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James Ogden

Contact
James Ogden

jamesbogden.wordpress.com
ogd12002@byui.edu
918.899.0607

Table of Contents
5| Letterhead
7 | Business Card
9 | Event Ad
11 | Flier
13 | Web Design
15 | Photodesign
17 | Montage
19 | Brochure
21 | Logos

Letterhead

This project was made to practice our design skills in creating professional stationary.
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
February 27, 2016
Comm130-07
Nichole Nugent
Use the basic tools in Illustrator & InDesign.
Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image. Do not imitate existing logos or use
previous designs. Dont use photos or live trace.
Use the new logo to design consistent layouts for a business card and letterhead. Photos are
okay on business card and letterhead as additional design elements. Letterhead should be
8.5 x 11, full-bleed optional, but trim only .125. Business card should be 3.5 x 2 and printed
above center on a vertical page.
Apply typography rules, keeping small copy.
Keep designs simple with light watermarks and drop shadows and plenty of white space.
Include contact information: name, address, phone, website, and email on each piece. Use
periods, bullets, or spaces in phone number; no parentheses/ hyphens.
I first used Adobe Illustrator to create the tool logo by tracing simple clip arts in order to
create vectored images. I then transferred it to Adobe InDesign to create the layouts for both.
Once the logos were transfered I was able to decide what elements would look good with that
at the head.

Very Good Building Company

Ron Swanson
1245 City St. Pawnee IN 93482
245.654.3215
Pawneeindiana.com,
Ronswanson@thegovernment.com

Thank You, For Your Business.

Business Card
This project was made to practice our design skills in creating professional business cards.
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
February 27, 2016
Comm130-07
Nichole Nugent
Use the basic tools in Illustrator & InDesign.
Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image. Do not imitate existing logos or use
previous designs. Dont use photos or live trace.
Use the new logo to design consistent layouts for a business card and letterhead. Photos are
okay on business card and letterhead as additional design elements. Letterhead should be 8.5
x 11, full-bleed optional, but trim only .125. Business card should be 3.5 x 2 and printed above
center on a vertical page.
Apply typography rules, keeping small copy.
Keep designs simple with light watermarks and drop shadows and plenty of white space.
Include contact information: name, address, phone, website, and email on each piece. Use periods, bullets, or spaces in phone number; no parentheses/ hyphens.
I first used Adobe Illustrator to create the tool logo by tracing simple clip arts in order to
create vectored images. I then transferred it to Adobe InDesign to create the layouts for both.
Once the logos were transfered, and after I had made the stationary, I created a layout that
was consistent with what I hade prevously designed. Transfering elements such as the placement of the logo, and the three different colored lines accenting the design.

Very Good
Building
Company
Ron Swanson
1245 City St. Pawnee IN 93482
245.654.3215
Pawneeindiana.com,
Ronswanson@thegovernment.com

Event Ad

This is a project made to demonstrate the design capabilities of Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Word, basic scanner software
January 31, 2016
Comm130-07
Nichole Nugent
Comprehend image sizing (how pixels and inches work together)
Find, scan and import a high-quality image.
Create a full-bleed design.
Choose a color scheme and typeface(s) that work for your message and audience.
Learn to use only Word design features without using any Adobe programs, including
Photoshop.
I used Microsoft word and a personal scanner to create this ad. The main image was scanned
off the back of a copy of Star Wars Battlefront by Dice and EA games. I wanted to keep with
the theme of Star Wars throughout the ad, so I downloaded a free font that matches the title,
and created the red and green accents to look like lazer blasts, and keep things in the same
world.

Flier

This was the first project in the Design class. Used to demonstrate our initial abilities with
Adobe InDesign and our understanding of typography.
Adobe InDesign
January 22, 2016
Comm130-07
Nichole Nugent
Apply the design principles and use appropriate typography.
Incorporate basic InDesign skills to improve basic flier layout.
Retrieve image and logo from links on this page.
Create a project folder with image, logo and InDesign document to keep links in
InDesign intact.
I used Adobe InDesign to create this flyer. Primarily I used the text-box and type-on-path
tools, but I also used the shape tools mixed with the gradient color option to create some
of the other design elements. I made sure to repeat the elements that I was using. I also
ensured that everything was well aligned.

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Web Design
A project desgined to teach us the basic principles of HTML and CSS.
Text Wrangler
March 12, 2016
Comm130-07
Nichole Nugent
Size and optimize an original logo as a .png for a web page so the long side is
300 500 pixels.
Write content to describe the process of creating your logo and how it appeals to a target
audience. (Minimum of 200 words. Include rationale for colors, appeal to target audience, design skills, etc,)
Acquire a working knowledge of HTML. (Include all required tags Doctype (provided), html,
head, title, meta charset (provided), body, h1, h2, p, ol or ul (with li tags), img, br, and a
link to blog)
Acquire a working knowledge of CSS. (Customize the provided CSS provided to format the
HTML to complement the logo design. Change at least the following: The h1 text color & h1
background color, font colors for the paragraphs & list items, the background color, font families and add at least one css comment.)
Identify hex colors to match logo, using Photoshop color picker.
Open the HTML page in a web browser and capture a quality screen shot with .5 inch
margins for printing.
Using Text Wrangler for Mac, I used html and css coding to create this webpage. Ill admit that
this was not my favorite project. My mind didnt seem to want to wrap aroud the concepts of
code. I fortuantly had an initial layout that I could build off of.

Photodesign

This project was created to demonstrate our ability to take quality photographs, and edit them
in Adobe Photoshop.
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
February 6, 2016
Comm130-07
Nichole Nugent
Learn basic photography skills.
Choose a color scheme, take a photo to match those colors, then incorporate the colors into
the layout.
Use a digital camera to take a quality image, then download it.
Adjust image levels, saturation, color balance, sharpen tool on separate layers for NDE
(non-destructive editing.)
Size and crop the image, then place on an 8.511 page layout.
Use layers to design text, and repeating graphic elements in Photoshop.
Print with full-bleed margins. Trim only 1/8 (0.125) from all four sides.
I used a Nikon camera and photoshop to create this flyer. Using photoshop I made a few
minor edits to the photo I took, like sharpness, contrast and other elements like those.
After I had edited the photo, I transfered it to Adobe Indesign in order to put everything
together. I honestly wasnt sure what to create with this design, so its not the most
serious of projects.

Montage

This is a Spiritual project made for my design class. I decided to take something controversial and close to a lot of peoples hearts in order to really get people to look at it and consider
my design. It was created to demonstrate our abilities with more advanced editing tools in
Adobe Photoshop.
Adobe Photoshop
February 14, 2016
Comm130-07
Nichole Nugent
Use the FOCUS design process with strong focal point and flow
Unify a layout with a consistent theme and dominant spiritual message
Learn to blend two or more images together gradually, using masks
Demonstrate more advanced Photoshop skills for layout with multiple elements
Use a mask to apply a filter to one part of the image
Apply typography principles (titles, quotes, events or scripturesyour choice)
Format type: Legibility; Small copy & Title with varying text size. Theme word(s)
Select good quality images
I used Adobe Photoshop and a standard google image search. After choosing my topic, I
searched for a high quality image, (nothing under 1024768) and added it into my photo. I
decided on a good shape for my image because I didnt want to simply use the standard
rectangle. I then feathered the edges to make them softer and found a good image for my
background. I used different masking techniques on the background image of the feet to make
it blend well with both the main image and the black background. After deciding on some
good text, I chose how to break it up. After some suggestions and critiques, I was able to
break it up further and make everything easier to look at.

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Brochure

This is a design made for a brochure layout made for my band, The Noisy Neighbors.
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop
March 26, 2016
Comm130-07
Nichole Nugent
Set up and align a two-sided, folded document.
Create an original, new logo and use it in a brochure.
Incorporate quality images. Incorporate at least four quality images, not including the logo.
One should be clipped in Photoshop and text-wrapped in InDesign so the text follows the
cutout shape of the image.
Write at least 250 words of original copy in at least three paragraphs,
headers, and subheaders.
Trim for a full bleed and print in duplex (two-sided) color.
I first used Adobe Illustrator to design the logo. After this I found the pictures for the band
member that I wanted to use. I knew that I wanted this brochure to be an introducing tool for
the band. After finding the picture that I wanted, I cropped it so that each person was isolated. After this I found a picture from a show and inserted it as well and did some editing in
Photoshop in oder to get ride of the background. After writing the bios for the members and
the band itself, I put everything together and moved it all until it looked the way I wanted it to.

Back

Noisy
Neighbors
Front
Inside

Brought to you all the way from the Midwest, the

Noisy Neighbors have been playing together for
a staggering two months. Coming from different
areas of the Midwest, they all have differing
backgrounds that make their sound as unique as
it is. Some of their favorite things about home
are things like, the greener grass from the side
you wish you were on, the fat, fat cows, and the
strength of the second amendment in the area,
that allows them the right to shoot stuff. They
would like to share publicly, a personal message
to
their namesake, their neighbors, We
apologize for the noise, but we feel
that the fact that you called
the cops on us was
inappropriate.

Ben Mcdaniel
Bens talent on the bass is what drew him into the attention of
his band. Having grown up in Michigan, latter to marry a mutual
friend of James and Austin, they all quickly grew close. Preferring
the heavier styles of music to the rock that many bands tend to
flow toward, his influence is heard greatly in the fast paced and
deep bass lines of the bands music.

Austin Neeley
Easily the most laid back and carefree of the group, his influence
keeps the music and the mood light, especially when things get
tough. His primary style of music leans towards the sounds of Jason
Mraz. His band-mate James, whom hes been a friend with since
early high school, fondly says, Your music sounds like what would
result if Jason Mraz and Coldplay had a baby.

Eric Sprouce
Having grown up in Wisconsin with Austin, their friendship was a
solid foundation with which the rest of the band could build on.
As the drummer for the band, he makes sure everything is neat
and sounding uniform. He was immediately accepted as the best
possible drummer for the band after his flawless performance of
legendary Blink-182 drummer, Travis Barkers covers.

Facebook.com/noisyneighbors

Follow us on Facebook:

Upcoming Shows: April 24th, The Burg

March 3rd, Skizzies

March 13, Eagles Ballroom

For booking call: (918)899-0607
The band can also be seen most Thursday nights at the Burg

James Ogden
Calling no place home, James has lived his life in many different
places, Utah, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, California, Idaho and back again.
He has sung his whole life and considers it the one thing he is truly
good at. With a very 90s skater-punk background and attitude, he
keeps the music fast and gritty, also making things interesting when
he gets bored back-stage. However, he is being mellowed by his
wife and new baby on the way.

Logos
This is a project made to demonstrate my knowledge of the basic elements of design, the use
of Adobe Illustrator, and color.
Adobe Illustrator
Fabruary 21, 2016
Comm130-07
Nichole Nugent
Create three completely different, original logos to fit a company or personal image that will
appeal to the audience. Do not imitate existing logos or use previous designs.
Market research: gather opinions from at least ten people about which logo appeals
most to them.
Use only the Illustrator tools to create and draw your logos. (No Illustrator pre-fabricated
flares, symbols, etc.. No photos or live-tracing. You may use an image or drawing as a guide to
trace it with the pen/pencil, but delete the image before submitting.)
Refine one logo with variations for color
I used Adobe Illustrator to create this logo. I found a high resolution picture of the front of
a gun, looking down the barrel. I then traced the basic shapes of that image and created my
own version of that picture. I then used different colors in a monochromatic scheme to try and
find a color that matched the mood of the logo.

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