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Week 3

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Tier 3 Course Graphics: For this training, I explored creating Motion Graphics and animating using After Effects. I continued working on the interaction design course and found other ways of visualizing the class.

Re-working my portfolio: I have made many different portfolios in the last year. I’m still grappling with how I want it to look and flow, but for this week’s meeting, I focused on transferring my most recent portfolio to a new template on Framer. I wanted my case studies information and process to be simple and easy to digest, but I don’t want to strip down too much of my hard work. Right now, it doesn’t look too different, but I’m working on changing the hierarchy and clarity of my case studies.

March-April

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– Spring 2026 STA Presentation –

Lower Thirds

In March and April, I worked on the lower thirds for the Spring 2026 STA Presentation, and since the theme is museum related, my first iteration went in the direction of museum tickets.

However, we noticed that this design was quite similar to a previous lower third design which had a movie theater theme, with the lower thirds being the tickets, so we decided to change directions. We ended up on a paint brush design, where the brush is painting a stroke with the STA names and roles in it:

Final iterations and template creation:

After some testing of how the graphic looked on the samples, we decided to make a final adjustment to the color of the handle, and bring back the color to the LAITS logo.

– Tier 3 Course Graphics –

Course Intro

In early April I worked on some leftover Tier 3 trainings. In After Effects, I created a short looping intro for one of the previous Arabic courses I had taken.

Week 2

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Tier 2 Course Graphics: For this training, I have explored creating Studio Graphics and have experimented with creating unique course graphics based off my past experience taking this course.

Status: Complete

Inspiration

I started by creating a mood board with images associated with the content of the class, the professor’s website, color scheme, and other supporting visuals.

Creating Studio Graphics

I found sources from Adobe Stock to include in the graphics and altered them to fit templates, create backgrounds, and support my theme.

Feedback

After creating all the studio graphics, I got feedback that the background for the wall monitor was a bit too dark. I tried different color overlays and images, so the professor wouldn’t blend into the screen, but wasn’t happy with any. So, I got more feedback from Lila and finally added a bluish overlay to brighten and balance the bright neon green.

Revision 1
Revision 2
Revision 3
Final Wall Monitor Mock Up

Final Sheet

After adjusting all the studio graphics, I put them into the template file.

Reflection

This was a good experience for me to explore creating a visual identity for a course. Although it was very structured and had many pre-existing templates, I think the iterating process was helpful and could be applied to future projects.

First STA Blog Post

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This is my first week at LAITS and I have gotten more familiar with the workflow and workspace. I’m still getting used to the login process, but I’ve had a good experience overall!

Overview of this week:

  • Completed STA orientation tasks such as creating a slide deck recap, banner, bio, and avatar
  • Had my first weekly meeting and talked about apples!
  • Tier 1: Course Graphics Training

Orientation Tasks

My Avatar

About Me

Slide Deck Recap

Tier 1: Course Graphics Training

For this training, I chose a past course I’ve taken and got the hang of using specific Illustrator and PPTX templates for course graphics.

Canvas dashboard with image
Powerpoint slide with image

Reflection

Overall, I’ve had a good first week and I’m excited to continue learning through trainings and projects 🙂

Graduation Title Cards

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GRADUATION TITLE CARDS

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I was tasked with making a series of title cards for different graduations based on this year’s commencement graphics.

2026 STA Presentation: PPT Template & Up Next Slides

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2026 STA Presentation: PPT Template & Up Next Slides

Currently working on these projects for this semester’s STA Presentation!!

PPT TEMPLATE

Drafting

  • I began drafting the PPT template, channeling the art gallery theme.

Edits

  • We went back and forth a few times in order to make the template cohesive with the presentation poster.
  • I added white backgrounds in order to allow the images that will be placed in the frames later to pop.
  • We decided to return to the background used in the original draft, as well as make the branding smaller.
  • Changed the branding to dark brown so it doesn’t get lost, moved the frames down in order to leave space for titles, and added a few more variations.

STATUS: IN PROGRESS

UP NEXT SLIDES

Drafting

  • Keeping cohesive with the rest of the PPT Template.

Edits

  • Adding test headshot and text, as well as painting assets used in the poster to remain cohesive.

STATUS: IN PROGRESS