Portfolio

Mayci Dobson

Contact
Mayci Dobson
2149 Hartford Dr.
Fayetteville, AR
479.790.0225
dob11002@byui.edu

Table of Contents
Montage
Event Ad
Business Card
Letterhead
Web Page
Brochure
Logos
Photodesign
Flier

Montage

Description: An inspirational montage by blending two

images together with good typography.

Date: October 25, 2014

Instructor: Cory Kerr
Course: Visual Media: Comm 130
Programs: Photoshop
Objectives: Learn to manage Photoshop Layers, learn
to blend images together smoothly, using masks, and apply
appropriate typography

Process: First I found the quote that I wanted to use. I

really dont like montages with something in the background

that really doesnt belong. So I really wanted to do something
that didnt involve that. I thought for a couple of days on
how I could make a montage without using that style but still
meet the requirements. I finally came up with an idea, so l
looked Online for a Bokeh background and a galaxy picture
to overlay it. I rotated the Bokeh background to flow with the
galaxy downward. After that I created a mask on the galaxy
and started showing the lights through the galaxy. Then I
started working on my typography. From the start of my
project to the final, I changed my typography a lot. I started
with just a few words highlighted, but then after talking with
some people about how I didnt like it someone suggested
that I create more of a hierarchy. I then adjusted it and kept
on changing it until I got to this. I once again went to my
masking tool on the galaxy so the words could standout
more. I faded away some of the galaxy around it around it so
the typography is easier to read.

Event Ad

Description: An event ad created with Microsoft Word

and a scanner with a full edge bleed.

Date: October 11, 2014

Instructor: Cory Kerr
Course: Visual Media: Comm 130
Programs: Microsoft Word, Epson Scanner, and a PDF
converter, PDF2JPG.net

Objectives: Scan high-quality images, create a full-side

bleed on one side, use Word to create an ad.

Process: I looked through books to get inspiration for

my event ad. I found this image then scanned it in. After a

couple of sketches, I figured out what I wanted to do for the
ad. Once I came up with a design I went to Microsoft Word
and made the first draft. I had a couple of people critique my
draft. Then according to their suggestions I made a couple of
different drafts along the same design. For instance, I added
the lines running along the picture and made it dark gray to
match the gray between the photos. I also fixed the trapped
white space and added more of a hierarchy with the side bar.

City of Rexburg presents:

Jungle Book
Disneys The

Porter Park
Friday
September 26
9 pm
Adult: $3
Child: $2
All proceeds will help
out Childrens Cure

Business Card
Description: Matching Letterhead and Business Card
Designed using a personally created logo.

Date: November 8, 2014

Instructor: Cory Kerr
Course: Visual Media: Comm 130
Programs: Adobe Illustrator and InDesign
Objectives: Create a new logo to fit my personal image.
Design consistent layouts for a business card and letterhead.

Process: I made my business card first. I placed my logo

into InDesign and then started creating it. I copied the curve
from the D and put it to the background to create the gray
curve. Then made the other side, and I took that curve once
again and made it white this time and the background gray.
Then I added my contact information. I contrasted the fonts
by making my name bigger than my contact information.

Letterhead

Description: Matching Letterhead and Business Card

Designed using a personally created logo.

Date: November 8, 2014

Instructor: Cory Kerr
Course: Visual Media: Comm 130
Programs: Adobe Illustrator and InDesign
Objectives: Create a new logo to fit my personal image.
Design consistent layouts for a business card and letterhead.

Process: I started by creating my personal logo. After I

created that, I started my business card and letter head. On

my letterhead, I put my logo in the background and made
it transparent. I added my contact information and put it
in a line on the bottom of the page. After some critiques I
moved it to the top and put a line underneath it. To make the
stationary more uniform, I added the line to the business card
after I finished my letterhead.

Webpage

Description: A webpage designed to showcase a

personally created logo.

Date: November 22, 2014

Instructor: Cory Kerr
Course: Visual Media: Comm 130
Programs: Sublime Text, Photoshop, and Google.
Objectives: Size and optimize logo for web page, write

content for process, design a web page, learn HTML and CSS,
and identify hex colors used.

Process: At first I found coding really difficult and I did

not want to do it at all. But then as I got used to it, worked

on my project, and found out all the cool things that I can
do to make the web page I found it super fun. I already did
my HTML, so this week I really worked on styling my web
page. I started off by finding a background. Once I found my
background I chose to do a complementary color scheme.
I added the orange border around the body. Because I did
this I had to change the padding for the H1 section so the
title would be vertically centered. I changed the colors of
everything, picking the colors from the background. I made
the body opaque so the background would show through a
little bit. I changed the link colors. I also embedded my own
text from Google Fonts.

Brochure

Description: Two sided folding brochure

Date: December 6, 2014
Instructor: Cory Kerr
Course: Visual Media: Comm 130
Programs: Indesign, Photoshop, and Microsoft Word
Objectives: Set up and align a two sided, folded

document, learn how to wrap text around an image, and use

paragraph styles in InDesign.

Process: This project was really hard to come up with

an idea for. It took me a really long time to finally come up

with an idea to start with. What I started with is completely
different then what I ended with. I started with my logo that
I made a couple of project back, but I tweaked it a little bit
to make it better. Then I made the guides on where the folds
are. I typed up my text in Microsoft Word. I created my first
design and got some critiques, then I completely changed it.
Then I did my second design, got some critiques again, then
I completely changed it, again. I made the cupcake bullet
points based off my logo to create some unity. I also cut out
the cupcakes out.

Logos

Description: Three logo variations for the same

company.

Date: November 1, 2014

Instructor: Cory Kerr
Course: Visual Media: Comm 130
Programs: Illustrator
Objectives: Create a variety of logos to fit a company
and use the basic tools of Illustrator.

Process: On the first logo I used the text tool and types

the L and C then added in the rest of the words. I used the
direct selection tool on the L and C and aligned everything.
On the second logo, I created the circle, then I created the
cupcake outline with the ellipse and rectangle tool, and
added the text. I stretched Lolas to be taller so it would
be easier to see the name if the logo was smaller. On the last
logo, I created a rectangle and moved in the angles at the
bottom. Then I added in the stripes. To make the frosting I
used the ellipse tool again, created four ellipses and aligned
them in the middle. Then I got rid of half of the ellipse,
alternating with each side every other one, and created a
flowing outline. I combined the outlines to create one fluid
line. Next I used the width tool and made the bottom of the
line thicker than the top. I made the lines look more like
frosting with the direct selection tool. Then I added the text
and I was done.

Mayci Dobson
Lolas Cupcakes

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upcakes

Lolas

Photodesign

Description: A personally taken photograph that has

been edited/formatted using Photoshop and use that photo to

make a full-bleed poster.

Date: October 18, 2014

Instructor: Cory Kerr
Course: Visual Media: Comm 130
Programs: Photoshop
Objectives: Learn basic photography skills, size and

crop the image in Photoshop, use layers to design text, and

repeating graphic elements in Photoshop, and print with full
bleed margins.

Process: I started out by taking a picture of my

roommate Hannah, focusing on the Split Complementary

color scheme. I used a Canon Rebel T3 for the photo shoot,
then I took the photo into Photoshop and used the levels,
vibrance, sharpness, and color balance techniques. After
I edited the photo, I put it on a 8.511 canvas. I used the
ellipse tool and made outlines for the circles. I used different
weights and the different colors to create a variety. I added
the text and made the color swatches. After getting my poster
critiqued I realized that I needed to make my picture bigger
and change the color scheme. I ended up changing it to
Tetradic because it had the most colors I wanted to add. After
changing it, I had my finished product. It is a little different
than how I wanted it at first, but Im glad that I changed it up.

Flier

Description: Black and White promotional flier to

promote a graduate leadership conference.

Date: October 4, 2014

Instructor: Cory Kerr
Course: Visual Media: Comm 130
Programs: InDesign
Objectives: Apply the design principles and use

appropriate typography, incorporate basic InDesign skills to

improve basic flier layout, create a project folder with image,
logo, and InDesign document to keep links intact.

Process: I started out by creating some sketches. After,

I went to Adobe InDesign and made a flier. I didnt like it,

so I picked another one of my sketches and made that one. I
wasnt a huge fan on it, but it worked. I got it critiqued and
met up with my teacher, Brother Kerr. Both of these helped
my design immensely. I was able to make it more visually
appealing by making my flier more asymmetrical and adding
more white space. The logo, picture, and content were given
to me.

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