✿˖° ⋆ January 2026 ⋆˚✿˖°

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ANS304C (Spring 2026/Hurley) Course Graphic

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I was tasked to help with designing a canvas homepage and dashboard banner for ANS304C! Lila had established a collage styled design so I then created different iterations with photos moved around!

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After some feedback from the professor, he preferred the bar at the bottom and asked to switch around the images some more after removing one!

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Now the final iterations were completed! I had to change the collage format for the dashboard vs the homepage banner, corrected the text, and added the logo footer for the title slide!

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Refining Course Graphics

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I updated some more backdrops by mostly making the images darker and having more contrast! I also changed the swirl design to a more suitable one and revised the gradients!

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Texas Politics Project

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After having a meeting with the developers, I made sure to keep the design simple yet modern but also correspond to what was already on the website!

Most of the revisions included:

• Turning “Read More” text into buttons
• Establishing colors for headings, sub-headings, and body text
• Reformatting spacing in body text
• Adding an area for the authors and dates

✿˖° ⋆ July Projects ⋆˚✿˖°

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Studio Backdrops Redesign Update

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Last time I talked about the studio backdrops redesign, I had created and edited these four designs as well as selecting stock photos that fit the news anchor style! Now it was time to studio test!

After studio testing with De’sha, the main revisions we thought of were:

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• narrowing down stock images selection
• repositioning the designs to fit the screen better
• either blurring or making more designs visible depending on the backdrops
• incorporating more of the jewel tone colors

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For the next revision, I was intrigued about how the current designs would look in different colors! I gravitated a lot towards topaz blue at first, but maybe some other colors might suit other designs better!

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On July 1st, De’sha and I tested the revised backdrops! The variety of colors was a great addition to the testing as well! Again, we did feel like we can make some more changes for next time which were:

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• some colors needed to be more saturated
• replace or remove textures
• bring up the opacity and blurriness on some designs
• photo edit some stock images
• gather more stock images

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On July 9th, De’sha and I went back to studio testing with the updated designs! I found some more stock images that captured the news anchor style but we decided to narrow the selection more for the next studio testing date! However some designs still needed some updates like:

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• bringing up the opacity of texts
• revising tints of stock images
• reformatting the display of designs

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Before my summer shift ended, I updated the background based on our revisions! Until we go studio testing again, this is where we left off! Overall, this project really let me practice my graphic skills and was such a fun project to end summer with!

˚✿˖° ⋆ June Projects ⋆˚✿˖°

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What Jane Saw Website Badge

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For this project, I was tasked in creating a small badge that informed that a 3-D module would be coming soon to the What Jane Saw website! When drafting, I had to keep in mind the typography and color palette already on the website! Thus, these five initial drafts were formed!

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After getting feedback from De’sha, I added a paper texture to the badges and created two more badges that were less rounded! Next, the badges were off to the Stacy who De’sha and I have been collaborating with for this project!

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Once Stacy received the badges, we were informed that they were ready to send to the client for her thoughts! I sent my email with the above drafts and waited for her response for the next steps! The client had emailed me back and the draft that she picked was…(drumroll please)!

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BADGE NUMBER 6!!!

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She also informed me that the 3-D module will only be in the 1813 side which is the side that has the pink and brown color palette! What I really like about this badge design is that it can also display the What Jane Saw logo! Next step was of course to finalize the design with the logo!

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Now the final badge was completed! I also made some photo edits to what the badge would look like in various places of the website! All that’s next was to inform Stacy of the client’s approval and soon see the badge on the website!

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Course Graphics

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Can’t forget about course graphic edits! Although the edits are simple, it’s still interesting to learn how many classes get their graphics from LAITS!

˚✿˖° ⋆ May Projects ⋆˚✿˖°

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Course Graphics

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This month I assisted in creating and updating course graphics! It’s always so fun getting to see different courses and seeing the changes that are requested for pre-existing designs!

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Studio Backdrops Redesign

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Next, I also started on creating additional backdrops that center on a news anchor style! I tried including UT elements such as the tower and the Austin skyline! In addition to that style, I tried to include a newspaper and geometric style to add some variety in texture and visuals!