Portfolio

McKay Boyack

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McKay Boyack:

246 S 1st W
Apt. 303
Rexburg, Idaho 83440
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Table of Contents
Web Page
Montage
Letterhead
Business Card
Brochure
Photodesign
Logos
Event Ad
Flyer

Web Page
Description:

A web page designed to fit a personally created logo.

Date:

March 14, 2015

Course/Instructor:
COMM 130 Section 3
Cory Kerr

Program(s)/Tools:
Wordpad ++
Adobe Illustrator

Objectives:

Export a high-quality PNG of a previously designed logo.

Describe process of creating the logo.
Gain understanding of coding CSS and HTML

Process:

I used a HTML and CSS template provided by the course to create

the layout that I wanted on the web page. I used the colors from
my logo to create an analogous color scheme using the eyedropper
tool, and used Adobe Photoshop to create a background image.
Finally, I changed the opacity of the background to 90% and center
aligned the logo on the page.

Montage
Description:

An inspirational, non-religious montage to develop skills in masking.

Date:

February 14, 2015

Course/Instructor:
COMM 130 Section 3
Cory Kerr

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Photoshop

Objectives:

Learn to create and manipulate masks.

Learn to blend images together using masks and opacity.

Process:

I first decided to make my montage about dancing, and found an

appropriate image of sheet music and a dancing woman. I then used a
filter to blend the sheet music with the blue background, and applied
a mask to the girl so that I could blend it with the background. I then
made sure to place my typography in the bottom left corner so that it
would be legible.

Letterhead
Description:

Matching business card and letterhead to promote a self-designed logo.

Date:

February 28, 2015

Course/Instructor:
COMM 130 Section 3
Cory Kerr

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign

Objectives:

Create a logo for a business or company

Create a matching business card and letterhead corresponding to that logo.

Process:

I first created my logo in Illustrator, using the star and ellipse tools. Then
I used the pathfinder tool to seal the shapes together, and moved the logo
onto an 8.5 x 11 document in InDesign. I added typography, and finally
I used the star tool to put in the three triangles bordering the page. I used
the eyedropper tool to color the rectangles, then changed the opacity of
each so that they would be more transparent.

Business Card
Description:

Matching business card and letterhead to promote a self-designed logo.

Date:

February 28, 2015

Course/Instructor:
COMM 130 Section 3
Cory Kerr

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator

Objectives:

Create a logo for a business or company

Create a matching business card and letterhead corresponding to that logo.

Process:

I first created the logo for my company in Illustrator, then created two 3 x
2 canvases for the front and back of the business card. I used the star tool
and the add anchor point tool to create the triangles bordering the back of
the card, then filled in the typography on both sides.

Brochure
Description:

A two-sided trifold brochure advertising internships.

Date:

March 28. 2015

Course/Instructor:
COMM 130 Section 3
Cory Kerr

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator

Objectives:

Learn how to properly align a brochure

Learn how to wrap text around an image
Learn how to cut images in Photoshop
Learn how to use paragraph styles

Process:

I first created my logo in Illustrator, using the ellipse tool. I created outlines
on the typography so that I could curve the H. In InDesign, I first used rulers
to set up where the flaps in my trifold brochure would be. I then decided on
a split complementary color scheme and made the background of both sides
a teal color. I created the backgrounds for the titles in Photoshop, and made
them the same shape to create repetition. I then created the layout I wanted,
and finally put in my images and wrapped the text around them.

Photodesign
Description:

A personally taken photograph used in a project to show proficiency

with Photoshop.

Date:

February 7, 2015

Course/Instructor:
COMM 130 Section 3
Cory Kerr

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Photoshop

Objectives:

Learn photography skills

Learn how to use Photoshop
Learn to use proper color schemes in a project
Adjust saturation and brightness of an image

Process:

I took this picture with my digital camera and edited the image in
Photoshop. I then used the rectangle and ellipse tools to create the
background and the color swatches. Finally, I added typography,
and used one font for the quote attribution and the color scheme, and
another font for the quote itself.

Logos
Description:

Three possible logos for a company of my choice.

Date:

February 21, 2015

Course/Instructor:
COMM 130 Section 3
Cory Kerr

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator

Objectives:

Learn how to navigate Adobe Illustrator

Create three completely differing logos for one company

Process:

I first sketched out possible designs for my logos on paper, and then
I selected my three favorites to create in Illustrator. Next, I assigned
a color scheme to each logo. I mainly used the rectangle, ellipse, and
polygon tools to create my logos. I also created outlines around the
word photography in the second logo, so that I could lengthen the
descenders.

Event Ad
Description:

A full-color advertisement to promote a fundraiser.

Date:

January 31, 2015

Course/Instructor:
COMM 130 Section 3
Cory Kerr

Program(s)/Tools:
Microsoft Word

Objectives:

Find and scan a quality image.

Create a layout for a flyer using only Microsoft Word

Process:

First I went to the library in order to find a quality image to scan. I then
used the McKay Librarys scanner to scan the image to my email. I then
sketched possible layouts for my advertisement, and used the rectangle
tool in Word to create diagonal balance for my steak image. I continued
to use diagonal balance with my typography, with text in the top right,
middle, and bottom left.

Flyer
Description:

Black and white flyer promoting a graduate leadership conference.

Date:

January 24, 2015

Course/Instructor:
COMM 130 Section 3
Cory Kerr

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe InDesign

Objectives:

Choose appropriate typography for the message.

Create a coherent design that communicates the message.
Develop basic InDesign skills

Process:

I first created multiple sketches for possible layouts. I then gathered

feedback from roommates and friends to decide which layout would
be the best. I downlaoded the image and logo that I felt would work
best with my design, and used a thick black stroke to create the border
around the bottom and sides of the page. I gave graduate a larger
weight and size so that it would be the focal point, and made all of the
other text smaller than that, to create a hierarchy.