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Week XIX

January 18, 2022 By Adrian McKee

Project: Course Graphics – Petroleum Extension (PETEX) Pipe Maintenance Training
Client /Prof: N/A
completion status: WIP
staff guidance: Stephen J Lundy
STA team members: Ingrid
description/plans: Design course graphics for Petroleum Extension (PETEX) Pipe Maintenance Training
To be completed: January 21st, 2022 tentative

Really quick, I will document a series of drafts for my fifth and final course graphics project.

The graphics are pretty light for this one, with no animations, and mostly slide graphics. The reference slide looked like this:

My very first draft was a cartoony pipe graphic, which may have been a little complex

For the second, I tried following a tutorial to simulate a 3d pipe, which may look too retro

Looking for more references, I took inspiration from this Google result:

And made a flatter pipe graphic

Deciding on a better layout, I simplified it and reintroduced a very soft gradient, but it still looked pretty retro.

Checking Behance for contemporary references, I realized a lot of modern design with gradients adds a grainy texture to spice it up

So I tried the same thing, and it is my personal favorite so far

At Suloni’s suggestion, I made a few desaturated photo edits as well. All are awaiting client feedback.

Filed Under: Fall 2021 - Spring 2022

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