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Week 5/2 -5/8

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Biostats Logo

Project: edXBiostatistics Assets
Due On: May 12
Notes: The goal of the logo is to get students to draw a connection of the course Biostatistics to the logo. I talked with a fellow STA, Adrian, about what logos we liked and narrowed our choices down. We both sketched a few and image-traced potential ideas. Maddy, our design director gave us some helpful image ideas to keep in mind like health (like DNA, cells), and statistics (like charts/axes, graphs). here’s our first iteration and combined logos:

 

Then after some feedback from Maddy, I expanded on some other ideas of mine.

 

Then Adrian and I then combined our logos for the client to choose.

Biostats Backdrop

Project: edXBiostatistics Assets
Due On: May 12
Notes: The goal of the logo is to get students to draw a connection of the course Biostatistics to the backdrop. For the backdrop, I removed the TEXAS logo and replaced other images with a mix of bio/health/stats images from stock photo sites. I referenced a template Maddy provided and placed each image as they fit.

 

UTFC Greenscreen Edits

Project: Greenscreen Image Sourcing
Notes: A handful of STAs were tasked with finding royalty-free images and uploading them into a PowerPoint. As a team, our responsibility is to insert the correct copyright info into a Spreadsheet our Art Director, Maddy, had made. Overall, I found the process therapeutic and gives a means to paying attention to detail when finding images.

TXDST Mockups

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TXDST Web Redesign

Idea Mockups

Project: TXDST Website Redesign
Client /Prof: TXDST
Completion Status: To be finished fall 2023 semester
Staff Guidance: Maddy
Description: Mocking up ideas in Figma

After spending some time sketching out some layout ideas for the county and stories homepage segments on paper, I decided to bring a few of the ideas into Figma to see how they would look at a higher fidelity. I focused on the usability of the cards and the option to expand further if needed.

 

Caption QR Code for Graduation

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Spring 2023 Commencement

Graphic for QR Code for Captions

Project: Spring 2023 Commencement
Client /Prof: Internal
Completion Status: Finished
Staff Guidance: Maddy
Description: Making a quick graphic to house a QR code.

 

can’t wait to see all the graphics tomorrow!

 

Week LXXIII

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Week LXXIII

French Textbook

Mostly more of the same here, image tracking and sourcing. No original graphics to share this week. Just a lot of trial and error reverse searching.

TGDP 7

Thanks to Maddy for helping draft this one. Unlike last time, we actually had trouble filling the space!

I experimenting with upsizing and posterizing a very artifacty map. Maddy helped by physically printing it at 300 dpi to see how it really looked (original above).

While it’s slightly grainy at the larger scale, it’s still no less readable than the original, and viewers will likely be at a distance anyways.

Biostats logo

Project: edX MSDS: Biostats v1
Client /Prof: MSDS (?)
completion status: WIP
staff guidance: Maddy K
STA team members: Leilani
description/plans: TBA
To be completed: Mid-May

First completely new project in a while, I haven’t written one of those headers in ages. I overheard Maddy discussing a request to design a biostatistics logo and asked about helping. So far, just drafted logos. It seems like Leilani had some of the same ideas via convergent evolution, like the DNA graph.

Week 4/27 – 5/1

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UTFC Studio Testing

Project: Backdrop Color Testing
Notes: Since UTFC plans on recording its lectures this summer, I had the opportunity to go inside the recording studio to test backdrops for the lecturer. It was a cool and fun moment to get a hands-on experience with the other side of this assignment! I could see the backdrops in real time and edit them to the correct display such as altering contrast and saturation inside Photoshop. So far we’re almost done with the first course for recording.

 

Biostats Logo

Project: edXBiostatistics Assets
Due On: May 12
Notes: The goal of the logo is to get students to draw a connection of the course to the logo. I researched different statistical methods that analyze health data as a reference. So far I have quick thumbnail sketches of some possible ideas.

TXDST Inspiration

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Texas Domestic Slavery Project

Ideas for Web Redesign

Project: Texas Domestic Slavery Project
Client /Prof: External
Completion Status: Started March
Staff Guidance: Maddy
Description: Finding inspiration and ideas for visuals and user interaction
To be completed: Fall semester

I picked back up where I left off for the TXDST web redesign this week by jumping back in and finding similar small archive and museum websites. This time, I focused less on looking for ideas for visuals and more on interactive elements and specific solutions for archives, such as how to cite material without cluttering the readable text. Here are a few ideas I liked: