Description: An inspirational montage created in Photoshop, using two separate images, and typography. Process (Programs, Tools, Skills, Steps taken while designing): I started this project by thinking about what message I wanted to share.  After some careful thought, I decided to use one of my favorite scriptures that emphasizes trusting God and knowing that He is watching over you.  I then started looking through my pictures and came up with the idea of having a landscape with a stormy sky and bright sun, with a peaceful, calm looking woman in the sun’s rays. Next, I put the pictures I had chosen into Photoshop so that I could begin working with…

  Description: A project demonstrating good photography and image editing skills in Photoshop.  It also demonstrates the ability to use a color scheme from a photo in a design. Process (Programs, Tools, Skills, FOCUS principles): I first went around taking different pictures, trying to brainstorm ways to use them in a design.  When I thought I had a photograph that was good enough, I sat down and brainstormed different ways of displaying the image.  After making a few sketches with various layouts, I placed the photograph in Photoshop and use the eye dropper to find various colors in the image.  Whenever I found a color that might work I went…

  Process: This project was much more difficult than I expected it to be. I had a difficult time finding good light inside and outside. It was a mostly cloudy day both yesterday and today, so I drove around a lot trying to find good places to take pictures. I am pleased with how my outside photographs turning out, but not really with the inside ones. The first picture was taken outside trying to get as much light as well as good composition as was possible. The second one is my adorable nephew. I tried to utilize the light from outside, as well as from an indoor lamp. The third…

    Description: An Event Ad, advertising a Chocolate Auction Fundraiser to benefit homeless families in the Salt Lake City, Utah area.   Process (Programs, Tools, Skills, FOCUS principles): I started this project by looking though some magazines that I have for good images that I would like to scan for the project, and to help me brainstorm what kind of event I was going to advertise.  When I found an image that a really liked, and had thought of what kind of event I was going to advertise, I started doing some layout sketches for the ad.  After that, I picked my favorite ad layout from my sketches, and…

Description: This is a black & white flier, promoting a graduate leadership conference Process (Programs, Tools, Skills): I started the process of creating this flier by first studying the materials that the client provided for me to use. I then took time to make a rough sketches of possible layouts for the flier. After I settled on which sketch I liked the most, I opened Adobe InDesign and started using the program to recreate my chosen sketch. After I had the basic framework in InDesign, I experimented with different fonts, alignments, and shapes to help unify the design. When I felt that I was close to finalizing my design. I…