This is another class that doesn’t have anything fabulous going on. We’re learning how to draw letterforms from scratch and what the ideal letter spacing is, as well as getting some typesetting lessons (leading, kearning, ligatures, punctuation spacing, word spacing, etc). It’s interesting getting the basics, but I don’t have…
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Fall 2023
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GRA 220: Design Drawing I
There’s really nothing too terribly interesting going on with this class. We’re learning how to sharpen pencils, draw straight lines, measure with our pencils, and draw planes. Here’s where we are at right now. Maybe I’ll have something more interesting to update with when the class is done? 😉
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GRA 122: Principles of Graphic Design II
An introduction to fundamental principles of letterform design. This class focuses on design, spacing, and construction of letterforms. It was pretty fun once I understood the spacing 🙂
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GRA 121: Principles of Graphic Design 1
The Irradiation Illusion Introduces first year graphic design students to fundamental principles of graphic design in preparation for further study. Students will explore and hopefully discover largely unknown phenomena in the interaction of form including two and three dimensions. Line Interaction Color Interaction Three-Dimensional Interaction Miniature Model Making Prototyping Final…
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GRA 112: Graphic Design History II
This is a continuation of our timetrack project in GRA 111. For each chapter in our textbook, we have to pick 3 types of images that were innovative to graphic design and put them together on a ‘time track’ along with a couple of historical facts per chapter. Alphabet Soup…
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GRA 111: Graphic Design History 1
Time Track For each chapter in our textbook, we have to pick 3 types of images that were innovative to graphic design and put them together on a ‘time track’ along with a couple of historical facts per chapter.
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GRA 101: Designing Life
A required course for all design students… Syllabus Description: This course explores how students can create a life of meaning and purpose in the field of Design. This course aims to provide students with foundational skills of self-knowledge and self-management. Topics covered will help them to develop strategies to successfully…
Branding & Logo Design
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Sweet as Southern Tea
THE CHALLENGE This is a case study to rebrand Sweet as Southern Tea and was done as a student for a Media Design class. It was conducted as a learning exercise only. I chose a local business that has competition, stands out in the crown, and could be even better…
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StubHub
THE CHALLENGE The challenge is to rebrand and create a media campaign for StubHub. This project was done as an Integrated Marketing & Communications student at the University of West Alabama and I am not affiliated with StubHub or its partners. StubHub promotes the “joy of live” to their users;…
Marketing
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Movie Posters
Posters are just one type of asset a company can utilize, and I find them incredibly fun to design. This three-poster project was no exception: one movie title, three different movie genres. I chose a western, a documentary, and a thriller. I leaned on my vast library of movies for…