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I started making flyers for the Introduction for Astronomy class! This is my first time doing a project that is so heavily design focused so it’s a bit daunting but I’m excited to tackle it.
Here were my first designs just off the bat.
They’re a solid first attempt but I have a lot to improve upon.
Speedway Banner: During summer class registration we may potentially hang a banner promoting the select $500 online courses across Speedway. The first three designs were heavily influenced by the Fall postcard, but after receiving feedback and feeling like this approach wasn’t producing a design I was satisfied with, I looked up examples of street banners to see what was effective in grabbing my attention. I thought about how students would be more enticed if the cost of the courses was displayed (since I as a college student know that we are all about saving money). I was also inspired by the line work on a banner I saw online and thought I could incorporate it to break up the messages/text. Once I created the lines I saw an opportunity to include the summer.utexas.edu URL so students know where to find more info if they are truly interested in the select $500 courses. Overall, I enjoyed the process of this banner and I’m pretty proud of the last iteration I made.
Description: 5’x36′ Vinyl Mesh Banner
Tuition Guide: Removed M 427J, changed the title of ‘MUS 307 How Music Works’ to ‘MUS 307 Popular Music in Popular Culture’ ( I also removed the course flags for the time being until the professor receives approval), created a hyperlink for ‘Registrar’s Course Schedule‘, and moved the summer.utexas.edu URL to the bottom of the pdf with an orange bar ( the course curriculum and flag info were pushed up to compensate for the addition).
Client/Prof: Dr. Tom Curtis
Completion Status: Started on Nov 28
Staff Guidance: De’sha
Complete by: Nov 30
This week I’ve been working a lot on the CC306M: Introduction to Medical and Scientific Terminology course graphics! Here is the design menu of what I’ve done so far:
This week, I got a new assignment for making custom course graphics for the 301 Introduction to Astronomy class. Theres a lot of variety I was given with this regarding pictures and formatting so I got to make a lot of iterations.
Here are my banner iterations.
IPad and PPT layouts.
And I got to make designs for a digital wall monitor.
I’m still working on getting the graphics finalized but with the images I was given, I have a lot of creative freedom.
Tuition Guide: Changed the year, added new classes offered, removed unique #s, and moved the “last updated…” We want to possibly add “Registration begins April 8th” and “summer.utexas.edu”
Summer Course Banner: Still in the brainstorming stage, but leaning toward this layout:
Start: Oct 20th, 2023
To be Completed: N/A
Staff Guidance: De’sha
Project Description: I would create a new Figma tutorial based on Figma’s new feature and dive deep into how Figma can help designer/Web Dev to create digital prototype. In this tutorial, I would touch upon advanced Interaction flow inside Figma and variables for designers, dev mode for the collaboration with designers and web developers, and other small features such as Design Theme, Auto Layout and etc.
Dev Mode is a way to interact with Figma files, specifically designed with developers in mind. This mode is a way to reduce the friction in design handoff and allow for better communication and design implementation. You can toggle Dev mode on the right hand side of the top navigation or use the shortcut Shift + D
I find official document that introduce dev mode in the official website of Figma but there are repetitive steps repetitive and unclear description. I filter out some steps that we won’t use and create this tutorial to boost the collaboration between developers and designers.
For this tutorial I didn’t reply on the official document of the feature but create some of my own example in Figma.