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.

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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.

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 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.