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David Theriault

David Theriault
3460 Ross Ave
Idaho Falls, ID 83406
208.766.6749
davetheriault@gmail.com

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Contents
Montage
Logos
Letterhead
Business Card
Flier
Event Ad
Web Page

Description:

An insperational religious montage made by the blending of

two or more images, and the use of typography.

Date:

May 31, 2015

Course/Instructor:
Visual Communications
Emily Kunz

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator

Objectives:

Learn to manage Photoshop layers.

Learn to blend images together smoothly, using masks.
Use filters.
Apply appropriate typography.

Process:

The design needed to incorporate a quote or scripture that would

inform the design. Then I looked for images to fit the theme.
I then started designing in PhotoShop. I masked the two layers with the
paintings, and added a photo of a textured surface in the background
and adjusted the hue and levels on it to match the foreground images.
I also put a second texture image on the top layer and masked out
most of its center tone, and decreased its opacity darkening the
overall composition and adding a golden tinge to much of it.
I then added the text and gave it texture by alt-clicking between the
text and a texture image.

Montage

Description:

Three logo variations for the same company.

Date:

June 6, 2015

Course/Instructor:
Visual Communications
Emily Kunz

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator

Objectives:

Create a variety of logos to fit a company or personal image.

Use the basic tools of Illustrator.

Process:

The process of designing this logo involved creating three

different logo designs, and then getting feedback from several
people as to which one was the most effective. I then refined
the main design, and displayed a colored, grayscale, and
white-on-dark version of the logo. This design communicates
fun, professionalism, and creativity.

Logo

Description:

Matching letterhead and business card designed using a

personally created logo.

Date:

June 13, 2015

Course/Instructor:
Visual Communications
Emily Kunz

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign

Objectives:

Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image.

Design consistent layouts for a business card and letterhead.
Use the basic tools of Illustrator & InDesign.

Process:

First I design the logo that would inspire the letterhead look. Then,
I put together the letterhead design using Illustrator. Simplicity was
the key idea.

Letterhead

Description:

Matching letterhead and business card designed using a

personally created logo.

Date:

June 13, 2015

Course/Instructor:
Visual Communications
Emily Kunz

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign

Objectives:

Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image.

Design consistent layouts for a business card and letterhead.
Use the basic tools of Illustrator & InDesign.

Process:

First I design the logo that would inspire the business card look.
Then, I put together the letterhead design using Illustrator. Simplicity
was the key idea. I went for familiarity over flashiness.

Business
Card

Description:

Black & White promotional flier to promote a graduate leadership

conference.

Date:

May 9, 2015

Course/Instructor:
Visual Communications
Emily Kunz

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe 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:

Sketch ideas From the sketches I chose my favorite direction,

and blocked it out in InDesign. I printed out the early draft and
went through the daft critique process. Then I adjusted the design
according to my critique notes. I chose to emphasize the word
Leadership in the title to be a focal point, as well as simple way
to communicate the main theme of the flier. I focused heavily on
alignment to help communicate detail and professionalism. It is
mostly black on white for readability, and the font choices and sizes
are chosen to make the flier easy to skim.

Flier

Description:

A color full-bleed event ad to promote a fundraiser using only

Microsoft Word and a scanner.

Date:

May 17, 2015

Course/Instructor:
Visual Communications
Emily Kunz

Program(s)/Tools:
Microsoft Word
Scanner

Objectives:

Find, scan and import a high-quality image.

Create a full-bleed design
Use text boxes for layout in Word.
Insert and edit images in Word.

Process:

I scanned some photos from a visit to the zoo, which led to the zoo
fundraising idea. I scanned the image at 300ppi (although maybe I
should have gone up to 600ppi since I ended up cropping in pretty
tight). I assembled the draft completely in Microsoft Word. I wanted
it to look clean but fun. I tried using alignment and a little bit of
repetition to unify things.

Event Ad

Description:

A web page designed to showcase a personally created logo.

Date:

May 27, 2015

Course/Instructor:
Visual Communications
Emily Kunz

Program(s)/Tools:
NetBeans

Objectives:

Size and optimize an original logo as a .png for a web page.

Write content to describe the process of creating your logo and
how it appeals to a target audience.
Design a web page using HTML to display a logo and content.
A working knowledge of HTML and basic understanding of CSS.

Process:

Using NetBeans I created a web page and stylesheet to showcase

a logo. I wanted the page to be simple and viewable on any device
or screen. I made the elements dynamically resize based on
window-size.

Web Page