Sunday, June 28, 2015

Graphic Design II Projects

2D POLY
Skills: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

One of the most interesting projects I worked on was 2D Poly.  I used a picture of a siamese cat and created the geometric shapes with Illustrator.  After the 2D poly was done, I moved it over to Photoshop where I added the finishing touches such as the textures and adding a blanket into the scene.
Original Cat Image
2D POLY - SIAMESE CAT

3D INFOGRAPHIC
Skills: Adobe Illustrator

This infographic of England was created to list information about the landmarks, traditions, and history of this country.  My thoughts were thinking how a user would see this information from a Tablet type device.  This led me to create the tablet and add the images on top and on the side to display a 3D view.  

3D ENGLAND INFOGRAPHIC


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ART PROJECT- LOGO DESIGN
Name: Digital Multimedia Communications (DMC)
Skills: Adobe Illustrator

This project involved using our skills to create a logo for our digital media department here at Clackamas Community College. Our focus was to think of a range of designs that related to the company name.  These are examples of my design choices.

DMC LOGO DESIGNS



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Friday, June 26, 2015

Graphic Design Projects


ART DECO POSTER
Skills: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
In our Graphic Design class we had to choose a visual art design style and make a 24x36 poster in Adobe Illustrator.  I chose to create an Art Deco Poster of Laurelhurst Theater here in Portland, OR. This type of style represents smooth lines, geometric shapes, 
streamlined forms and bright sometimes garish colors.



ADVERTISEMENT/MAGAZINE INSERT
Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
For our class project, we created our own company logo and we were to display what the business is selling.  Since I am skilled at making jewelry, I added the photograph of my creations and named the business, Blue Star Treasures.




WEB ADS FOR BLUE STAR TREASURES


 LEVITATING MAN AND FLYING HAWK
Skills: Adobe Photoshop

Originally this photo showed the fields of the tulips in Woodburn, OR. To make this photograph a little more interesting,  I cut out two images of my husband meditating and a statue of a hawk on a monument and added them to this photo and edited them using photoshop tools.  My husband was resized to be closer in the photo and I added a drop shadow below.  The Eagle re-sized and placed further back with motion added and drop shadow to make it look like it was flying.




CHEETAH LADY - KAUAI, HI
Skills: Adobe Photoshop
First day of class we were asked to create an animal/human hybrid to brush up on our Photoshop skills.  It was intended that the person we edited and added was actually photographed. I used my photograph from Kauai and then found a person on the web.  I adjusted the lighting for the lady, added a shadow, and found a cheetah image which I added onto her face. I used the clone stamp to sample spots on the face and applied to the hands to give it a realistic look.