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Week 13

STA Presentation Poster

Client /Prof: LAITS
Started: January 17th, 2023
Staff/STA guidance: Maddy & Leilani

 

Tuesday – started helping out Leilani with the STA Presentation Poster by compiling some color palette inspo. I was trying to follow the colors within our references of vintage sports aesthetic and a 2000s Juno vibe. There are a lot of muted tones, as well as pops of color. There is also a nice range of warm AND cool tones.

Wednesday – I started experimenting with the colors and text on the poster. I learned some neat ways to select certain elements in Procreate (after much frustration and going about it the hard way:,)

 

Color palette inspo:

         

Scrap paper colors:

 

 

Week 1

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Intro

Hi! My name is Daniela, I’m a sophomore in Electrical and Computer Engineering and this was my first week as an STA! It was nice to meet the current staff and STAs. I spent most of the week being onboarded to the team and learning how to use all the project management tools/software here at LAITS. I am excited to begin working on more projects in the following weeks! Thank you LAITS team for welcoming me.

STA Banner and Avatar

Project: Blog Banner and Avatar

Client/Prof: LAITS STA Blog

Completion status: Started on 1/11

Description/plans: I designed my banner and avatar for the LAITS website

Timeline: 1/11-1/12

To be completed: Completed on 1/12

 

During the latter half of my first week, I completed my STA blog banner and avatar. I designed my banner and adjusted the dimensions on Canva which I had already used before for designing flyers for student orgs. To draw my avatar, I dabbled with Procreate for the first time so that I could export my design as a PNG with a transparent background.

 

avatar

 

Week 12

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Week 12

CH 320M Organic Chemistry II

Project: Intro animation and iPad overlay for Dr. Iverson’s O Chem II class
Client /Prof: Dr. Iverson
Completion status: Started January 10, 2023
Staff guidance: Julie Phillips & Maddy
Description/plans: Edit the Organic Chemistry intro animation for O Chem II and Dr. Iverson. In addition, create an iPad overlay for O Chem II.
To be completed: January 12, 2023

Intro Animation

The challenge with the intro animation was some of the original editable files weren’t uploaded to the box folder. I had to make do with the parts we had (which were most of them) to create an intro similar to the original mp4. Julie and Maddy were very helpful in answering my questions throughout the project. Most of the process was just reuploading images from the box folder into Adobe After Effects and then editing it down to closely match the original.

 

 

iPad Overlay

The original iPad overlay had the lionfish image cropped and blurred with filled text boxes. Maddy suggested fading back the image (and provided an example) and removing the colored text boxes. I think this made the overlay look more modern without distracting from whatever information will be posted onto it. Fading back the image also made it more ornamental to the overall overlay:)

 

     

   

See You Later

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See You Later

Wow! I can’t believe I am leaving such an amazing team!! This semester went by way too fast and I’m going to miss every single one of y’all!!

Even though I am leaving, I don’t want to say goodbye because I feel like our paths might cross again in the future. I’m sad to be leaving but I have grown so much from working for LAITS for the past 2 years and I’m truly blessed to call myself a design STA. When I first started this job, I was filled with ambition and dedication but very little technical skills. But Valerie, Maddy, and Suloni believed in me and saw the potential I had to grow into a level 4 STA. I cherish all the projects I got to work on and all the AMAZING designers I got to meet. Y’all are superstars and I saw that when y’all created those beautiful posters. I couldn’t be prouder and I’m so thankful I got to see it.

Rules for Success

  1. Always be true to yourself! Embrace your unique qualities and never stop shining!
  2. See the potential in yourself! Don’t be afraid to try new things!
  3. Use college as a learning opportunity. Learn about yourself and others.
  4. “Can’t” is your motivation. If you don’t achieve something at the beginning but you are truly passionate about it, keep trying!! See failure as an opportunity to grow.

Letters:

 

Adrian:

You are a powerhouse! From creating a new intake system for Photo IDs to creating so many visually appealing course graphics! You always take a fun and unique approach to your creations that I know all the clients love. I also love how knowledgable you are on so many animal creatures. I know you are going to do amazing things and you are going to lead your fellow STAs well.

 

Thang:

Wow!! I am always so speechless after your present in our weekly check-in meetings. You are sooooooo passionate about learning new things and the way you share that information to your peers is amazing! You are such a great web developer and presenter. I also know you want to start designing as well and I have full confidence you can. By knowing how to develop an easily accessible website, you will be unstoppable when you began adding design elements.

 

Carrie:

Your attention to detail and design is amazing!! When you created the design STA poster I was shocked at how fast you were able to create such a beautiful design that captured our team so well! You also create such amazing website designs that are thought out and really capture what the client wants. Continue being amazing and creating beautiful work!

 

Lorena:

Wow! For the past couple of months your designs have grown so much. I appreciate your attention to details and unique style. You are such as sweet person and I absolutely loved working with you. Continue asking questions and learning new ways to create effective designs.

 

Marissa:

Your illustrations are soooo beautiful! I absolutely loved seeing your voting illustrations! I love how passionate you are for design and I see you doing big things in the future. Don’t be afraid to explore new approaches and gain as much knowledge from your fellow designer and managers.

 

Luisa:

First, you have such an amazing style!! I love your leather coat and boats that you wear!! Absolutely beautiful!! You are so kind and caring to everyone you meet. You are also an amazing designer!! From the postcards to the brochure, I’m blown away with your attention to detail to create such amazing physical designs.

 

Leilani:

Wow!!! You have grown so much from when you first started as an STA! You are such a strong leader and have so many great ideas for art direction. I know you are going to do amazing things for the STA team! You are going to manage the the UTFC project and find new approaches I couldn’t think of. You are so smart and talented!! Also, I hope your online print business is extremely successful! Your artwork is so beautiful and I know everyone will enjoy it.

 

Valerie:

You are such an amazing manager. You create such as welcoming and inviting environment for all the designers. I love how you play lo-fi and engage in fun conversations with everyone. Thank you for having the confidence on me to take on the UTFC project and help the STAs in anyway possible. I know that the Design team will continue to reach new goals because your passion for this team really shines!!! Thank you for being you!! Also, please start making art again!! You are such as talented illustrator and the world deserve to see your work!!

 

Maddy:

First, the mural is going to be sooo beautiful! I think it will truly create a peaceful environment for the designers to create freely. You are such an amazing art director and I love how you encourage the designers to go for new unique approaches to their projects. You inspired me so much with your leadership style and your dedication to the team. Thank you so much for encouraging me to take new risks with my animations and allowing my to take the lead on the STA posters. I’m truly thankful to have had a manager like you in my work career!!

 

Suloni:

Thank you for everything!! You have created such as strong foundation for the design STAs and I’m truly blessed that I was a part of it. Your wisdom and encouragement is so beautiful and the love you have for all the STAs shows. I know the design team will continue to be strong because they had you!! I hope you have a fun, relaxing, and adventurous retirement. You absolutely deserve it. Thank you for sharing a piece of you with your beautiful presentation of your work. I don’t know if I would have believed in myself to take on art direction without you putting me in those roles and believing in my abilities. I honestly can’t thank you enough.

 

New Beginnings

Y’all keep being amazing and creating wonderful designs that will be showcased all throughout UT. I’m so happy that I was a part of this team and always remember, y’all are LOVED <3

 

UTFC Management Document

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UTFC Management Document

Since I will be leaving, I will be passing the UTFC project to the next STA. Currently, I am creating a document about the management process of handling this project.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15lGx-MDFZWekSOTLenQ-n00kwL_m6_wH0cAu-MeMp10/edit?usp=sharing 

 

GOV312L Animated Intro

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GOV 312L US National Security Intro Draft

This was the first proof of concept with the template for the possible animated intro. Since this course was going to be pre-recorded, the intro needed to only be 10 seconds long. Therefore, I needed to cut out some scenes in the After Effect file and added in the images appropriately.

 

After creating the proof of concept, it was important to make sure the course graphics were all cohesive. Therefore, I created the baseline with the animated intro.

  • Make the images Grayscale
  • Make the words white
  • Alter the glowing light to represent the green and red in the Iraq flag.

 

These were the last revisions on the animated intro. With that, the professor has now informed us that they would no longer want an animated intro for the course. Therefore, I think the was helpful to see how Motion Array templates operate for future projects.