2024 Election Day Tomorrow/Election Day Today Voting PSA

Start: February 20, 2024

To be Completed by: February 29, 2024

Staff Guidance: De’sha

Description: For this year’s election, the client is looking for a new illustrations to be included in the Election Day Tomorrow and Election Day Today Voting PSA. They requested to follow the same pre-existing color palette, font families, and overall layout.

 

I started drawing some sketches and reused some from the previous voting PSAs to get a general idea of what the illustration would end up being.

 

Once I talked to De’sha, I proceeded to fully develop two designs by fully coloring it and adding dimension such as shadows.

After creating the illustrations, I started making the psa and getting the general layout/colors. For these iterations, however, I noted that the background color and letters were clashing making it difficult to read.

 

In my next iteration I address the previous issues by lowering the background tones and decreasing the illustrations’ opacity. I also tried out a slightly different layouts by showcasing two alignments of the text “POLLS ARE OPEN…”.

 

My last iteration consisted of minor adjustments, like all text being left aligned and making the VOTE sticker be the illustration for Tommorrow is Election Day voting PSA and the I VOTED sticker for Election Day Today voting PSA.

Elections Day Tomorrow

Election Day Today

 

PSY 333D – Introduction to Developmental Psychology Course Graphics

Start: February 19, 2024

To be Completed by: February 27, 2024

Staff Guidance: De’sha & Hayley Barnett

Client: Dr. Jessica Church-Lang

Description: The client requested for a new title card slide to replace the current title cards in an existing video. The professor has lectures with long titles that the existing title card had little space for. Thus, they asked for a new title card with enough space, similar color scheme, and with an additional logo/graphic, possibly from the intro video they provided.

 

I first decided to choose the purple background they provided to match the current graphics. Then I created the first iterations with two graphics found in the UT Box and positioned them to the left while leaving the right for the title. For the title, I left aligned it and centered.

 

The feedback I received consisted of:

• longer titles might be too crowded
• decreasing the icon size & moving it away from the edges
• change the “Professor” to “Dr.”
• using the blocks graphics

I created a couple more iterations with the feedback in mind, especially letting the title have more space for lectures with longer titles such as “Nature/Nurture, Active/Passive, Similar/Independent: Course Themes and Goals”.

 

The subsequent iterations were made from the left aligned text with the course title and professor’s name aligned with the block tower:

 

In the end, the client chose the layout with the title on top and the professor’s name at the bottom aligned with the blocks tower.

 

UTCF Banner 10.2 Montreal

Start: February 12, 2024

To be Completed by: February 29, 2024

Staff Guidance: Leilani, De’sha, & Yazz

Client: UTFC

Description: I was tasked to create a graphic asset for the UTCF project, a banner, using the approved images for this assignment. I had to follow the instructions for the cut-out and pasted them in the illustration file.

First, I had to download the images needed for the banners and cut-out the main subject and later arrange them in the illustration file containing the banners.

   

After receving feedback, I tried out new layouts and refined the banners.

Leading to the latest iterations:

 

The next iterations I created centered around the feedback I received which consisted on:

• Lighten the shadows to avoid making the images look flat
• Get more of the clock’s face & details
• Define the outline if  necessary

 

UTCF Banner 10.4 Montreal

Start: February 12, 2024

To be Completed by: February 29, 2024

Staff Guidance: Leilani, De’sha, & Yazz

Client: UTFC

Description: I was tasked to create a graphic asset for the UTCF project, a banner, using the approved images for this assignment. I had to follow the instructions for the cut-out and pasted them in the illustration file.

I followed the same steps as the previous cutout and created the first iteration.

I received feedback that consisted on:

• Adding thin lines to fill the image tracing outline where is not visible
• Remove the bush attached to the middle building and push the building down
• Switch the order so that the triangle building is in the middle

 

Following the last iterations I created the entire set, but the images for the banners updated and I created a new set of banners with the new images. I also tried out two different layouts.

For the final iterations, we decided to go with the first layout while fixing a couple of things:

• Moving the middle building down so the trees aren’t as prevalent
• Enlarging the buildings slightly

 

 

2024 Early Voting

Start: February 5, 2024

To be Completed by: February 15, 2024

Staff Guidance: De’sha

Description: With the upcoming election, new voting PSAs are wanted. I was tasked with creating a new illustration for the voting PSAs in accordance with the previous color scheme (red, white, and blue), fonts, and general design.

 

I started out by sketching different ideas in procreate for the illustration that ranged from voting boxes to voting stickers. Afterward I also created a rough voting PSA with the different sketches and decided to go with something simple and less crowded to not draw too much attention away from the information.

After deciding on the graphics, I finished drawing it out in procreate using the same color palette as the previous graphic assets (red, white, an blue). Then, I incorporated them in the photoshop file I created that had the information and layout of the early voting PSA creating the first couple of iterations.

Once I received feedback, I revised the layout and created another illustration with the same idea but with a few refinements. For the new illustration, I made the back of the voting box be shorter and have an overall different perspective, increased the ballot’s and hand’s size. I created another iteration with the new illustration and new layout.

With new iteration, the date and location needed to be standing out and not look as if it was part of the title, moreover, the illustration was close to the text. As such I created a new design by adding a darker background around the date and location to differentiate it from the rest of the title. I also increased the illustration’s size an moved it to the right to create space between it and the text.

 

 

STA BIO

Start: February 7, 2024

To be Completed By: February 7, 2024

Description: With the new semester, we were tasked to created a bio that showcased who we are and our general information. What had to be included were: our name, pronouns, major + year, specialties, hobbies, and 3 goals for the semester.

 

I created mine in illustrator.

Image tracking UTCF 11.5

Start: January 25, 2024

To be Completed by: March 27, 2024

Staff Guidance: Leilani & Yazz

Client: UTFC

Description: I was assigned to browse images for the module 11.5B Movies and Entertainment image tracking to later use in a presentation. This time I had to browse for images in pexels, pixabay, or unsplash that matched the vocabulary word given for the theme of movies and entertainment.

 

After filling out the google sheets after finding and the images for the vocabulary words and getting approved, I started making the powerpoint along with the edits.

 

One of the edits I had to make on photoshop was cropping, blurring out the background, and changing the title from english to french of a movie preview.

 

 

Completing all the edits, I finalized the powerpoint with the all the vocabulary terms and corresponding images.

Image tracking UTCF 13.5

Start: January 29, 2024

To be Completed by: March 25, 2024

Staff Guidance: Leilani & Yazz

Client: UTFC

Description: I was assigned to browse images for the module 11.3B Media and Impersonal Expressions image tracking to later use in a powerpoint presentation. I had to browse for images in pexels, pixabay, or unsplash that matched the vocabulary word given for the theme of movies and entertainment.

 

After the completed google sheet was reviewed by Yazz, some terms were deleted due to it’s abstract nature and others needed to be edited further before inserting them into the powerpoint presentation.

For one image, I had to cover up the legible title text of a newspaper.

Once all the necessary edits were completed, I created the final powerpoint.

UTCF Google Sheets & UT Box

Start: January 22, 2024

To be Completed by: January 22, 2024

Staff Guidance: Leilani & Yazz

Client: UTFC

Description: For the UTCF vocabulary unit 11, I transferred the terms into different google sheets inside the UTCF Course 3 Sourcing & Replacements. Additionally, I created the UT Box folders for each subunit in Unit 11  to start image tracking.

I am back for the spring semester and ready for anything this semester throws at me! Excited to be back at work and keep collaborating alongside everyone this semester.

A quick run through my winter break. This break was a much needed break for me and has allowed me to take a step back. I was able to relax while also take a look at my future with this semester being my last one. Though very daunting at first, I got some perspective. I stayed home during the break with my dad and brother, my mom came back from Peru towards the end 0f the break. My break consisted of going to local places in my hometown and got to do things like rock climbing, going to the arcade, and ice skating. It was nice getting to see friends from high school again and catch up. During a couple of our hang outs, we got to do some fun activities like making presentations of our semester recap! Yeah I know at first it sounds like homework, but it was fun explaining our presentation in detail. Another thing we did were vision boards! We all met once and spent the entire day printing and designing our vision boards! Overall it was a good break to catch up on sleep and relax for awhile.

 

This week, I had two project assigned to me, both were course packet styles for MUS 307 and E316L

Course Graphic Design: MUS 307

Start: January 16, 2024

Completed by: January 30, 2024

Staff Guidance: De’sha & Jennifer

Client: Dr. Charles Carson

Description: The client requested a new course graphic set for MUS 307 – How Music Works: Popular Music in Popular Culture with Style B assets. They asked for two options to show the professor in order gauge the direction the professor would like to go with. The course centered around popular music in popular culture with the professor mentioning popular artists like Taylor Swift and Beyonce, and possibly using color palette in reference to them. They requested for PPT slides (Course Title slide, Lecture Segment slide, and Additional PPT slide), and Canvas Graphics (Dashboard, Homepage Banner, and Buttons).

 

I first started by searching for images that dealt with popular music in Pexel, Unsplash, and Pixabay and created some Canvas dashboard sets to get some feedback on what design the client would like to go with:

 

Images –

Canvas Dashboard –

After receiving feedback that the client wanted the maroon color iteration, I then created the canvas graphics and PPT slides.

After a studio test, the PPT background slides needed to be more transparent so I lowered the opacity.

 

Course Graphic Design: E316L

Start: January 17, 2024

Completed by: February 19, 2024

Staff Guidance: De’sha & Andrea

Client: Professor Elizabeth Hedrick

Description: The client requested for a Style A course packet for the summer course Intro to British Literature, including PPT slides (iPad Overlay), Canvas Graphics (Dashboard, Homepage Banner, and Buttons), and Studio Assets (UT generic/ UT Seal). In the notes, they had requested it to be in teal color  with no headshots as other professors would be using them as well.

 

I followed the Style A course graphics guidelines and changed some design aspects as needed. I created the assets in a teal color, removed the headshot image spacing, and rearranged the space.

Afterward, the client expressed that they wanted a set of powerpoint templates for the class as well, so I created them.