p9 joseph nixon portfolio
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Portfolio of work done in my Comm 130 class mostly involving my work with the Adobe Suite.TRANSCRIPT
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Portfolio
Joseph Nixon
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Joseph N. Nixon:15 Michell Dr.
Sugar City, ID 83448
864.357.8163
Contact
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Event AdBrochure
Photodesign
Logos
Business Card
Letterhead
Flier
MontageWeb Page
Table of contents
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Description:This is a ier/ad for a track day fund raiser for cancer.
Programs/Tools:Word
Date:October 11, 2015
Course/Instructor:Jason Stucki, Comm 130 Visual Media
Objectives:Find, scan and import a high-quality image. Create a full-bleed
design. Use text boxes for layout in Word. Insert and edit
images in Word.
Process:I started with the image. I sized and cropped it for a full bleed,
and then found a styling option in the settings that removes
shades from the image. This nal one shows 6 shades. I then
worked on adding the title and the information. Spent a good
deal of time mimicking the tone of the shell logo’s colors for
the title and subtitle. Added the ‘provided by’ information. And
lastly the less important but potentially interesting information
in low contrast under the car.
Event Ad
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Fight Cancer – Help Raise Funds
Take a track day in a 2015 BMW M6
For Packages and Information call/Email
408-555-0850 / FightHungerWithBMW.com
Thunderhill Raceway Park, California
January 12-19 – 6am-9pm
560 HP 4.4 Liter V8
Fueled by Shell V-Power
Premium Gasoline
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Description:Web Developer convention/conference
Programs/Tools:Illustrator and InDesign
Date:December 6, 2015
Course/Instructor:Jason Stucki, Comm 130 Visual Media
Objectives:Set up and align a two-sided, folded document. Learn how to
wrap text around an image. Use paragraph styles in InDesign.
Process:I started with a decent template but modied it heavily to t the
content and the Logo I designed. The color scheme seemed to
t well. It didn’t initially have orange throughout the document,
it was only in the logo, and that caused some issues, so I
changed some of those segments to be orange to make sure
the colors balanced out.
Brochure
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Description:A personally taken photograph that has been edited using
Photoshop and combined with a quote keeping a color scheme
Programs/Tools:Photoshop
Date:December 12, 2015
Course/Instructor:Jason Stucki, Comm 130 Visual Media
Objectives:Learn basic photography skills. Use a digital camera to take
a quality image, then download it. Size and crop the image.
Adjust image brightness, contrast, hue and saturation levels.
Use a selection tool to isolate a portion of the image.
Process:I found this photo to be my best option, I used the selection
tool to grab what I needed, and began adjusting the levels,
curves, and other aspects. I used the color picker to grab a
color o of the tractor and modied it slightly for the words to
keep a color scheme.
PhotoDesign
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Description:Logo for a ctional book store
Programs/Tools:Illustrator
Date:October 25, 2015
Course/Instructor:Jason Stucki, Comm 130 Visual Media
Objectives:Create a logo to t a company or personal image. Use basic
tools of Illustrator
Process:I had an image of the actual spectacled owl, and I used a very
thick brush and copied some of the strokes I could see. I put in
a good deal of eort to make the owl not look too ier
Logos
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Description:Matching letterhead and business card designed using a
personally created logo
Programs/Tools:InDesign
Date:November 8, 2015
Course/Instructor:Jason Stucki, Comm 130 Visual Media
Objectives:Design consistent layouts for a business card and letterhead.
Use the basic tools of Illustrator & InDesign.
Process:I followed the specications for the card size, and then added
the logo for the front, and on the back I created a new version
of the owl that was about 70% transparent and grey. I made
sure to use complimentary typefaces.
Business Card
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Description:Matching letterhead and business card designed using a
personally created logo
Programs/Tools:InDesign
Date:November 8, 2015
Course/Instructor:Jason Stucki, Comm 130 Visual Media
Objectives:Design consistent layouts for a business card and letterhead.
Use the basic tools of Illustrator & InDesign.
Process:I kept the color of the logo throughout the document, and
added some lines on the top and bottom for styling, and to
break up the contact/address info and my name. There’s a large
water mark on the bottom left of the page.
Letterhead
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Description:Black & White promotional ier to promote a graduate
leadership conference.
Programs/Tools:InDesign
Date:October 4, 2015
Course/Instructor:Jason Stucki, Comm 130 Visual Media
Objectives:Apply the design principles and use appropriate typography.
Incorporate basic InDesign skills to improve basic ier layout.
Create a project folder with image, logo and InDesign document
to keep links intact.
Process:After sketching several layouts, I settled on this one and I
focused most of my attention on getting the ow working and
to make sure not to trap any white space.
Flier
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Description:And inspirational montage made by the blending of two or more
images, and the use of typography.
Programs/Tools:Photoshop
Date:October 25, 2015
Course/Instructor:Jason Stucki, Comm 130 Visual Media
Objectives:Learn to manage Photoshop layers. Learn to blend images
together smoothly, using masks. Use lters. Apply appropriate
typography.
Process:I placed a slightly cropped version of the beads as the
background, then carefully cropped out the monk and placed
him inside the circle of the beads. After that I lowered the
opacity of the monk, and put a levels mask on. I then added the
text.
Montage
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Description:A web page designed to showcase a personally created logo.
Programs/Tools:Illustrator, SublimeText 3, Firefox, Chrome HTML5, and CSS3.
Date:November 22, 2015
Course/Instructor:Jason Stucki, Comm 130 Visual Media
Objectives:Size and optimize an original logo as a .png for a web page.
Write content to describe the process of creating your logo and
how it appeals to a target audience. Design a web page using
HTML to display a logo and content.
Process:I already create websites, this one was very minimal. I left the
colors as fairly neutral, and easy to read, while adding little
accents for the main color from the logo. The CSS was simple,
just colors and alignments with simple font-family declarations
– no special or custom fonts.
Webpage
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