The original Ransom Williams page layout:

New design layout options:

 

 

 

This past week I completed a poster for the history department to promote an upcoming speaker event on the impact of the Cultural Revolution. As any Chinese person would know, this was a tumultuous and chaotic time with a disputed outcome. I’m actually very glad I got to make the poster because I identify with the event. The department gave me the image below to start.

And I tried a few ideas to make the image pop.

idea 1

idea 2

(this one ended up looking more Japanese than Chinese)

 

Below is the design I ended up using. The color red came naturally (color of the revolution, color of the flag), and I thought the navy was a nice contrast for the details at the bottom of the poster.

I’ve been working on Professor Mark Sainsbury COLA Profile.

I set up his books page with all the cover photos

I worked on his publications page so that they would display an abstract with a drop-down drawer.

A continuation of the Workday project

https://sta.laits.utexas.edu/blog/2016/10/07/18253-2/

Original template that I need to rework. No photo/video of the professor + logo

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First two quick mockups I made, based off the color style guide and palette from the edX video introduction.

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Made the logo smaller and lengthened the text boxes to create a more cohesive layout.

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Added the musicians in the background, increasing transparency to fade them into the background. Other objects also got a lowered opacity to show the musicians.

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“Daytime” mockup with the almond color from the style guide faded out because of low opacity.

“Nighttime” version of the same mockup, this time with blue off the style guide.

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Finishing touches on the alignment and layout.

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The client chose the ‘nighttime’ version, so I guided out the text.

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Shown with guides and layers. Many of the instructions for objects were in the layer titles.

Update as of Nov. 5th-

For my previous ornamental design, I simplified the look with the feedback from suloni and mike. I made a more wooden version of the design and put it in a template for testing. I also created another slide design with birds and had it on one side of the slide instead of a border.

 

I made more powerpoint designs with the common theme of anchors and the sea as suggested by mike. There are 5 different types of slides for different kinds of information. I tried to find patterns or designs that were repetitive and a bit less decorative than my previous ornamental designs but still border-like. A concern I had was if it kept to the russian theme. Mike, the project manager for this project, approved the designs with the wave border on the sides, the wave border on top, and the main wave pattern for the main page. I created a wooden version of this template for testing.

Powerpoint designs as of Oct.2nd

 

 

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