Even though this week was a bit slow for me, I was able to finish up the American Studies Banner, work on the UTFC project (like making backdrops & searching for stock images), and complete some extra training I had left. Here’s a final look at the AMS banner though! 
Some backdrops for the UTFC project:
And the start of a new project for course graphics!
The projects I had this week consisted of mostly the American Studies Banner project and some UTFC assignments. At the beginning of the week, I made a set of banners along with some stock images searching for the UTFC modules.
For the American Studies Banner project, the primary purpose was to design a banner to go on their bulletin board in Burdine Hall. Along with the banner, the bulletin board would showcase (on 8.5×11″ papers) AMS classes & faculty. The hope of the bulletin board is to raise awareness about AMS, which is a somewhat minor major, and lead to increased enrollment. The banner itself should be eye-catching and appealing to students passing by. At first, I was testing out what direction would be best to head into, down below were my first drafts.
After receiving feedback, I chose a direction and kept the theme of whimsical, colorful, and playful in mind. I tried testing different colors and fonts to see what worked and what didn’t.
Soon after all the plentiful advice and tips I received from my art director, I was able to solidify a design. Both the client and LAITS went with the first banner in the set below!
Aside from LAITS, I made some edits to a concert poster I made, and is now up and printed around my hometown! 🙂
Oh yeah and here’s a recent drawing I just finished!
This week I got to start on work for my first client along with some graphics for the UTFC (UT French Course) project. For me, this week’s projects were simple and quick! In regards to the project I had to do for the client, all I had to make was an editable PDF for physical cards, each hoping to be crafted on a room-by-room basis. Basically, I had to make info cards so that a unique QR code may be placed in them, according to the client. The card on the top was an approved design while the bottom design was an alternative layout I thought of!
As I worked on the Helpdesk Placement Card Project I also made some official backdrops for the UTFC course!
Along with a finished training course from earlier in the week.
This week I continued to work on an arrangement of projects. I finished my photo ID training, finished my Studio Course Graphics, and now I’m working on the UT French Course Training module. Although I was a bit lost as I started the Studio Course Graphics training, I was able to decide on a color scheme and personalized background. Here is one of the mockups for the course I chose down below.
I made a photo of the UT Tower into a cubism-style painting since the course covered 20th-century art.
After receiving feedback and approval on the Studio Graphics training I was able to start the UTFC training. Even though I’m still currently working on familiarizing myself with the training, I was still able to refresh my photoshop skills with secret tips and tricks I had forgotten about. Down below is another mockup of what backgrounds could look like in a hypothetical online live course stream.
Apart from all the training this week, here is a personal project I worked on at my other job. I make concert posters from time to time at a concert/restaurant venue in Corpus Christi, Tx. I ended up making a poster for country singer Robert Earl Keen!
I’ve completed my second week as an STA yay!! Mainly for this week, I started my Intro Training: Style A & B Course Graphics. For the training, I made a Style A and Style B set of graphics for my favorite course I have taken at UT.
I also started a new training module: Custom/Studio Course Graphics. Studio course graphics are unique to each course and professor, so they require more thought than a simple Style A/B course. I made a couple of mood boards in the meantime to get some ideas for the course I chose, ART3800: Twentieth-Century Art.
Hello! Today marks my first day working as an STA. This week I will be focusing on meeting my coworkers, learning STA basics, and familiarizing myself with LAITS tools such as Basecamp, Slack, Workday, Harvest, and Box.
Below is a small exercise to become more familiar with the STA Handbook. I used 5 rules from the STA Handbook and illustrated them in a well-designed Powerpoint.
https://utexas.box.com/s/va5mgcm5h266ob9xajr1jyp197iajb7p
The rest of the week I had some more self-paced training. I focused on creating an STA bio page and a blog banner. I also got to train on editing UT photo IDs. It was an excellent refresher and an awesome way to finish up the week.
