– Spring 2026 STA Presentation –

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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 –

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Final Sheet

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

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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.

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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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

STA 2026 PRESENTATION GRAPHICS

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My focus for most of February has been the graphics for the STA 2026 Presentation which I’m overseeing! This is the biggest project I’ve acted as art director for. While I keep track of the assignments I provided to other designers, I have my own task to work on: the walk-in animation.

— Walk-In Animation–

Progress as of 2/18/26

Initial Mood board

Initial Mock Up

Storyboard

Frames: First Iteration

Feedback: First Round

It was decided that the aesthetic for presentation graphics should pivot to a more modern gallery style. Some notes for me to keep in mind were unique frame layouts, warm wood flooring, spotlights, accent walls, and essentially anything that supported the modern gallery aesthetic. I was also suggested a layout that I could follow for the frames.

Wall Iteration

Progress as of 2/24/26

Light Fixtures

After a bit of back and forth and tweaking, the backgrounds for the paintings were settled! The next thing to add was light fixtures- suggested by De’sha. The first image is my first attempt at them. However, I was requested to see how it would look if the lights were at different angles- similar to one of our main references. So, I utilized the light assets Asha made for the presentation poster!

Pivot Pt. 2

After some discussion with Lila and De’sha, another pivot was decided! To draw more attention to the frames and STAs, there will be a shift to a white background to all assets. Additionally, instead of statues we will do red velvet rope. It was decided that the statues may distract from the STAs in the frames too much. Below is the main reference for the background for future iterations of presentation graphics.

These are the most recent drafts as of 03-03-26. After adjusting the lighting of some of the STAs, it will finally be time to animate!

Animation

Doing a seamless scrolling animation was a lot more tedious than I thought! Since the animation had 3 main moving parts (roof detailing, frames, and velvet rope), it was a bit difficult to line up the cut from the end back to the beginning without a weird jump. However, with some help from Lila and adjustments, I was able to achieve a parallax effect with little jitters!

— Title Cards–

As presentation assets were finishing up, there were enough completed ones for me to easily create the title cards. These would be used to introduce an STA for the “Get to know an STA” segment. I built the design off of Sasha’s “Up Next” slides!

This is my first pass at the design. De’sha suggested I used a bolder font similar to Benton Sans for the “Get to Know an STA.”

Below are my next two iterations. I felt that the since both of the texts were bold, it needed something to seperate the two texts so I added the line. This ended up being the design we proceeded with!

— Reflection–