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TxPEP – Timeline

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TxPEP – Timeline

Before I left for winter break, I worked on a few elements for the TxPEP branding. My first assignment was creating the Texas Timeline.

This was the original timeline that was used on their site:

To better represent the flow of a timeline, I thought it would be best to make it horizontal instead of vertical. Here are a few of my inspiration images:

 

With a design in mind, I went through a lot of different iterations until I was able to reach the final potential designs. Here are a few of the drafts:

After I received some feedback for the timeline design, I was able to reach the final design possibilities. Each of the options have different types of arrow heads.

 

Meaningful Brand Systems pt.2 Cont.

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Meaningful Brand Systems pt.2 cont.

I am coming back to this training to finish up the branding for the Fairy Forest Cafe. So far, I have completed the logo design and the typography that needs to go along with it.

My main focus now is to finalize the color scheme and create the merchandize so that I can create the branding book.

Here is the finalized logo design:

 

Here are some potential color schemes I was considering using for this brand. I want it to feel earthy and whimsical.

To incorporate the colors into the logo, I believe it is best to choose 2 complimentary colors so that the design is not overpowered. Similar to the examples below:

MUS 307 & Miscellany

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Cat staring into camera with filter

Close-up of cat
Big Pirate is watching you.

I’ve been working on helping with art direction for course graphics, miscellaneous KBs, and Pages documentation. I spoke with Tim and Suloni Wednesday about the latter, so I’ll be hoping to post a new version on Basecamp soon. I’ve also been working on Jazz icons for MUS 307.

Project: MUS 307 Jazz Era PPT Icons
Client: Dr. Mike Sailors
Completion Status: In progress
Staff Guidance: Suloni (art director), Jennifer and Anne (PMs)
STA Team Members: me
Description/Plans: Creating jazz photographic icons for the following eras: New Orleans Era, Swing Era, Bebop Era, Cool Jazz Era, Hardbop Era, Modal Era, Fusion Era, Neoclassical Era to be placed in a powerpoint template.

I did a little research as to which jazz artists are popularly associated with each “era” or subgenre of jazz, and came up with some ideas. Here are my current icons:

Last full week!

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Last full week!

It’s my last full week here before winter break! Here’s what I’ve been up to this week:

  • LRC version below was approved by the client!
  • Trainings:
    • Bezier curves in typography
    • Shape manipulation
  • Photo IDs
  • Feedback

In other news, I left The Daily Texan on Friday after two years. 🙁 You can read my -30- column here (what we write when we leave the paper to say goodbye).

 

Week 14

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Project: COLA Website Refresher
Client /Prof: N/A (College of Liberal Arts)
Completion Status: Started August 25, 2021
Staff guidance: Michelle Vanhoose, Chris Rankin
STA team members: Ingrid, Adrian
description/plans: Points of Contact and Site Evaluation.
To be completed: TBD (long-term)

Hey everyone. This past week I’ve been working on COLA tasks and some few trainings. For COLA I’ve continued to email clients which is a first for me as well as evaluating site sizes and making notes of any interesting features or elements.

 

I have also completed the HTML training and have moved onto the git training and am working on that during downtime. Here’s a picture of my finished site.