brandon mecham's portfolio

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PortfolioBrandon Mecham


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ContactBrandon Mecham370 W. 7th S.Rexburg, ID [email protected]


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Table of ContFlierEvent AdImagingMontageLogosStationery

Web PageBrochure


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FlierPrograms/ools Used: Adobe InDesign

itle Font Name & Category:

Bernard M Condensed Modern

Copy Font Name & Category:

Minion Pro Oldstyle

Links to all images you used in this project:

http://130.commbyui.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/VouantLogo.jpghttp://130.commbyui.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/GradHat.jpgDescription:

Black & White promotional ier to promote a graduate leadership conerence.

op 3 things learned:

I learned how to align the design to bring ow to the ierI learned the importance o contrast

I learned how to resize images without cropping themProcess:

I drew some sketches or this project and only liked one o the our that I drew. I ended up sticking tothat sketch or the most part as I began using Adobe InDesign. It was my rst time using the programso I learned a lot with the help o the lab assistants. I struggled with typography. Te onts that I nallychose t well in my opinion. It was a great learning process and I had un doing this project.


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Event AdDate: 2 February 2013

Programs/ools used: Microso Word

itle Font Name & Category: Didot Modern

Copy Font Name & Category: Adobe Garamond Pro Oldstyle

Links to all images you used in this project:

Description: Tis event ad is or a ctional beekeeping workshop in the Hart Building.

op 3 things learned:1) How to edit box color, shape, size, and shadow.2) How to incorporate scanned images into a Word designed event ad.3) How to change the page setup to print with a Narrow setting.

Process: Te only magazine I had to use or this project was the October 2012 General Coner-ence edition o the Ensign. Most o the pictures included amilies dressed in their Sunday best. Iound this picture o a bee on a ower and thought it was simple enough to use or a nice Beekeep-ing Workshop ad. It took me a while to learn how to design using Word. Te toughest part wasmaking sure it was simple enough and neatly organized with out the great tools ound on Adobe

InDesign.


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BeekeepingSaturday February 2 10am-2pm

ocation: Hart Building

WORKSHOP

ntry Cost: $5

roceeds from lessons and tutorialsill go to the Heart of Goldoundation.

ontact the Beekeepingociety of Idaho for anyher donations.


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imagingPrograms/ools Used: Canon 3i DSLR Camera/Adobe Photoshop

op 3 things learned:1) I learned how to crop my image.2) I learned how to select a portion o an image and colorize it.3) I learned how to desaturate the background and add a lter to it.

Process:I had a hard time getting o the ground with this picture. I got a good picture taken o a rehydrant with the Rexburg emple in the background. When I went to edit it I ound that asI cropped the image to 6X6 that it didnt look as good as I wanted to so I drove back over tothe temple and took another picture. Tis time I took the photo with the raming more inmy mindset. It turned out a lot better and this time instead o using a re hydrant in the ore-ground o my picture, I used my scriptures to add more continuity to the picture. Te rehydrant and the temple didnt really have any relationship. Tey were just there. My scriptureswere more related to the temple. I desaturated the background and added the Angled Strokelter.

Want to Learn:I want to learn how to better organize my work. I also want to learn how to use layers and editimages more thoroughly than just background and colorization.


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MontagePrograms/ools Used: Adobe Photoshop

op 3 things learned:1) I learned how to be creative with the blending.2) I learned how to incorporate ow and composition into a montage.3) I learned how to re-size images so that they t well.

Font #1 Name & Category: Futura Condensed (San Seri)Font #2 Name & Category: Birch Std (Modern)

Process: I wanted to do something related to sports. I always loved inspirational posters o pro-essional athletes when I was younger so I decided to make one mysel or this montage project.Te San Francisco Giants is my avorite baseball team so decided to do that. I got a great pictureo the Bay Bridge overlooking the city. I edited the hue and saturation o the picture as well asadded a nice lter. I then cut out a picture o the teams most valuable player, Pablo Sandoval andplaced him near the bridges end. I blended him to the background to make him look like a gi-ant in the city. I was going or a Godzilla type look. I added a lter to him which darkened hima bit. I then cut out the teams most recent World Series Champions logo and placed it in the bot-tom le corner to give the montage a more proessional poster look. I wanted to add some goodinspirational words so I hearkened back to a quote rom my avorite baseball movie growing up,Te Sandlot, and added the phrase, Legends never die.

Changes: I made a ew changes to this original project. First, I created a more clean blend withthe montage. My original project had more o a cut-out o the baseball player behind the bridge.With my correction, there is a more clean blend. Tis ullled the original requirement or thisproject. Second, I labeled the typography used in this project. I orgot to add what ont name andstyles I had used. I labeled them here in the description. Tere were too many changes that needto take place. It took me about 30 minutes total to make these changes.


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LogosSection: Comm130-02

Programs/ools Used: Adobe Illustratorop 3 things learned:1) I learned how to incorporate images into a logo.2) I learned how to use various tools within the character window.3) I learned howop Logo Font #1 Name & Category: ajan Pro/Oldstyleop Logo Font #2 Name & Category:

Votes on avorite logo:op Logo = _2__; Middle Logo = __7_; Bottom Logo = _1__;My avorite logo was ____First_____.

Process:

I couldnt think o a company to make a logo or so I took my name which is Brandon Mecham andmorphed it into a brand company. B is the rst letter o my rst name and my last name is pronouncedMeekum. I created a company or the logo called Be Meek Productions. I thought that was creative andpositive as well because it is important that we stay meek and humble in this lie. I wanted to make theselogos as simple as possible. Te rst one was more proessional and elegant. Te second one was more unand casual. Te third one was a mix o both. I tried to keep continuity with the three logos by keeping the

same color coordinations and ont styles. All in all, I was pleased with the outcome o each logo and mycondence in Adobe Illustrator increased as I showed others my work.


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Be Meek Productions

Be Meekproductions

MEEKproductions

BE

BMPBe Meek Productions


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StationeryPrograms/ools Used: Adobe Illustrator/InDesign/Photoshop

op 3 things learned:1) I learned how to trace and change the opacity o objects.2) I learned how to incorporate many Adobe programs into one project.3) I learned how to make a border around a white business card

Logo Font #1 Name & Category:Stationery Font #1 Name & Category: Adobe Casion Pro (Slab Seri)

How the logo represents the company: Te logo I made or this company representsthe company because it is a photography/videography business and the logo has anice tracing o DSLR camera.

Changes: Tere were a lot o changes that I made or this project that took meabout an hour and a hal. I messed with a bunch o things and even tracedanother camera to use instead o the DSLR. I ended up not using that one andsticking with what I had originally traced.

My original letterhead had the traced DSLR camera pointing upwards which didnot give good ow. I rotated the image and aligned it with the text to give the logoand letterhead better ow.

One other thing that I changed was the opacity o the DSLR camera in the bottomright corner. I was marked down or the watermark being too dark so I lightened itto 2% opacity.


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Brandon Stauffer

916-344-3421

[email protected]

432 Money St.

Folsom, CA 95630

StauerBrandon

Productions


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Web PagePrograms/ools Used: Adobe Illustrator/ext Wrangler

op 3 things learned:1) I learned how to change the color o certain things in CSS using the Eyedropper tool getthe color hex codes in Adobe Photoshop.2) I learned how to change the ont o the titles and body copy using ext Wrangler to editthe CSS.3) I learned how to resize my logo in order to t nicely onto my web page using Adobe Illus-trator.

Font Family #1 (all names) & Category: Adobe Caslon Pro Bold (Modern)

Font Family #2 (all names) & Category: imes New Roman (Oldstyle)

Hex Colors: Background color #343c70/Font color - #000000

Changes made to the CSS: I changed the color and onts o everything. I used Adobe Pho-toshop to get the hex color codes rom my logo to incorporate in my web page design. I alsochanged the onts resemble the simplicity o my logo. Lastly, I added an embedded messageusing */ with a note to anyone looking at the code that read, Please eel ree to make anynecessary changes that would improve the image o this site.

Process: Tis project was a humbling experience. It was difcult to learn and apply the thingswe had learned regarding the usage o both html and css. I chose the logo I liked best romour previous logo project that we completed two weeks ago. I wanted the colors and onts tocoordinate with the logo as displayed. I used Adobe Illustrator to resize the logo I previouslymade to t nicely onto my web page. I used Adobe Photoshop and used the Eyedropper toolto get the color codes rom my logo to uses as type color and background color. Aer that,I described the process that went into my logo. I wrote a total o 322 words to describe thisprocess. All in all, it was a great experience to learn how to write code using html and css andIm happy about the way my web page turned out.


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BrochureProgram(s) / ools used: Adobe InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop

itle Font Name & Category: Univers L Std (Sans Seri)

Copy Font Name & Category: Goudy Bookletter 1911 (Oldstyle)

Sources (Links to images on orginal websites): Te images I used were taken by a member o our counciland were emailed to me with permission to use them.

op 3 things learned:1) I learned how to align certain elements using columns and rows within my brochure.2) I learned how to apply text wrap in my brochure to provide a clean proession look.3) I learned how to use character and paragraph styling to bring continuity to the brochure.

Process: I joined the Advertising Council on campus at the beginning o the semester. Convenientlyenough, our council decided to make a brochure. Te two projects coincided with each other. I needed tomake something that was both inormational and visually appealing.

I received some photos that were taken o council members in the public relations department as wellas the graphics department. I also was able to get a hold o the Advertising Logo. I included my own BeMeek Productions logo on that back as sort o a watermark.

Te hard part about this brochure was including all o the inormation. I had a little over 300 words towork with. I used text wrap inside the brochure. I used two contrasting onts with the titles and bodycopy using the paragraph and character styling tools.

I went to Alphagraphics in Idaho Falls to print my brochure. I designed, printed, and olded it to have anoset style.

I learned a lot while doing this project! Beore doing this project, I thought that making a brochurewould be simple. I came to learn how complex and creative you can get with creating brochures. Tereare so many dierent ways you can go about doing it! Tere are a lot o things I would have done dier-ently. I think I would x my ront cover up a little bit. I elt that it wasnt as visually appealing as it could

have been. I could have possibly used Adobe Photoshop to cut out the image I used or a dierent imageand then text wrap the councils description. I think that would have been more visually appealing.

Word Count: 336 words


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