project 9: mariah wolcott

PortfolioMariah Wolcott

ContactMariah Wolcott:2001 E. Spring Creek Pkwy. Apt. #10101, Plano, TX. [email protected]

Table of ContentsBusiness CardLetterheadMontageFlierLogosBrochureEvent AdPhoto designWeb Page

Business CardDescription: Design a personal Business Card.

Programs used: Adobe InDesignAdobe Illustrator

Date:3-1-14

Course # & Section:Comm 130, 08

Instructor name:Julie Peterson

Objective:Use The basic tools of Illustrator & InDesign.Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image. Do not imitate existing logos or use your previous designs. (Don’t use photos or live trace in your new logo)Design consistent layouts for a business card and letterhead. Use your new logo to design two stationery items with consistent design. (Photos are okay on stationery.)Letterhead: 8.5 x 11 (full-bleed optional, but trim only .125)Business card: 3.5 x 2 (print above center on a vertical page)Apply typography rules keeping small copy.Learning to keep thing simple by having watermarks and drop shadows light and white space.Applying contact information: Include name, address, phone, and email on each piece. Use periods, bullets, or spaces in phone #; No parentheses/ hyphens.

Process:I used Illustrator and InDesign to create this project. For the logo I used a tool on illustrator called the symbols tool. On InDesign I set the transparency to 10%. I just created a white business card.

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Mariah WolcottPhone: 214.263.5346Address: 3505 Shorecrest Dr.Plano, Texas 75074

Email: [email protected]

Designs

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Designs

LetterheadDescription: Design a Letterhead to go with the Business card.

Programs used: InDesign Illustrator

Date:3-1-14



Objective:Use The basic tools of Illustrator & InDesign.Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image. Do not imitate existing logos or use your previous designs. (Don’t use photos or live trace in your new logo)Design consistent layouts for a business card and letterhead. Use your new logo to design two stationery items with consistent design. (Photos are okay on stationery.)Letterhead: 8.5 x 11 (full-bleed optional, but trim only .125)Business card: 3.5 x 2 (print above center on a vertical page)Apply typography rules keeping small copy.Learning to keep thing simple by having watermarks and drop shadows light and white space.Applying contact information: Include name, address, phone, and email on each piece.

Process:I used Illustrator and InDesign to create this project. For the logo I used a tool on illustrator called the symbols tool. On InDesign I set the transparency to 10%. I just created a white business card.

Mariah Wolcott Phone: 214.263.5346 Address: 3505 Shorecrest Dr. Plano, Texas 75074 Email: [email protected]

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MontageDescription: Design a picture that combines two different photos.

Programs used: Photoshop

Date:2-15-14



Objective:Use the FOCUS design process with strong focal point and flowUnify a layout with a consistent theme and dominant messageLearn to blend images together gradually, using masks. (Two or more images)Demonstrate more advanced Photoshop skills for layout with multiple elements.Use a mask to apply a filter to one part of the image (Copy the layer, then add the filter and mask it out on part of the image. If not an artistic filter, try sharpen > Unsharp mask, or Blur > Gaussian Blur.)Apply typography principles (titles, quotes, events or scriptures…your choice)Format type: Legibility; Small copy & Title with varying text size. Theme word(s)Select good quality images. (Note background should be at least 1650×1275 pixels)

Process:I used Photoshop to create the Photo Montage. I used Craquelure filter on the background. Crack Spacing: 2, Crack depth: 1, Crack Brightness: 8 were the options I used for the picture. On the text I used Bevel and Emboss, Outer glow and Drop Shadow. For the picture of myself i used a 6.1 feathered brush to blend it into the picture.

FlierDescription: Design a flier to advertise an event.

Programs used: InDesign

Date:1-25-14

Course # & Section:Visual Media 130, 08


Objective:Apply the design principles and use appropriate typography.Incorporate basic InDesign skills to improve basic flier layout.Retrieve image and logo from links on this page.Create a project folder with image, logo and InDesign document to keep links intact.

Process:I used InDesign to create this flier. The tool I used to create this flier were the Type tool to put the text on the page, the Rectangle frame tool to place the picture and the logo. I also use the Rectangle tool to create the boxes behind the text, and I used the Ellipse tool to create the dots. I have been using InDesign for about 4 years now, and I love using these programs.

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LogosDescription: Design three logos to use for a business.

Programs used: Illustrator

Date:2-22-14



Objective:Create three completely different, original logos to fit a company or personal image that will appeal to the audience. Do not imitate existing logos or use your previous designs.Use only the tools to create and draw your logos. (No Illustrator pre-fab flares, symbols, etc.. No photos or auto live-tracing. You may use an image or drawing as a guide to trace it with the pen/pencil, but delete the image before submitting.)Gather opinions from at least ten outside sources about which logo appeals most to them

Process:I used illustrator for this logos project, I used the pen tool and the to create the aperture on the top logo. On the top logo I also used the create outlines tool to make the M and the W more visually appealing. On the Middle Logo I used the create outlines tool on both P’s in Photography. On the Bottom Logo, I used the Shapes tools for the middle of the O’s and created a camera lens in the middle.

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BrochureDescription: Design a two-sided brochure.

Programs used: Adobe InDesignPhotoshop

Date: March 29, 2014

Course # & Section:Comm 130Section 8


Objective:Set up and align a two-sided, folded document. Create an original company logo and use it in a brochure. Incorporate quality images. (Incorporate at least four quality images (Not including the logo). One should be clipped in Photoshop and text-wrapped in InDesign so the text follows the cutout shape of the image.) Write at least 250 words of original copy with at least three paragraphs. Trim for a full bleed and print in duplex (two-sided) color.

Process:I used InDesign to create the brochure. I used pictures from my Thanksgiving trip. I used the corner options for the pictures and curved the edges. For my logo I used illustrator.

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Importance of Family

Family is very important, when a family is together the most important thing to do is spend time with each other. When I am with my family I always try to spend time with them. I love my family and I love being around them. I love being up at BYU-Idaho because I am so close to my grandparents. My family is really close to each other, I am the oldest

grandchild on both sides and I love it. Last semester during Thanksgiving break, I had the opportunity to travel with my Aunts and Uncles to see my Great Grandma Wolcott in Cathlamet, Washington.

While on that trip, we were about to leave my aunt and uncles house in Pocatello and I tripped on the curb and got a black eye because I hit my eye on a curb.

We then traveled 11 hours to my grandmas house. When we were with family my weekend was very nice and relaxing because I didn’t worry about my classes, I just worried about my family because I was with them.

When we drove home after the weekend, I was sad because we were leaving my family. I had a really good weekend because I was with my whole family.

It is diffi cult meet up with the family because my parents and I are living in Texas and the rest of the family lives in Idaho, Montana or Washington. While I have lived here at college, I’m able to visit family and help with my cousin when we are having family gatherings. I love being able to help with my little cousins when I am with family. I also love being able to photograph these memorable memories with my family.

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Importance of Family

Event AdDescription: Design an Event Flier with Microsoft Word.

Programs used: Microsoft Word

Date:2-1-14



Objective:Comprehend image sizing (how pixels and inches work together)Find, scan and import a high-quality image.Create a full-bleed design.Choose a color scheme and typeface(s) that work for your message and audience.Learn to use only Word design features without using any Adobe programs, including Photoshop.

Process:I used Microsoft Word, I used Photoshop to import the scan. I used the shapes to make the boxes behind the text. I used the red on the text to make it stand out with the black font. I used AP-Style writing for this flier.

Friday, February 14, 2014 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Located in the Mainwaring Center near the Crossroads

All proceeds go toward the Make-A-Wish foundation.

Photo designDescription: Take a picture and use Photoshop to design a poster

Programs used: Photoshop

Date:2-8-14



Objective:Learn basic photography skills.Choose a color scheme, take a photo to match those colors, then incorporate the colors into the layout.Use a digital camera to take a quality image, then download it.Adjust image levels, saturation, color balance, sharpen tool on separate layers for NDE (non-destructive editing.)Size and crop the image, then place on an 8.5×11 page layout.Use layers to design text, and repeating graphic elements in PhotoshopPrint with full-bleed margins. Trim only 1/8 (0.125) from all four sides.

Process:I first used the Visual Focus book to figure out a color scheme. I then used a point and shoot camera to take the pictures. I used Photoshop to edit and design the layout. In Photoshop, I used the L-VS-SC-S: Levels, Vibrance/Sats, Selective Color, Sharpness to edit the picture. I then started my layout, I used a gradient for the background using the color scheme. I used the same gradients in the boxes behind the text. I used contrasting fonts and font sizes for the quote. For the gradient, i made the angle -53 and I copied the gradient overlay from the first box and transfered it to all the boxes.

Web PageDescription: Design a website to describe my logo.Programs used: Text Wrangler

Date: 3/15/14



Objective:Design a web page using HTML to display the logo and content. (Use Text Wrangler (Macintosh)Acquire a working knowledge of HTML. (Must include all required tags (Doctype (provided), html, head, title, meta charset (provided), & body. As well as tag that links to external style sheet. With in the body include h1, h2, p, ol or ul (with li tags), img, hr, and a (link to blog) tags.)Acquire a working knowledge of CSS. (Customize the Cascading Style Sheet (css) provided in I-Learn to add page formatting that complements the logo design, by changing at least the following: The h1 text color & background color, font colors for the paragraphs & list items, the background color, Font Families and add at least one css comment.Identify hex colors for web design. (Find and use hex colors in Photoshop to match your logo)Compress multiple files in a zipped folder to attach as one file.Open your HTML page in a web browser, and capture a quality screen shot with .5 inch margins for printing. (See tutorial below.) See the sample projects on this page as examples (contains 3 files: .css file; linked logo .png; .html file of web page.)

Process:I used TextWrangler to create my website, I also used Illustrator to create my logo. To make my website I used HTML code and CSS coding.

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