Texas Politics Project (Feb Update)

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Onto the final stretch for the Texas Politics Project! I designed a presentation page comparing the original designs with my suggested design from the feedback I received. De’sha then let me know about tailoring the comparison a bit more and to organize the figma file with arrows for each change I made!

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For presenting, I wanted to note:

Global changes: font, color palette, and spacing

Highlight the specific changes: navigation bar, home page, blog page, graph page

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I then created the final presentation page documenting every change from the current website to now! I made sure to highlight global changes and areas I looked over last time like the drop down menu and navigation! It was quite therapeutic seeing the before and after too!

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KB Website Redesign

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Another project I am working on is redesigning the KB website to have a modern and refreshed feel! So far I have creative freedom while designing so it is very fun trying all sorts of layouts and designs! Above is some sketches I had in mind before designing some low-fidelity wireframes.

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While creating the low-fidelity wireframes, I decided to explore different layouts for the buttons that navigate to a training page! I wanted to implement some variety in the overall visual design of the home page so some brainstorming was needed before completing all the high-fidelity wireframes!

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This is where I am currently at while designing the hi-fi wireframes! Designing the icons was my favorite part but now I’m deciding how much variation can actually be implemented! But I am excited to see the multiple drafts all come together!

ANS304C Course Graphics

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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 (Jan Update)

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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 (Jan Update)

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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!

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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

✿˖° ⋆ Winter Break 2025 ⋆˚✿˖°

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Went back home and celebrated the holidays with family and friends! Highlights included visiting the Dallas Botanical Gardens and getting my first caricature!

Summer Marketing Social Media Posts

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As I joined the summer marketing team, I’ve been able to create some social media posts centering around holidays and alerts for the upcoming summer schedules! Creating social media posts has been good practice for me to adapt my graphic skills for different ideas and styles!

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Texas Politics Project

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I have also been tasked as the lead UX designer in updating the Texas Politics Project in terms of its visual and UX design! So far I have updated the home page, a standard blog post, and a singular graphic result! I’m excited to continue this project as I get the chance to develop my web design and UX design skills!

Studio Backdrops Redesign (July 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!