Portfolio

Daniel Cushman

Contact
Daniel Cushman
Sandia Park, N.M. 87047
505-281-8311
Laidenc@gmail.com

Table of Contents
Flier
Event Ad
Montage
Logo
Business Card
LetterHead
Webpage
Brochure
Imaging

Flier
Description: Graduate Leadership Conference Flier
Programs: Adobe InDesign
Date: January 25, 2015
Course: Visual Communication 130
Instructor: Joel Judkins
Objectives: Learn to use InDesign and organize images in a
folder to keep object intact. Create a professional flier for a
Graduate leadership conference. Learn to apply basic design
principles.
Process: Created basic shapes in InDesign and tried to create
the visual effect of an opening/closing envelope. Made white
space for corners and the logo.

Graduate

Lincoln
Convention Center
October 21
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Leadership
Do you
want to have
Conference
the competitive
edge in business?
Come learn how at Vouant
Communications annual Graduate
Leadership Conference.
Vouant Communications is devoted
to helping tomorrows leaders gain
essential leadership skills in the
workplace.
During this dynamic three-day
seminar, attendees will meet
with top executives of Vouant
Communications to discuss
breakthrough leadership
techniques, while cultivating
attributes of leadership that will
market to any employer.
The conference is available to
graduating seniors and
space is limited.
Register and Learn more at:

http://www.vouantcomm.com/leaders

Event Ad
Description: A full color bleed of an Art Convention and fund
raiser for artists using only Microsoft Word and a Scanner.
Programs: Microsoft Word
Date: Febuary 1, 2015
Course: Visual Communication 130
Instructor: Joel Judkins
Objectives: Learn to use Microsoft Word to design things
when needed. Create an event advertisement that would be
visually interesting enough to grab peoples attention.
Process: I used an HP scanner to scan the image from an art
book of mine and then put the image in word, expanded it
to fill the entire screen and then added a long text box down
the side wherein I added color and several blocks of text.

Opening
Doors for
Aspiring
Artists
Special Art
Convention for
graduating Art
students. Help them
raise money and
promote their careers!

Come and enjoy new

masterpieces, meet
their creators and we
hope you find a new
piece to fill empty
places in your home
and heart!
La Grande Convention
Friday May 22nd @ 7pm
$3 admittance fee

Montage
Description: Inspirational message of the Good Samaritan
Programs: Adobe Photoshop
Date: Febuary 14, 2015
Course: Visual Communication 130
Instructor: Joel Judkins
Objectives: Learn to use Adobe Photoshop and to use masks
and layers to create montage. Additionally we needed to create an image that would be inspirational.
Process: I selected a busy city backrgound, blurred it, sized
it to 11 x 8.5, and placed the good Samaritan image into
the corner and added a layer mask to blend it into the background. I then added textured background was font and
blended it into the background as well.

Logos
Description: Three logo variations for the same company
Programs: Adobe Illustrator
Date: Febuary 22, 2015
Course: Visual Communication 130
Instructor: Joel Judkins
Objectives: Learn to use Adobe Illustrator to create objects
and images. Create a few basic logos to use potential for a
company. Try a diversity of techniques and styles to express
the company through the logo.
Process: For the first one I played around with text shapes to
make the two Cs and the L and set it up with a triple color
scheme. The second logo I made a circle and a rounded star
with the logos created using spheres and blocks. The third
one was made simply with spheres, rectangles and a star, I
was wanting to create a black and white eclipse effect.

Cushman Custom Lighting

Cushman
Custom

ighting

Business Card
Description: Business card for a company I invented.
Programs: Adobe Illustrator & InDesign
Date: Febuary 28, 2015
Course: Visual Communication 130
Instructor: Joel Judkins
Objectives: Learn to use Adobe Illustrator to create logos and
then apply them to a InDesign document to create business
cards. Create something simple, yet explanatory.
Process: I created the logo using basic shapes in Illustrator,
did a few tricks with anchor point to make indents and extensions. Selected a clean color scheme and simple design
for the cards by making rectangles and placing the logo in
appealing places

Daniel Cushman
505.920.3731
Laidenc@gmail.com
46 Derek Rd.
Sandia Park
N.M.87047
Daniel Cushman
505.920.3731
Laidenc@gmail.com
46 Derek Rd.
Sandia Park
N.M.87047

Letterhead
Description: Business Letterhead for a company I invented.
Programs: Adobe Illustrator & InDesign
Date: Febuary 28, 2015
Course: Visual Communication 130
Instructor: Joel Judkins
Objectives: Learn to use Adobe Illustrator to create logos and
then apply them to a InDesign document to create business
letterheads. Create something simple, yet explanatory.
Process: I created the logo using basic shapes in Illustrator,
did a few tricks with anchor point to make indents and extensions. Selected a clean color scheme and simple design
for the cards by making rectangles and placing the logo in
appealing places.

Cushman
Custom
Lighting

Daniel Cushman
505.920.3731
Laidenc@gmail.com
46 Derek Rd.
Sandia Park N.M.87047

Webpage
Description: A web page designed to showcase a personally
created logo.
Programs: Notepad++ and Web Browsers
Date: March 15, 2015
Course: Visual Communication 130
Instructor: Joel Judkins
Objectives: Learn to use HTML and CSS programing and mark
up styles to create an appealing webpage for a business.
Process: I created this web page using notepad++ and used
photoshop to edit a background image that was then inserted into the html. I placed my logo into the html and wrote my
description and message waiting to do further editing once
I had my css inserted and linked into the html. file in order.
I used the basic template provided and just played around
with the shaping of the basic elements and re-aligned to try
to showcase the logo and to allow the background image to
compliment it.

Brochure
Description: A two sided (duplex) folding brochure.
Programs: InDesign and Photoshop
Date: March 29, 2015
Course: Visual Communication 130
Instructor: Joel Judkins
Objectives: Learn to create a functional brochure using InDesign by measuring
appropriately and making elements work together in a multi dimesional piece.
Process: I split my layer up into four even sections for the size of standard letter paper. The
outer most sections would fold both inward and outward allowing it to be a double brochure from either side. I took two images of fencing that matched my color scheme with
whites, blacks and grays. Each image I cut down the middle and put on the respective
sides, carefully measuring to make sure that either way they flipped they would run mesh
with each other to complete their image.I then opened a image of a mask and rapier in
photo-shop and used the quick selection tool to isolate it from the background and saved
the new selection. I then open the image in indesign and placed in inside the central box
of both sides and used a text wrap.From there I set up
a margin space and ran my paragraph down the
central boxes wrapping around the mask
image. Moved the text wrap around
and moved the text itself
around to produce the
most visually appealing
spacing.

Fencing practice and training sessions:

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings 6-9 p.m.
Hart Dance Studios

Fencing Club on Campus for

all students!
Brigham Young University-Idaho offers a wide variety of
sporting and exercise activities,
among which fencing is a
highly participated one.
Experienced
groups of 50 to more
than a hundred students gather multiple
times a week to practice
and enjoy the sport,
but professionals are
not the only ones
welcome.

BYU-I
encing

The club has nearly a

dozen well certified trainers
that take time every session to
help newcomers get suited up
and learn the basics.
Several of
the instructors have
fenced since their early youth
and have participated in
Olympic events on multiple
occasions and are willing to
help members of the club get
involved in higher tiered events
and tournaments if desired.

Fencing practice and training sessions:

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings 6-9 p.m.
Hart Dance Studios
How do I get involved?
No fees are charged
to join the group and you
do not have to purchase
gear initially.
The club has a supply
of suits and a variety of
swords for beginners to
choose from to start
mastering.
Many enjoy the
sport as a recreational activity, several feel that it is a
refreshing mix of the cardiovascular workout of dance classes
and the thrill of a self-defense
course.

Beginning lessons
are easy for anyone,
focusing mostly on
simple foot work exercises and the instructors
are very willing to help individuals step-by-step with all the
basics.
The club encourages anyone to come and participate by
get started any meeting night. To
find out more information about
meeting places and times, the
sports office in the Hart has all of
the groups information.

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Imaging
Description: Digital Picture taken by a camera and edited
Programs: Photoshop
Date: Febuary 4, 2015
Course: Visual Communication 130
Instructor: Joel Judkins
Objectives: Learn to use Photoshop as an editting tool for
image taken by a camera. Learning to use the different aspect
of a camera to control image quality.
Process: I Took this picture with a SX 150 IS PowerShot Cannon, Lead room principle, and edited with photoshop. Editted to bring out more color and contrast to show the space
better in the image.