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October 18, 2024 By Marissa Devivar

Fall 2024 STA Posters

Project: 2024 STA Roster Posters
Client /Prof: LAITS
Staff guidance: De’sha
Description/plans: The overall theme for the posters is Movie Productions!!
For the Fall semester, we are creating an overall roster poster and individual team posters based on movies.

For the Audio Team Poster, the design will be based on “The Royal Tenenbaums” movie poster.

For the Classroom Support Team Poster, the design will be based on the “Glass Onion” movie poster.

Challenges: The Classroom Support poster was challenging because I had to recreate the outdoor settings of the original poster and create a composition for 14 STAs as opposed to the 9-person cast of Glass Onion. An additional challenge was the variety of poses; some STAs had a wide range, while others had limited options. De’sha and I worked together to establish poses for the 14 STAs to avoid a “crowded” look and to create different levels of visual hierarchy. We also edited some of their clothing, as many wore black, to help them feel more integrated into the scene.

Overall Experience: This was a very fun project to undertake and I loved seeing everyone work on their designated posters! I can’t wait to see them printed out and see the reactions from the other STA teams.

9/9/24 – 9/27/24

October 11, 2024 By Kyra Lee

Fall STA Roster Posters

Video Team

Project Overview: Design a poster based on the “Love Actually” movie poster that showcases the video STAs.

What I Learned: For this project I got to practice my photo editing skills by adjusting the lighting on some of the STAs to make them look uniform with everyone else. I also practiced my layout design skills when creating the spaces to place each of their headshots.

Notes: One of my favorite parts was deciding which headshot to use for each STA. I tried to create a balance of looking at the camera vs. not and looking to the left vs. the right to make the final product look cohesive and as playful as the original poster. Overall, I really like how this turned out!

Tech Integration Team

Project Overview: Design a poster based on the “Men in Black” movie poster that showcases the Tech Integration STAs.

Process/What I Learned: This poster presented some new challenges. First, I focused on creating the title. After I found a font that looked like the original, I added a gradient to make the edges of the words darker than the center. Then, I created the light rays to go behind. To do this I used the Radial Blur effect in Photoshop on a brush stroke of blue/white. After adding the stars and submitting for feedback, I was given the suggestion to add the suits, watches, and sunglasses. To do this, I cut out the suits, sleeves, and watches from the original poster. I then used the warp tool to fit the suits to the STAs as accurately as I could without distorting the photos. I also cut out Drew’s hair and each of their hands to layer on top of the suits. Here’s them without the suits for reference:

Notes: I’m glad we decided to go with the full Men in Black outfits. I think it’s fun and makes the whole poster come together. It also allowed me to practice cutting out objects in Photoshop.

8/26 – 9/4

October 7, 2024 By Marissa Devivar

GOV312L – Elections

Start: Aug 28, 2024

Staff Guidance: De’sha

Client: GOV312L EL (Albertson, Theriault)

Description: Updating GOV312 course graphics with a new image of the professors

Canvas Dashboard
Canvas Homepage Banner
Course Pre-roll

I received feedback and decided to add a gray gradient overlay/map so the focus was on the course name. I also edited the Professor’s shirt to be less blue so there is no confusion about the class leaning more toward one political party over another.

Basic Training: Web Accessibility Standards

Activity 1: Find 2-3 infographics. Examine how well they abide by web accessibility. Note if there’s anything you would have changed/remediated (low contrast colors, confusing layout, tiny text?). If they seem pretty accessible, explain why.

Activity 2: Visit some sites in your recent browser history to run one of these automated accessibility checkers to scan for especially salient issues. Jot some of these down and take screenshots, sharing any thoughts you have. Pick a site to help remediate.

Before:

After:

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After

Full Homepage with edits:

9/2/24 – 9/5/24

September 11, 2024 By Shanda Horm

9/2/24 – 9/5/24

This week I just worked on various iterations of the icons that will be used in the Voting PSA animation I’m working on.

Here are three mockups I created with some of the icon iterations:

We decided to go with the second mockup! I then got the ok to begin the actual animation.

STA Program… Till We Meet Again

September 4, 2024 By Diya Nair

STA Program… Till We Meet Again

This semester, I will be taking a break from my role as an STA. I have had such a wonderful time being a part of the STA Program in my freshman year. In the fall semester, I worked in the Surplus department where I managed and wiped information computer assets before they were handed over to UT Surplus.

In the Spring semester, I joined the Design Lab and worked on so many interesting projects. I first worked on migrating all digital assets in the Kiowa Calendar Project (https://kiowacalendars.org/) to Github Large File Storage from a 3rd party file storage solution. My second project, The Texas Politics Project (https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/), involved simplifying the code and transferring the project from a previous web framework (grav) to a new framework (custom).

I look forward to returning as an STA. I loved working for this team. Working with both my managers – Stacy & De’sha has been amazing. I will miss their guidance and support as mentors from Day One. Shoutout to the both of them for serving as excellent resources and running the STA program so smoothly. I will also miss working with my fellow STAs 🙁

With that said, I am only taking a break from the STA program and I’m looking forward to focusing on school & being a TA! STA Program, till me meet again.