Design


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BrochureDescription: A gate folded brochure for a Greek restaurant

Date: March 24, 2016

Course/Instructor: Visual Media with Ben Pingel

Programs/Tools: Adobe Indesign, Illustator, and Photoshop

Objective:Learn how to utilize Adobe Indesign’s edit features and crea

a professional pamphlet.

Process: I made with a simple piece of paper. After I decided which folwanted, I drew in the rest of the details. I needed to measure the inches in ord

to get the right amount of folds. I then went on Adobe Illustrator and create

my trident/ olive logo. I was able to make it look like the trident was piercing th

olive through black ovals (look closely for detail.) Once I was done with Adob

Illustrator, I went onto Adobe Indesign. I typed out my paragraph information an

changed fonts, size, and alignment. I decided to under strike each food item tit

and increase the font size. In Photoshop I changed the

opacity, size, and orientation of my two restaurants

pictures. I also selected the colors for my scheme wi

the eye dropper.


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LogosDescription: A business logo for The Empirical MuffinDate: Febuary 20, 2016


Programs/Tools: Adobe Illustrator

Objective:Create a business logo that fits a company. Make a creat

logo that isn’t too elaborate, but is still distinguishable from others.

Process: Through the process of elimination, I choose my best logo

order to create it, I looked online for an Empire State building clipart, then us

the pen tool in Adobe Indesign to trace over the lines and details. After th

step, I went to the shape tool and made trapezoids the shape of muffin tin

put small lines to give detail and texture to the tins. I then decided that I wa

to add muffin tops to give it more of the muffin feel, so I used the ellipse to

After making my shape for the logo, I needed a unique fon

went to dafont.com and chose the Empire Straight look

give it an urban feel.


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Event adDescription:A simplistic event ad to promote a 5k to end world hunger

Date: January 30, 2016


Programs/Tools: Microsoft Word

Objective: Create an event ad that would attract people’s attentionthrough the use of color (or the lack of)

Process:I scanned the fist in the air image from a life magazine, but didn’t

need to edit the image. The image was already in a grayscale, so I didn’t add

any filters. For the“Fight Hunger” phrase, I downloaded a font from dafont.com

The statistic and logo were found on actionagainsthunger.org. I made a

parent box for the information for attention purposes. I added red rec

to bring a more monochromatic design.


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BusinessCardDescription:A logo to showcase a business and what it’s specializes.Date: Febuary 28, 2016


Programs/Tools: Adobe Illustrator and Indesign

Objective:Design a logo through tools in Illustrator that a companywould want to use in order to create a brand name.

Process: I used Adobe Illustrator to create my logo by tracing an

airplane shape. In order to get my spotty orange logo, I made dozens of

circles and colored them in various shapes of orange. After that, I was able

to create a color swatch from the shapes of orange and fill in my vector. My

second step was making a 3.5 x 2 (in) rectangle to frame my business card. I

choose gradient effect to add depth/ dimension to my card. After that, I

went on dafont.com to find the font “Post Script.” Afte

changing programs to Adobe Indesign, I typed in all

my information.


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LetterheadDescription:A letterhead that helps brand your logo effectivelyDate: February 28, 2016


Programs/Tools: Adobe Indesign and Illustrator

Objective: Create a letterhead to go along side with the companybranding. In order to magnify the logo, I incorporated it in the Letterhead

Process:For my letterhead, I took my logo and changed the opacity

down to 15% and inserted my logo in the top right corner. To bring structure

to the layout, I inserted a thin gray stripe. I wanted to include my contact info

to brand my name and give myself the most professional look possible. The

compilation of all these elements will insure any employer of a

themed business.


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WebPageDescription: A website for a logo I madeDate: March 11, 2016


Programs/Tools: Textwrangler Notepad ++

Objective: Understand the principles behind coding websites.Process:My project was completed through the usage of Textwrangler

was able to change the coding of my HTML and CSS files through this program

I played with the coding until I found the write amount of spacing, padding

and alignment. I changed the text to have serif and sans-serif fonts. The color

were chosen from hex codes found in Photoshop. I changed the back roun

color around my company color to a heather gray, to bring in the gray aspec

of my company. I then made the background color to be peach, to bring i

the peach from my airplane. and made it a darker orange

to bring in the orange from my airplane. I checked m

site on a css validator.


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MontageDescription: A spiritual picture that is meant to inspire those

going through trials.

Date: Febuary 12, 2016


Programs/Tools: Adobe Photoshop

Objective:Create a spiritual message solely with a montage image.

needs to be blended well in order to give a classy look.

Process: I changed this project from the original image. I searche

through google for appropriate pictures and quotes. Ultimately, I found a

image that fit my quote. The hands look appropriate with the image of

woman crying. I used Photoshop to blend the two images with opacity, wen

on dafont.com for the fitting typography, added

shadowing and glow to the letters, and lastly aligned m

elements accordingly.


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FlierDescription: Event flier for a Graduate Leadership Conference

Date: January 23, 2016


Programs/Tools: Adobe Indesign

Objective:Practice design elements in Adobe Illustrator. Some of thesdesign elements include color scheme, typography, and alignment.

Process: I used Adobe InDesign CC 2015 in order to create my flier Through insertions of contrasting boxes, lines, and images, I am attempting t

draw attention to the concept of my design. It started out as a rough sketch on

paper, which then led to the organization on the computer. Once I was nearl

complete, I decided to simplify the details. I aligned everything to my liking and

The gestalt of my project is attention grabbing and pleasing to the eye


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Photo DesigDescription:Incorporation of photography and photoshop skills in order tocreate an inspiring image

Date: February 6, 2016Course/Instructor: Visual Media with Ben PingelPrograms/Tools: Adobe PhotoshopObjective: To learn how to take original pictures,

Process: I first designed my ideas on paper and chose my favorite layout.I then took my friend out to the library and her stand in front of the wall. Her shirt

was originally green and the wall was originally yellow, so I altered both colors in

photoshop to fit the“Brick/Teal” complementary design. I then decided to adjust

the color balance, levels, and saturations in order to make the design look more

professional. The circles in this design were made possible through the ellipse tool.

In order to create the illusion that my friend was dreaming, I dimmed the opacity

For my text, I downloaded two fonts (Caviar Dream and Nilland) from dafont.

com. My color swatches were made possible by using the

color dropper on the visual media color wheel. After allthese steps, my design was completed.

and edit them accordingly. In order to manipulate the colors, one must edit the

hue and saturation.


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