GOV 310 Intro to American Government Custom Course Graphics

Project: GOV 310L Intro to American Government PPT
Client: Dr. Shannon Bow O’Brien
Completion Status: Due Sep 30th
Staff guidance: De’sha
Description/plans: Create a Course Title slide, a Lecture Segment slide, and additional PPT slides with Texas-related content.

Last week I created custom PPT slides for GOV310L, and this week I created some of the Canvas Course graphics they requested as well. The Canvas button text and Animated stingers details have yet to be specified.

STA Routine Wallpaper

I have been working on this in between my other assignments and I think I like the direction it’s going in. I had a more whimsical version I made previous to this, but I don’t think I liked it as much (even though one of my friends I showed said she liked it more). For now, I will keep working on this version and adding some details.

Fall 2023 Roster Poster

Project: Fall 2023 STA Roster Poster
Client: LAITS
Completion Status: Due Sep 22
Staff guidance: De’sha
STA team members: Leilani
Description/plans: For this project, I was assigned Lead Designer and Leilani as the Junior Art director. Together we will work together to create TWO roster posters. The theme will be Carnival, and from what I can see in the reference images it looks like we’re going for a vintage Carnaval vibe. The main difference between the posters will be color schemes, so we should focus on an appealing design. There also might be an animated element in the poster…

Poster #1: Audio, Design, Project Team, and Video (33 STAs)

Poster#2: Classroom Support, Computer Support, and Tech Integration (34 STAs)

Branding: Logo Design Training

Project: Fintastic Shack logo design
Client(hypothetically): Fintastic Shack
Description/plans: Your client is The Fintastic Shack: a newly founded family-owned seafood restaurant. The family is very friendly, fun, and loves a good pun, so they would love it if you could incorporate some of that humor into your design.

• Status Update: I drafted many different logos and De’sha helped me pick out two of the designs to mock-up in Illustrator. Then I started to experiment with colors ( I looked at other seafood restaurant colors and red or blues are very popular).

GOV 310 Intro to American Government Custom Course Graphics

Project: GOV 310L Intro to American Government PPT
Client: Dr. Shannon Bow O’Brien
Completion Status: Due Sep 30th
Staff guidance: De’sha
Description/plans: Create a Course Title slide, a Lecture Segment slide, and additional PPT slides with Texas-related content.

• • Color:  Sepia with Hunter Green (#355E3B ) accents (title, etc.) , White, Black
  • Branding: Department
  • Imagery: Sketch-style image of the US Capitol Building or other government institutions.

BACK AT LAITS 

Hi y’all, I am back and could not be more excited. This summer has been one of the best summers of my life.  Life update in short: Travelled to 2 new countries and 3 new cities. Eat countless delicious dishes. Finished an internship and a job. Spend countless quality time with family. A well-spent summer indeed.

• I started off this summer with a mission trip to the Philippines where I got to see the beautiful country with the nicest and friendliest people I have seen. I also have a chance to see what God did in this country with so many community outreach and worship sessions. After the mission trip, I went back to Vietnam and connected back with my family. It was really sweet to see how everything did not change so much, and everyone was there for you, waiting and supporting you all the way.
• In Vietnam, I did a remote internship with Claudius Scholar, a start-up in the AI and publisher industry. I helped them engineer the front-end application and spearheaded the main design framework that they could build on top of it. In this role, I was basically the UI/UX designer and Front-end developer where I got to propose my sketch in Figma and implement my outline in Bootstrap and Javascript. I also learned so much about backend development with Django. It was truly a learning experience because I had a chance to witness where the data is stored and transferred from the back to the front. The work that I did at LAITS really strengthened my front-end engineering skill that I felt more confident going into this job.
• Also, in Vietnam, I had a remote job with UT for the Discovery to Impact Program. In this program, I researched and drafted different sections in a profile template so that it saves time for the researcher to examine and submit. Researching different scientists and professors is a very interesting task. I had an opportunity to know so many cool and talented researchers along the way in so many industries, ranging from medicine and robotics to rockets and biochemistry. There are a ton of UT labs, spearheaded and managed by those cool scientists, whose lab members work diligently to pursue scientific breakthroughs.
• Reading up to this line, you may ask yourself: Where is the second country I visited? Did I forget? Oh no, I remembered. When I went back to Vietnam last summer, I did not have a lot of moments when I could spend traveling with my family. (It was because my sister needed to study to graduate senior in high school. Everyone is stressed, but she turned out just fine). Therefore, this summer, I and my sister decided to plan out our travel to visit different cities in Vietnam. So one week after we planned, we packed our suitcases and luggage and off, we went. That week was filled with so many happy and sweet moments. The moments turned into core memories and made my summer. Every day was just full of joy, laughter, and curiosity about what we wanted to do next. Then one month after the trip, we decided to go out of the country, so we looked for a cheap tourist trip. And again, off we went to Korea. Korea is definitely one of the most beautiful countries I have seen. The road and the structure are very similar to America. In just 4 days and 9 meals, we ate kimchi as a side dish for 8 of them. It was good, but when I went back to Vietnam, I did not want to see kimchi for a while.
• All and all, I was very happy that I went and saw so much during the summer. I also learned and re-learned a lot during the internship that I had. It was a very productive but also heart-warming summer for me.
• Looking into this semester, I hope to hone my skills more in the Data Science track. All the classes that I take this semester are related to that area, so I am super excited to see how I can do and learn more in class and outside of class. I also added another major Economics because I want to be more prepared with my statistical background. I am also interested in Finance area so maybe I will end up as Business Analyst or Financial Analyst or Data Analyst in general. Who knows? I will let God decides the rest, but for now, I will keep learning and acquiring skills for that Data Science area.

This week I was able to complete more than I anticipated actually. I completed my STA Self Portrait which was a lot of fun to work on!

Now that I’m finished with my orientation training, I’m starting on the Basic STA Skills. I’ve completed the course graphics of the training which was very to-the-point. Here’s some of the graphics I did for it.

I also got a last minute assignment which was a simple button.

I’m excited to be getting into training that involves design thinking skills!