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june projects

July 8, 2025 By Haley Ma

˚✿˖° ⋆ 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!

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June 9 – 13

June 17, 2025 By Lila Mali

New stingers!

We are at the end goal for the GOV310L stingers and this time, I had to mkae 2 that could have their titles edited for differing topics. Here’s how they came out!

I had a ton of fun with these and I even got to make a template for the video team to switch the bottom text title out. Hopefully the template I made is easy to adapt to. Overall, these stingers have been super fun to work on!

Roster Poster updates

We have new themes to work on! I was suggested to think of the themes Winter Olympics 2026 and Americana Art. I decided to get started on the olympics theme first. The first peice of advice I was given is that since we have 3 different types of posters to make, I should consider how to separate the theme into different aspects for example not just the sports but also the ceremony, the winter, the athletes, etc.

Here’s what I’ve mocked up so far.

Filed Under: Fall 2024 - Spring 2025, Uncategorized, We are STAs

may projects

June 9, 2025 By Haley Ma

˚✿˖° ⋆ 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!

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april projects

May 6, 2025 By Haley Ma

˚✿˖° ⋆ April Projects ⋆˚✿˖°

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LAITS Admin UTDirect Wordmark

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For this project, I was tasked to create section titles for the phrases, “COLA Purchasing” and “COLA Faculty Courseload” to replace where the blue rectangle is hovering over!

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I made some few drafts but was given feedback in setting the ratio of the titles through a max height! Above shows the visual demonstration given by De’sha!

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Finally, I corrected the borders of the titles and it was off to be sent to the client!

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E316L Intro to British Literature

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Next I was tasked to recreate canvas homepage and dashboard banners for E316L! I was given instructions to keep a similar color scheme as the buttons and to keep the same images from above!

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For my first draft, I focused too much on creating focus on one particular building, I forgot to inlcude the three others! However, I did like the gradient in the background but it was back to the drawing board!

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Next, I decided to keep the gradient background, but added the rest of the images to the side! Initially, I wanted to keep the color scheme at the forefront but with some feedback from De’sha, we decided to switch it up!

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We decided to make the pictures the forefront and decrease the opacity to make sure the title of the course was still readable! I thought since two of the images were more horizontal I could layer those two on top of each other in the middle and have the more vertical images on the side.

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With some feedback from De’sha, we decided to make all the images into columns and I think it turned out great! I’m still getting the hand of custom canvas layouts but it was fun going back and seeing my process!

Create Your Own 8-Bit Style Animated Gif

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One of the most fun trainings I did this month was create my very own GIF! I based it off my art logo again and wanted to show the switch from happy to sad with the ears and the face! I’m so happy with how it turned out!

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˚✿˖° March Projects ⋆˚✿˖°

April 17, 2025 By Haley Ma

˚✿˖° ⋆ March Projects ⋆˚✿˖°

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E316M (Summer 2025/Barrish)

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For this project I was assigned to recreate a title card, canvas homepage banner, and canvas dashboard graphics for E316M American Literature taught by Dr. Phillip Barrish! As seen above, my job was to replace the Hamilton and Wheatly images and replace it with the Marble image instead! I then created two options, one design following the original format and the other with a faded background!

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With some feedback from De’sha, I created two new designs with one still resembling the original but with more text and the other with an overlay on it!

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I also edited some canvas assets to only include Dr. Phillip Barrish’s name! We decided to go with the design that resembled the original as well! Then it was time to put the editable files into a pptx template that the course can use!

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Basic Training: Logo Design

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I also did some more training by creating a personal logo design in Adobe Photoshop! For this design, I was inspired to create a logo that I could use for stamps and thank you cards when vending my art! I decided with a mascot logo resembling me which suits my brand the most! Although this is just a draft logo, I think it’s a great start to establishing my art brand identity!

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2025 STA Presentation

April 16, 2025 By Nicholas Peasely

2025 STA Presentation


STA Photo Cut Outs

Made photo cut outs for all new STAs! Like myself ฅ^•⩊•^ ฅ


Lower-Thirds Graphic

For this next project I was tasked with designing a Lower Thirds graphic for the STA presentation.

Considerations

⋆。°✩ Keep the design simple and subtle, ensuring it does not distract from the video content.

⋆。°✩ Use LAITS colors or colors from pre-existing graphics for the STA Presentation

⋆。°✩ Find a graphic and font fitting for the theme: Movies, specifically drawing inspo from the The Peanuts Movie poster

Early Versions

After landing on the idea of a film roll, I started mocking up different versions. Playing with:

• Color

• Logo

• Canister Style

• Film Style

After evaluation, we decided to move forward with the last iteration!

Final Version


STA Presentation Webpage

My next project was to design the STA Presentation webpage!

Filed Under: Fall 2024 - Spring 2025, Uncategorized, We are STAs

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