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Below is the map I made for the Spring 2022 French course. They needed a green screen map that the professor could stand in front of to go over the different names of countries in french with a visual aid. I added a bit of animation to the slides and text boxes so that the PowerPoint is a little more dynamic.
The French Textbook course is doing recordings in the LAITS studio for their online classes and needed a backdrop. Yazz provided me with some images that they wanted to be transformed into some sort of collage. I pretty much had free range on the layout of it so I decided to do a geometric collage, a watercolor style collage, and a more integrated landscape-type collage. From there I made different coloring adjustments as they got feedback after test recordings.
The French textbook team wanted to enhance how they organize their content by adding visual aids of icons for every kind of assignment or action the students were going to take as they go through the book. The original online book had icons but they were far more generalized and didn’t clearly indicate the tasks the students needed to take. I worked closely with Pat Kyle and Yazz to come up with the design of each icon and we organized our entire feedback system using excel.
Valerie had initially created the re-design for Tex and Tammy on Procreate. I used her stylistic details such as brush texture and line-weight to influence the design of the icons. Eventually, the team decided on a two-toned color icon with a hand-drawn look similar to that of Tex and Tammy. I used the same procreate software as Valerie and exported all the files as .psds for Box.
Below is the fully complete and approved grayscale version of all the icons needed to be made:
As for coloring, the team was stuck on whether they wanted to go the UT color route or the Lingco site color route. I helped in the decision process by clarifying that the UT color palette was limited to two-tone color options for the number of different colors needed. The university palette only uses blues, orange, yellow, green, and gray. The Lingco color palette had 6 colors that were more saturated and easier to turn into two-toned combinations for the icons. It also made more sense to create iconography that color-matched with the site it was going to be one. In the end, we went with the Lingco color palette below. I also mocked up all color icon versions on an empty Lingco page for the clients viewing.
Once the approved of the way the colors looked on the icons, I spent 3 shifts re-coloring, exporting, and systematically naming all the icons and filing them in Box. It was the most laborious part of the design process but worth the effort because now the clients can easily access the icon color they need under the appropriate name. While doing this exporting process I also cleaned up and organized all the layers within the .psd grayscale drafts to make re-coloring easier and more efficient for any future STA in the case they would want these in other color options.
Project: French Textbook
Client /Prof: Pat Kyle
Completion status: Started June 24, 2o21
Staff guidance: Suloni Robertson and Valerie Tran
STA team members: Abriella Corker
Description/plans: Create assets for Lingco such as icons and banners. Tex and Tammy to be redesigned. Online course content such as a green screen map and digital background. Additional assets may follow.
To be completed: May 2022 (Tentative)
20 years ago, the Italian and French departments worked together to make collective content in the form of a textbook called “Francais Interactif”. Now, the content of that textbook is on lingco. French 406, 407, 412K, 317C, etc. are using Lingco
This winter break has been really eventful. It has been filled with a lot of blessings and great memories.
First, I was able to do a little art while I was on break, which was well needed. So I made this simple illustration.
Next, I found out that I got the Rooster Teeth Animation Production Internship position that I am super excited about. Now I have a change to learn more about the animation industry.
Next, Today is my 22nd Birthday!!! I’m truly thankful for all the amazing things I was able to accomplish while I was 21 and I can’t wait for a the new accomplishment while i’m 22.
Lastly, my family adopted a furbaby!! Her name is Joy and she is 2 months old. She is so energetic but also love cuddles.
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.
