Summer Marketing: Fall Postcard

Project: Summer Marketing
Client:  LAITS
Staff guidance: De’sha
Description/plans: Right now we are designing the Fall Postcard that will be mailed out to students’ permanent (home) addresses to get them to start thinking about their summer plans (aka taking an online summer course with LAITS)!

After our Summer Marketing meeting, we determined #4 as our strongest design, but we will continue workshopping #1 to potentially have another strong option.

 

     

 

Group Meeting 10/30

This week De’sha shared her passion project with us! De’sha is very well-spoken and inspirational when she speaks about her passion project DEFINE. It was nice to hear someone tell us how they found a project that also aligned with their skills and passions.

Summer Marketing: Fall Postcard

We started to explore a more whimsical appearance to the Fall postcards with colorful lines wrapping around the UT tower. The second version was generally liked, so I’ll just be making edits/adjustments to the design to make it stronger.

 

Basic Training: Custom Course Graphics

Drumroll please…. presenting the completed custom course graphic design menu! Earlier in the semester I was assigned to a custom course graphic task but I didn’t have much experience with it. Afterward, I decided to complete this training so that the next time I have a similar task, I’ll be well prepared.

2023 Caricature

I was inspired by Lorena to update my caricature for 2023! Although not much has changed about me, I like this outfit more because purple is my favorite color! I also updated my hair (a very minor change but it makes a difference to me!)

Basic Training: How to Create Flashcards

I created flashcards with basic Photoshop skills as well as learned how to tie iconography, color, text, and layout in a cohesive manner. I used icons, color schemes, Google Translate, and Photoshop layers/grids to create flashcards.

Bird Logo:

Andrew Doane from the Noun Project

Supalerk Laipawat from the Noun Project

Hea Poh Lin from the Noun Project

Whale logo:

Anthony Ledoux from the Noun Project

Wira Wianda from the Noun Project

Amethyst Studio from the Noun Project

Fish logo:

Zaenul Yahya from the Noun Project

Iconpacks from the Noun Project

Viet EDC from the Noun Project

 

Intro Training: Custom/Studio Course Graphics

EAS 1030 MO1 Earth’s Dynamic Environment II

class content: interaction of land, water, air, and life; emphasis on humans and the environment; atmosphere, oceans, weather, storms, etc.

EAS1030 Design Brief: The Professor has a preference for burnt orange

Project: EAS 1030 MO1 Earth’s Dynamic Environment II
Client:  Dr. Ivan A. Sánchez
Staff guidance: De’sha
Description/plans: Class content includes the interaction of land, water, air, and life; emphasis on humans and the environment; atmosphere, oceans, weather, storms, etc. The Professor likes burnt orange but is open to what the Designers think is best.

 

 

STA Routine Wallpaper

Cleaned up the last iteration because some of the edges looked ‘crunchy’.

10/9 Group Meeting – Passion Projects

This week we gave short presentations about passion projects we do outside of work. I liked hearing everyone talk about their projects and the stage of development they were in. I talked about building my portfolio and how/what work will best represent me as an artist. I received helpful insight from Carrie and Adriana about their experience with websites/portfolio building. Talking about it made me feel more excited to start developing my website, as well as making me feel the expectations of people around me to get started so that I can show my progress.

 

 

 

Fall ’23 STA Roster Poster

Project: Fall 2023 STA Roster Poster
Client: LAITS
Completion Status: *Final touches*
Staff guidance: De’sha
STA team members: Leilani
Description/plans: Lots (and lots) of variations of how the QR code could be displayed. The triangle banners tie best with the theme so we changed the movement and colors on them to better suit each poster.

 

 

FINALS:

 

THAT’S A WRAP

Thank you to De’sha and Leilani for helping me with the STA Roster Poster! This project felt very ambitious so I had to learn to trust my judgment and decision-making skills. I also became very familiar with the Illustrator workspace during this project, which was a great benefit. I’m very thankful for the opportunity to work on this, and I hope everyone is happy with the results! I learned a lot from this experience but I know I still have much more to learn as a designer.

 

10/1 Group Meeting – Stress Management

This week De’sha talked to us about stress management– identifying the signs, behaviors, and remedies. We talked about how everyone is juggling different kinds and amounts of stress, even if we don’t visibly see it. At the end of the meeting, we made sticky notes with positive affirmations on them to put somewhere where we’ll see them every day.

 

Fall ’23 STA Roster Poster

Project: Fall 2023 STA Roster Poster
Client: LAITS
Completion Status: *Final touches*
Staff guidance: De’sha
STA team members: Leilani
Description/plans: We will be finalizing the design/composition to be reviewed by Mike. The QR code placement and design are yet to be finalized but we want it to blend in with the poster, as well as display some significance to passersby who will want to scan it.

 

 

 

9/25 Group Meeting – MOODBOARD

Activity: De’sha gave us 15 minutes to create and upload a mood board of goals/ambitions. My initial mood board was very rushed but for good reason– because De’sha didn’t want us to dwell on the small details, so we could focus on the bigger picture. I went back in and made it look better because De’sha said she’d be printing these out… I expanded a bit more on my goals because my first one mostly consisted of pictures– which didn’t help me remember the explicit goals I was trying to display with them. With the bullet points, it’s much easier for me to stay aware of the goals I’ve set, and what I need to do to accomplish them.

 

Although I like our check-in meetings, it was also fun to participate in an activity with other STA’s. This activity was also beneficial for all of us to see where we are in our design journey