AHDesign

Final Personal Business Card

2011-11-30T06:49:00.001-08:00

Mood Board

2011-11-28T06:19:00.000-08:00

Business Card Moving Forward

2011-11-21T13:23:00.000-08:00

Personal/ Portfolio Site Project Brief

2011-11-20T19:38:00.001-08:00

Personal/ Portfolio Site Project Brief

Name of your site (URL)

Do not have site yet….

Content

I am planning on including all projects I have worked on since my time at Peace, and other projects I have done outside of the classroom. These projects will include everything and even my flash projects and movies that we have completed. I would like my peronsal website to be fun and interactive but professional looking as well, very organized and easy to manage.

I feel along with all my projects, I will include my portfolio and resume with my personal logo included (business card, letterhead, envelope, etc). Since I am leaning more towards branding and logo making when I graduate I plan on including a separate page that includes all the logos I have created. That is just an idea.

I would like my site to be open to anyone that would like to view my work… Friends, family, businesses, professors, etc. I will also provide links to my LinkedIn. Like I said earlier I want my website to be easy to manage and very organized.

Finding a Color

2011-11-17T05:47:00.001-08:00

Personal Identity Round Two

2011-11-16T13:40:00.001-08:00

Logo Variations and Font

2011-11-15T18:24:00.001-08:00

Shazam App

2011-10-31T06:31:00.000-07:00

I chose to share the Shazam App. I absolutely love this app and continue to use it constantly. I love being able to have an app that lets you tag the song that you are listening to.

ReK2 Logo Design with buttons and thumbs

2011-10-25T18:41:00.001-07:00

ReK2 Logo Designs with arrows

2011-10-25T18:36:00.000-07:00

ReK2 Logo Design

2011-10-24T06:34:00.001-07:00

Website Redesign

2011-10-24T05:03:00.000-07:00

Slim's Current Website

2011-10-05T07:00:00.000-07:00

Redesign Web Ideas

2011-10-04T17:16:00.001-07:00

CAM Reflection

2011-10-04T16:43:00.000-07:00

I am so glad we had the opportunity to go to the CAM Museum. I wish I had my camera or phone for that matter to take pictures of everything that caught my eye. The Deep Surface exhibit was really cool. Since, I have been wanting to focus on packaging, I was able to see different types of packaging that had been done. This opened my eyes to a whole new perspective of what packaging can look like. When I was walking down stairs I saw a chandelier, which was made out of paper that was made out of words, very cool. I had to look at it a second time to be able to read the words. Another design that caught my eye was the table with the plates, napkins, utensils set in place and each plate, napkin utensil continued the design that was on the table on them. I also thought downstairs was cool the woman that design with tape. I stayed down there for a while trying to figure out how something like this was done and so perfect.

I never knew this museum was downtown and cannot wait to go again.

In Five Years...

2011-09-20T18:21:00.000-07:00

Whewww, scary to think I am about to graduate and will be looking for a job in less than a year. The projects we have completed throughout my time at Peace have laid a ground for where I might see myself in five years. I really like working with typography and placing things where they need to go on a page. If I could pick right now, in 5 years I could see myself designing invitations, cards, shopping bags, logos, etc. I want to work in a fun, easy-going atmosphere and want to be excited about going to work everyday. I want to love the people I work with and be able to talk with them about my projects, getting helpful feedback and critique. I feel like our critique sessions throughout my time at Peace have gotten me to where I am today. These sessions are very critical and help each of us move forward with our designs. I hope that I will be working somewhere, where I won't hesitate to ask them for feedback. With the economy the way it is, I am leaving my options open to anything and will be willing to work in any position. Not every day you get your dream job, right?

Stamps

2011-09-19T11:39:00.000-07:00

I decided to create a series of 16 stamps, celebrating the life of Michael Jackson. I wanted to bring iconic representation of Michael Jackson and also work with typography. I want to encourage Michael Jackson followers as well as music groupies to to use these stamps during Michael Jackson's birthdate month (August) in remembrance of him. I feel like Michael Jackson was the perfect candidate because of how well known he is, and how much of an impact he had on other people. The color choice I have chosen is, black and white. I was going to add color but I feel just leaving it black and white represented Michael Jackson more strongly and makes the stamps stand out more.

Digital Media Map

2011-09-06T05:14:00.000-07:00

For this assignment, we were to record every time we used digital media within 24 hours. I realized after recording things I did digitally that I use my phone a lot. Whether it be calling people, texting, playing words with friends, etc. I looked at this project in a clock manner trying to match the activity with the correct time that I did something. But, when 'Facebook' came up, I realized that I would need to put it many times throughout the map. So, I just decided to put one icon of each to narrow it down.

2011-04-07T06:40:00.000-07:00

I would put an opacity to the "whooooo" to make it fade in the background. Just playing around, not really sure if I like it??

Idea for Act Two

2011-04-06T21:58:00.000-07:00

Act Two is about divorced sisters traveling the day after Christmas from their mom's house to their dads house. They get snowed in an have to spend the night in the airport, they get put in a room with many other divorced children. All they have is eachother.

Act one Designs

2011-04-06T21:33:00.000-07:00

Back of postcard

2011-03-09T22:55:00.000-08:00

Postcard Designs

2011-03-09T22:42:00.001-08:00

I have decided to have my postcards be for a design firm. There motto or goal is to have everyone thinking open mindly and creatively hence the "creative mind creative spirit" motto. My thought was for this design firm that is located in Raleigh, NC, to bring more creativity and art to North Carolina.

Billboard Ideas

2011-03-07T22:37:00.001-08:00

Electric Car Charging Station

2011-03-07T22:32:00.000-08:00

Electric Car Outlet Idea

2011-02-24T07:00:00.000-08:00

Road Trip

2011-02-08T11:15:00.001-08:00

Image Map Design

2011-02-07T23:05:00.000-08:00

Public Service Announcement Poster Final

2011-01-28T07:28:00.001-08:00

Idea Map

2011-01-25T06:14:00.000-08:00

Band Poster Design

2010-12-06T17:44:00.001-08:00

Calendar Final

2010-12-06T17:30:00.000-08:00

Glass Type Tutorial

2010-11-17T19:33:00.000-08:00

This tutorial was supposed to take 5 minutes, but ended up taking me an hour and I still have not gotten it completely right. Became very frustrated. I think this would be cool looking if it turned out right like the original.

January- April

2010-11-15T21:31:00.000-08:00

Calendar Design

2010-11-15T10:42:00.000-08:00

Calendar Title Page Ideas

2010-11-15T10:40:00.000-08:00

Jelly Tutorial

2010-11-10T17:46:00.001-08:00

This tutorial was much more difficult than the Gold Lettering Tutorial. I was having trouble with the ellipse tool, figured out how to do it on "AHDESIGN" but then was not able to do it on "STYLE". I think the finishing product of what it is really supposed to look like is very neat!

Calendar with Dates

2010-11-09T12:56:00.001-08:00

Table Quiz

2010-11-09T12:35:00.000-08:00

Calendar

2010-11-09T10:55:00.000-08:00

For this idea I have decided to take my idea of the box with the numbers scrambled within for each month. I was also thinking making the whole top out of the numbers scrambled instead of just a little box? This reminds me of what I did for my grid project in Type 1 with the different directions of letters. The calendar will go under the name of the month. The title page for this would be the one I had first with all 12 squares on the front

Another Idea for Calendar

2010-11-08T19:38:00.001-08:00

Third Calendar Design

2010-11-08T19:25:00.000-08:00

My third idea for a calendar is to have the name of the month and then inside each of the letter have the number for each month scrabbled in (like my boxes for my first design) Again, the colors will be related to the color of the month. I started with the "J" what I meant with the numbers beings scrambled in. This is also a fun and neat idea, I also like the font of "January".

Or, having the abbreviations of the months with the numbers?? Im not sure?!

Second Calendar Idea

2010-11-08T19:19:00.000-08:00

My second design is having the number of each month big with a line that continues throughout the calendar. I will have to work with the fonts to make this look good and clean. Do any of ya'll know a good serif that can also have a continuing line that I could add? I am thinking about putting the name of the month white in the bottom line and having the calendar dates in the box that I have provided. I need to work with color. I am going to look up color of the month but if I can find them I will do colors related to season, holiday, etc dealing with each particular month.

First Calendar Idea

2010-11-08T19:14:00.000-08:00

This is my first design. I am thinking finishing the blocks with the correct number according to the month. For the specific date the box with the correct number will be 100% tint and then all the other month boxes will be a lighter tint. I am planning on have the calendar under the name of the month. This is my favorite design so far and think it will look really cool with the color of the month and on that specific month each box of the month will be slightly bigger.

Tutorial: Gold Lettering

2010-11-04T13:07:00.000-07:00

Final Newsletter

2010-11-02T11:12:00.000-07:00

Back Front

Left Middle Right Middle

Newsletter Layout for Critique

2010-10-25T21:11:00.001-07:00

2010-10-12T13:51:00.001-07:00

Thematic Timeline Progress

2010-10-11T21:50:00.000-07:00

Fashion Now Nameplate

2010-10-11T18:46:00.001-07:00

FInal Business Card

2010-10-04T16:08:00.000-07:00

Letterhead Final

2010-09-30T10:49:00.001-07:00

Envelope Final

2010-09-30T10:48:00.000-07:00

Clear Design Logo FINAL

2010-09-23T12:58:00.000-07:00

Business Card Layout Designs

2010-09-20T17:21:00.000-07:00

FInalizing Logo

2010-09-19T11:37:00.001-07:00

'Clear Defense' Original Design

2010-09-15T11:35:00.000-07:00

More Ideas

2010-09-15T10:41:00.001-07:00

After Critique Ideas

2010-09-14T14:26:00.000-07:00

Playing with Boxes

2010-09-13T16:47:00.001-07:00

Clear Defense Logo Designs

2010-09-13T16:41:00.000-07:00

Painted Bird Excersize

2010-09-07T10:52:00.001-07:00

Clear Defense Logo Sketch

2010-09-06T19:36:00.000-07:00

I am redesigning a logo for a company 'Clear Defense', that makes shatter proof glass. This company markets to hockey, basketball and safety. I wanted to design a logo that represented and explained what the company job was through the logo. Here are a couple of things I had in mind. My favorite is that C and D that connect on the second page. These are just the first and most important steps. So I am still working with all of them!

Logo Design

2010-09-01T20:16:00.001-07:00

Final Decision Hierarchy

2010-04-14T13:12:00.001-07:00

After Critique

2010-04-12T16:50:00.000-07:00

OLD NEW

Show and Tell 4/12

2010-04-12T10:16:00.001-07:00

I thought this was an interesting way of displaying words that start with the letter "A". I like how all of the words bleed off of the "A" but each word is different with different fonts to represent what each word is.

Find more here

Hierarchy Designs

2010-04-11T18:39:00.000-07:00

Show and Tell 4/5

2010-04-04T19:18:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of typefcae that looks very vintage. When I think of the word "bloom" I think of pretty spring flowers. I thought this was an interesting way to express type through a shadow. The letters really pop out. If you just look at the shadow you think that the words are bright and colorful just like flowers are, but then you look at the standing letters and they are all rusted. This reminds me of a picture that was taken a long time ago.

Hierarchy Project

2010-04-04T19:14:00.000-07:00

For the Hierarchy Project I have decided to work with Baskerville. I did my presentation on 'Centaur' and thought about continuing with Centaur but when I remember about Baskerville I wanted to work with it. I think Baskerville is a very unique typeface. I used Baskerville for my Grid Project on my brochure, it was the perfect type. Baskerville's "Q" is so unique and I would love to pull the "Q" into my poster in some way... I was thinking having the tail come in from the top lft and bottom right edges, we will see when I continue to think about and create my 3 versions of the Baskerville poster!!

Pen Tool

2010-03-31T15:31:00.000-07:00

I wanted to do a picture that related to Springtime. I feel better about this Pen Tool design better than the dog. The first time, while doing the dog I got frusterated really easily. Doing this flower I feel like I got more used to the Pen tool and it came across easier this time. I could have done more detail in the background but I think this is a good outcome!

Pen Point project

2010-03-22T14:13:00.000-07:00

I picked this dog because this is the type of dog we have, a weimraner. I found it very difficult to get details and had a lot of trouble completing this project. I am somewhat pleased with the outcome, but I think it could have looked better. I tried my best!! haha I think that Weimraners are very pretty dogs but they are a handful!!

Show and Tell 3/22

2010-03-22T08:28:00.000-07:00

I loved this, it reminds me of my "Hunt and Gather" design. I love how the carvings turn into letters . It looks very choppy like the carvings are going into the trashcan.

You can find it here

Show and Tell 3/22

2010-03-22T08:23:00.001-07:00

This bag caught my eye, I am not sure what letter it is trying to be? I would think an "I" but who knows it might be something else. Cool way of showing type.
You can find other Typographic products here

Final Grid Project

2010-03-10T11:24:00.001-08:00

Show and Tell 3/8

2010-03-08T10:28:00.001-08:00

I picked this show and tell because it reminds me of when I was little and would love to go to the playground or park. The word playground just make me think of a pretty sunny day (just like today). I like how they made the word look like a kid put them together. Fun.

Designs 1 and 4 Below Marry

2010-03-03T12:46:00.001-08:00

Grid Project for Critique

2010-03-03T11:01:00.000-08:00

Show and Tell 3/1

2010-03-01T08:16:00.000-08:00

It is so interesting viewing the different ways people come up with for using type. In this show and tell i think it is interesting how you can see a living room and cannot really tell that is it made up of letters. I also thought it was clever that they used the name of the object to make out what the object was. So, like for chair it was made of the the word "chair".

Grid Excersize

2010-02-22T13:58:00.000-08:00

Show and Tell 2/21

2010-02-21T17:33:00.001-08:00

This show and tell reminded me of our last project, displaying the words definition through the appearance of the letters on the page. Interesting and fun!!

Find more here

Text Excersize

2010-02-17T13:38:00.001-08:00

Final Word Pojects

2010-02-17T12:12:00.001-08:00

2010-02-17T12:11:00.002-08:00

2010-02-17T12:11:00.001-08:00

2010-02-17T12:10:00.000-08:00

Show and Tell 2/15

2010-02-15T07:16:00.000-08:00

I thought this was an appropriate form of typography considering yesterday was Valentines Day. This is a fun way of combining all these "lovey dovey" words together to form them in the shape of a heart. Love is all about being together, the way they displaying all these words is by connecting all them, they are all "together".

I found this at : dpxmag.com/30-beautiful-typography-pictures.html

Final Letter Project

2010-02-09T15:00:00.001-08:00

Letter Sketch #1

2010-02-06T13:30:00.001-08:00

Letter Sketch #2

2010-02-06T13:29:00.002-08:00

Letter Sketch #3

2010-02-06T13:29:00.001-08:00

Letter Sketch #4

2010-02-06T13:28:00.001-08:00

Show and Tell 2/8

2010-02-06T07:45:00.001-08:00

I was searching the internet and came across this neat way of saying the word "light". This struck my attention because we use light everyday. This was a neat way of displaying the word using different objects we use in our everyday life to enable light.

I found this at:
http://www.core.org.cn/sofia/gallery/typography/story.html

Show and Tell 2/1

2010-01-31T13:42:00.000-08:00

Fontstruct

2010-01-26T17:36:00.001-08:00

Show and Tell (1/25)

2010-01-26T08:54:00.001-08:00

Bit-map Typface

2010-01-26T08:52:00.000-08:00

Crazy Flower

2010-01-11T12:22:00.001-08:00

Final Self Identity (Yourself)

2009-12-14T11:41:00.002-08:00

Final Self Identity (Pain)

2009-12-14T11:41:00.001-08:00