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This is a brochure
that I made to
advertise for
our upcoming
video game

Process:
This was a very long process. First, I sketched out a
few brochure designs, then I remembered an ad I saw
for a game when I was a kid. It opened to a new page,
then opened to another. It would continually open into
another page, until it opened to the first again. It was
very striking to me, and I remember it still. I decided
to figure it out. I sketched the design for the 4 cyclical
pages, then started working them into an InDesign
document.
In the meantime, I realized that I would need a new
logo. I sketched, designed, drew into illustrator, and
then colored the design for the game in Photoshop.
Coloring in Photoshop was a place that I had to go
outside of my comfort zone, i watched quite a few
tutorials on it, including one done by Brother Kerr. When
I finally got done, I realized that it was far too busy to
be a logo. I asked the tutor for help, and he suggested
making a separate logo for the advertising company.
That worked well. I was able to keep it simple, and I
think I designed a pretty decent logo for it.

I then incorporated all of these designs into the

InDesign document. I added each one on to a page.
For several of the images, I had to knock out the
background. This proved especially difficult with the
illustrations because they had a hard outer line that
looked terrible. I used masks to make these things
softer on the edges.
The cutting and gluing process took about 4 hours.
Because the design was easy to do in indesign,
it makes sense that the assembly was difficult. I
learned that in order to make the thing lay flat, I had
to add spacers in the brochure. It was in no way easy

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This is further
branding for
my video game
company. This is
the letterhead
and business card.

I started by going back to my old sketches. I liked

the drop design, but I felt that I had more execution.
I played around with a few different styles, and in
the long run hit this design. I drew the whole thing
up and brought it into design. I then chose a pair of
complementing fonts. I brought this all together into the
design. After having a good number of people look at it,
I refined the design into what is seen here.

Nick Harmer
Owner & Project Manager
Drop Everything Games LLC.

315.555.2776
14035 Capitol Dr
Eugene, OR 94550
fozzy@dropeverythinggames.com

www.dropeverythinggames.com

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Process:

This is a web page

I made to explain
how i made my
game design
companys logo.

I sketched out several different designs. after

sketching, I decided I wanted to do some very
complicated floating images. This turned out to mot
be realistic. I went back to my earlier sketches,
and chose a different design. I added all of the text
and images into the HTML, and then put them into
image containers. I added a notification for the
figures in the CSS, and formatted it there. It turned
out almost exactly how I wanted.

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Process:

This is a favorite
Chinese quote
of mine which
I made into an
inspirational
poster

I started with the quote, then wrote down which images

have symbolic connection to the quote, I chose a heart
for life and a plant for hope. I then found images for
those things. I drew a sketch of the flow that I liked,
and played around with it paper. When I was happy with
it, I imported the images into Photoshop. I knocked the
background out of each of the photos as a destructive
edit, and then grafted the two images together. I used
the smudge and blur tools to make the plant appear as if
it had simply melded out of the picture.
I then took my project to a tutor, and he gave me some
advice. He mentioned that the image was the wrong
color for the background, so I did a selective color
change with the neutral colors. I then faded the entire
image so the texture of the paper would come through.
After receiving feedback from Brother Kerr, I changed
the size and composition of the image a bit.

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Process:

This is a logo for

my game design
company.

I started this project with a 3 hour sketch session. From

that sketch session, I obtained some designs, but far
more importantly, I learned that I wanted the three
letters of my company to be seen in the design, and that
I did not want to see them next to each other. I did not
want to see DEG anywhere. This meant that I needed to
make the characters appear separate from each other,
as well as being used as design elements. I did some
rough designs in Illustrator then showed them to a tutor.
He showed me some good techniques for illustrator and
game me some advice on the designs. I implemented
those then showed the designs off on facebook and
got some more good feedback. I took the collective
favorite out of the facebook poll, and completely re-did
it. I made sure that design was simple, but had enough
variation to keep the design interesting. I played with
some colors and then submitted it here.

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Process:

This is a flier for

a benefit concert
using made-up
bands, and a
made up charity.

I started with the usual process of audience

analysis, sketching, and production, except this
time, I used Microsoft Word to produce the flier. I
found word very tiresome and unhelpful, but it is a
program that most people have access to, and this
flier proves that something that looks decent can
come out of word.
Basically, this ad came out of the minima effort
for this assignment. It is not something I am super
proud of.

Onondaga Fairgrounds
October 22
7 PM

Psych-Out
Preforming a benefit
concert for the outlying
regions of Inner Mongolia.

Special appearance by Randy Lowel and 15 puppies.

Preorder 20$
At door 25$

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This is a wedding
announcement
picture that I
manipulated
for my sister.
I adapted
the actual
announcement for
this project.

Process:
I wanted to capture a triadic color scheme in
natural colors. the couple dressed in a deep blue
(called indigo for the sake of fitting the books color
wheel) to contrast the color of their skin and the
green of the grass and trees. Taking the picture
just involved good lighting, and lining them up
properly. I did not have to mess with the focus much
to get the shot right. Later they took photos with
a different photographer. I used that photo for this
project.I then walked the photo through the 4 basic
photoshop edits. I had some issues however with
my sisters face. It had been blown out when the
picture was taken, so I used the clone stamp tool in
Photoshop to clone the other side of her face and
the side of her fiancees face. I blurred the edges of
the new additions until they fit her face. Basically,
it would always be better to take a better picture in
the first place, but there are tools to fix things like
a blowout.
I then moved the photo into indesign. I added
the sections of color that I had incorporated as
swatches, labeled the swatches and added text.
I had the design critiqued by my wife and by my
sister. They gave me a few suggestions on better
location and what not. After those changes, the
following is what I was able to produce.

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Process:

Black and White

promotional
flier to promote
a graduate
leadership
conference

I started by determining the audience and the

message of the flier. From there, I sketched out 12
different designs which focused on an image and
lead to the information that the reader would need.
I then sketched 4 better versions of my favorites. I
moved the best of those to InDesign. I then printed
the design and showed it to Rose Harmer who made
some suggestions. I made some of those changes and
the did another critique with Trevor Purser. I made
the changes that he suggested, and then changed
the color of some of the text. I then printed it and
submitted it.

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