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STA Banner

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STA Banner

I was tasked with creating the banner that will display all STAs for this Fall’s program. It was definitely a task to figure out how to display a bunch of photos in an interesting way, without drawing the eye away or making viewing confusing. I went through quite a few iterations, and much thanks to Jac for adding in the photos and making some text a little more readable. I think my first draft was pretty gross but the end result was really nice. It’s interesting to see an idea advance after breaks between working. Overall I enjoyed the project a lot, I tried a different style than what I am usually making and the design requirements were fairly open to play with.

8-28-19

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Last Day of Work

I won’t be returning in the fall, so today is my last day of work, sadly. I’ve really enjoyed my time here as an STA. I highly recommend the experience to anyone who’s interested in design/technology and looking to grow their skillset as an undergrad. Everyone at LAITS has been kind and patient, and it’s a very comfortable place to learn and ask questions because so many people have different kinds of expertise. I’ve become a lot more confident in my graphic and web design abilities since I started working here, and I’m thankful to Suloni and all the other STAs here for making this job a positive experience.

Training

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TRAINING NEW HIRES

This may be boring to post but I think it is an accomplishment worth talking about. I feel like a new hire training new hires. Suloni trusted me with the responsibility of teaching the photo ID process and Valerie helped to show me how to assign TO-DOs to people. Slowly I will get better and better at explaining and teaching people things. I’m a long way from it but Kevin and Thuy caught on quick and made great edits on their first try!

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR: SHAPE MANIPULATION

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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR: SHAPE MANIPULATION

Here is one of the AI basic trainings that I was holding off on doing. Kevin helped me a little on a part of the instructions that I kept getting stuck on. After we figured it out the rest was a breeze to put together. I used a gradient and pattern texture for the shapes.

PHOTOSHOP TIPS: KB INSTRUCTIONS

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PHOTOSHOP TIPS: KB INSTRUCTIONS

Bridget had me make a photoshop quick tip page in the KB editor. I added images and supplemental material for the main tips she had sent to me. As time goes on each of these steps will probably have their own in-depth sections with lots of useful information and examples of various ways to use them.

 

KB INSTRUCTIONS: CREATING YOUR OWN CASCADE SITE

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KB INSTRUCTIONS: CREATING YOUR OWN CASCADE SITE

More on my notes in the basecamp assignment of what I did:

I added more photos because I find them to be of tremendous help in locating where things are in an unfamiliar site. The broken images are removed and I added supplementary tips and texts.
For every step that required a photo to be uploaded I put it at the beginning of the instructions, so that they don’t start working through it and realize they have to go back to upload something. It made the process less fluid IMO when I was doing this.