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PortfolioZachery Waite



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Table of Content

Web PageLetterheadBusiness Card

ImagingLogos

FlierMontageBrochure

Event Ad



Web Page

Instructor: Ben PingelCourse: Communications 130 Section 4Date: 11/20/2015

Programs Used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe

Illustrator

Description: A potential employer requests aweb page to review. They’d like to see one of your logo

designs with a description of the design process as well.

Objectives: Size and optimize an original logo as a .png for a web page so the long side is 300 – 500 pixels.Write content to describe the process of creating yourlogo and how it appeals to a target audience. Acquire

a working knowledge of HTML. Acquire a workingknowledge of CSS. Identify hex colors to match logo,using Photoshop color picker. Open the HTML page ina web browser and capture a quality screen shot with .5inch margins for printing.

Process: I used the a basic HTML layout and a basicCSS layout in text wrangler to make my project for thisweek. For the pass two weeks we learned a lot about

coding for HTML and CSS so I took my logo from P6Stationary because I am trying to brand my name and Imade a web page.



Letterhead


Programs Used: Illustrator & InDesign.

Description: I was asked to design a new logo and statio-

nery items. Create a new logo, then design a business card andletterhead.

Objectives:Create a new logo to fit a company or personalimage. Do not imitate existing logos or use previous designs.Letterhead should be 8.5 x 11, full-bleed optional, but trim only

.125. Business card should be 3.5 x 2 and printed above center

on a vertical page.Keep designs simple with light watermarksand drop shadows and plenty of white space.Include contactinformation: name, address, phone, website, and email on eachpiece.

Process: This year I am attending a job fair in Nashville so Icreated my letterhead and business card to be able to brand myname so I would stand out. So I went basic an simple.



Buisness Card


Programs Used: Illustrator & InDesign.

Description: You are asked to design a new logo and stationery

items. Create a new logo, then design a business card and letterhead.

Objectives: Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image.Do not imitate existing logos or use previous designs.Letterhead should be 8.5 x 11, full-bleed optional, but trim only .125.Business card should be 3.5 x 2 and printed above center on a verticalpage.Keep designs simple with light watermarks and drop shadows

and plenty of white space.Include contact information: name, address,

phone, website, and email on each piece.

Process: This year I am attending a job fair in Nash-ville so I created my letterhead and business card to be able tobrand my name so I would stand out. So I went basic an simple.



Imaging


Programs Used: Adobe Photoshop

Description: The photo is meant to attract families

and help them realize it doesn’t matter what they looklike on the outside, what matters is what’s built on the

inside.

Objectives: Choose a color scheme, take a phototo match those colors, then incorporate the colorsinto the layout. Adjust image levels, saturation, colorbalance, sharpen tool on separate layers for NDE (non-

destructive editing.)

Process: After I came and edited it on AdobePhotoshop, adjusting the levels, contrast, vibrance,and looked into changing the colors and curves of thephoto but decide to leave those alone. After I decidethat my color scheme would be monochromatic and justhad the color blue. After I found the quote online after

searching for a while at motivational quotes.



Logos


Programs Used: Adobe Illustrator

Description: This week we were suppose to use Ado-

be Illustrator and create a logo for business or a made upbusiness, so for this week I decide to make a logo for mypersonal business card I will make when I get a name formyself. So being a “ginger” I was given a lot of nicknamesin my life one particular was the “Redhead Dragon” so I

decide to make it a trademark for me one day.

Objectives: Create three completely different,

original logos to fit a company or personal image thatwill appeal to the audience. Do not imitate existing logosor use previous designs. Use only the Illustrator tools tocreate and draw your logos.

Process: So the main process for this week was wemade three different logos in which we went around anddid a little survey asking our peers which three logos theyliked?



Flier


Programs Used: InDesign

Description: Black and White promotional flier to

promote a graduate leadership audience.

Objectives: Apply the design principles and useappropriate typography. Incorporate basic InDesignskills to improve basic flier layout. Retrieve image andlogo from links on this page. Create a project folder withimage, logo and InDesign document to keep links inInDesign intact.

Process: I first drew some sketches of the possibleoutlines for the flier which after I went to AbodeInDesign and I started created some of my sketches tosee how they would turn out. After a couple of failedtries with the flier I decide to go very basic as I wastrying to do to much. I kept things simple and tried toalign the title, logo,date, time, and place together.



Montage


Programs Used: Photoshop

Description: So for this project we had to take

two or more images and blend them together to makea inspirational photo with a quote. So I decide to usea photo I took last week on one of my hikes and try toreach out to those who are christian who feel like theyare doing everything they are suppose to but yet still feel

lost and stuck.

Objectives: Learn to blend two or more images

together gradually, using masks. Demonstrate moreadvanced Photoshop skills for layout with multipleelements Use a mask to apply a filter to one part of theimage. Apply typography principles (titles, quotes, eventsor scriptures…your choice).

Process: The main program I used was Photoshopin which I adjusted the levels, I sharpen the leaves and

the trees, adjusted the contrast of the picture. After Itook out a log post that was in the original photo and

tried to blend the grass back together.



Brochure


Programs Used: InDesign, Illustrator,

Photoshop

Description: We we’re tasked to make a brochure for a company. So I decide to make an offset brochure for my local High School team the Moapa Valley Pirates

Baseball Team.

Objectives: Create an original, new logo and use itin a brochure. Incorporate quality images. Incorporateat least four quality images, not including the logo.

One should be clipped in Photoshop and text-wrappedin InDesign so the text follows the cutout shape of theimage. Write at least 250 words of original copy in at

least three paragraphs, headers, and subheaders.

Process: We used InDesign for the brochureand used Photoshop to edited the pictures and fi-nally I used Illustrator to make the logo on the front

page. There is a baseball camp put on by the HighSchool Baseball Team, in which it is inviting all littleleaguers to come and learn basic skills of baseball.



Baseball CampMoapa Valley Pirates baseball team holds its annual baseballcamp this upcoming April 2016. Baseball is America’s pasttime, where families and friends come together to watch,play, coach, and enjoy each other’s as we welcome inthe beautiful seasons of spring and summer. The Moapa

Valley Pirates, look to give back to the community oncemore in holding a baseball camp to teach the youth in thecommunity the fundamentals of baseball, sportsmanship,and to play underneath the big lights.

Learn the BasicsLittle Leaguers and future Pirate’s join the Pirate’s Varsity and JVbaseball team in learning the fundamentals of baseball. Youth willwork side by side by Pirate player’s will work with youngsters andteach them how to catch pop flies, field grounders, work on hitting,and pitching techniques. Youth will also learn all the positions in

baseball and have the opportunity to play and learn all the positions.

Finally on April 15th, the youngsters will have the opportunityto put their skills to the test and play a 6 inning exhibition gameagainst fellow youth. Which, they youth will be coached by thePirates captains of the baseball team.

Alumni GameOn April 16th at 7:00 p.m. the Pirates will be holding their annualAlumni game, where the Pirates will take on old alumni in thefamous Alumni Game, which is hosted by the BJ Foundation Project.BJ Foundation Project, is a fundraiser to support local youthprograms such as Little League, Pop-Warner football and othershere in the valley.

When: April 12-15th 6:00-8:00PM

Where: Moapa Valley

High School Baseball Fields

Who: Pirate’s Baseball/

Softball Team

Contact: Gary Wiess at (702)398-3457 or [email protected]



Event Ad


Programs Used: Mircosoft Word

Description: We were assigned to create an

event ad for a foundation or company that would offersomething to the public or a targeted audience. It beingclose to Halloween I decide to pick a famous Halloween

figure of Darth Vader.

Objectives: Find, scan and import a high-qualityimage. Create a full-bleed design. Choose a color schemeand typeface(s) that work for your message and audience.

Learn to use only Word design features without using anyAdobe programs, including Photoshop.

Process: The process in which we had to create thisevent ad was instead of using InDesign from Adobe wehad to learn how to make an ad from Word Document. Toplay around with color schemes to find an audience so Idecided to keep it simple and use primary colors in my

font. As well as we had to find a magazine and scan theimage in to use for the main picture of the ad.



Where: Porter Park

When: 31st October

7PM-10PM

Make a Wish

Foundation!

All money collected will go to

local individuals and families

who are fighting cancer.

See Darth Vader face to face!

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