The first Bind-In card was designed using Adobe Indesign. For this font side of the card, I had the option of producing it in Quark or Indesign. I chose indesign mainly because I just like the program better. Quark has been very well liked, for its simplicity, but I find that Quark can almost be too simple, that you don’t know where to find any of the tools, and then you end up thinking that you simply can’t do that alteration because they don’t have the tools to do it.
I made the document 5.5 by 4 inches. Then I used the rectangle tool and set up the basic outline of the card, creating the center 2 boxes (the outside one stroked at a higher thickness than the inside one), the postage box (also stoked) and the percentage saved box(filled). Then I used the line tool to create the first line of each bar code. Then I copied the bars that I made and pasted however many i needed to complete each bar code. I did this mainly so that all the lines would be the exact same time, and it would take me less time to accomplish.
Next, I added all of the text boxes, and finding the correct font was the most difficult part of this project. After finding, the correct fonts, I typed in exactly what the original card stated and then I free transformed text boxes so that the look and spacing of the text matched the original.
The second Bind-In card is the backside of the first image, and was also produced in Indesign.
First step was to use the rectangle tool and make the entire background yellow matching it as close as possible to the original. Then I measured the spacing of the pink border and used the ruler tool in Indesign to space it correctly with the original. To make the pink boarder, I used the rectangle tool filling it with the pink color. Then I copied the first box I made and pasted each one, and then moved it in place. This also saved time, and made sure all the boxes were the same, just like the bar code on the front.
Then I opened a photoshop document and created the big black arrow using photoshop tools. I inserted a black arrow and then warped it using the transform tool to make it look just like the original. I saved it as a PDF and then placed it in the Indesign document.
Next, I added all of the small check boxes using the rectangle tool and stroked the small rectangle boxes. Then the lines were created, using the line tool and also copying and pasting.
Lastly, all of the text was added, matching it as best as I could to the original Bind-In card.
The last image, is another copy of the backside of the first image, but this time created in Quark. Basically, this card was created in Quark very similar as the one in Indesign, using the rectangle tools, stroking, filling with certain colors, using the line tool, copying, pasting, inserting the arrow from a PDF file image that I created using photoshop, and then adding the font and moving and transforming text boxes to fit into place as best as possible.
I didn't have many issues creating these cards as I know both Quark and Indesign very well by now. Mostly, the entire project was just a lot of trial and error, measuring, and matching fonts and sizes to the original as best of my ability. This was a very time consuming project, but I think it was very beneficial, and helped me fine tune my skills and my knowledge of the programs.
My partner, Drew Todrys and I used some of the pictures from the brochure with the addition of a map, and added colorful gradients in the background to make it enticing to the viewer but not too distracting. We kept font consistent and made the size appropriate according to its importance and place. The pictures were each individually stroked to stand out. The top titles and bottom bar of links to click were given a gray font and a "|" divider. We looked at a plethora of other websites to come to a consensus of what titles to use on top and bottom while thinking of it in relationship to the brochure. Anyways, I think it's a decent website homepage that isn't cluttered or ugly that properly represents our brochure.
My partner and I, Drew Todrys, went to Nicaragua a summer ago through Friends for Students for 60,000 and this trip was by-far a life changing adventure. So why did we choose to make the brochure for Nicaragua? Well, this is because we are planning another trip with the organization to return to the country and this brochure will help us convince our friends to participate in this trip of a lifetime.
The Brochure speaks to the people we are trying to recruit by answering their main questions about the trip. Our information is based on information we acquired or learned from our previous trip there.
The pictures and a color scheme/layout was made that was aesthetically pleasing only enhancing the seriousness and the interest of the brochure. We used a brown gradient and green top for the title with black font to make a South American-Nicaraguan feel. For the title content we used a futura std light and the content was just a futura font.
The pictures we used in the brouchure, I took myself. We placed the images in the document and then stoked them to make them stand out. The images were inserted using placing and precise measurements to make them aligned perfectly. For the picture on the bottom of Friends of Students for 60,000 we used text wrap to make the font go around the picture with just enough space that made it pleasing to the eye. For the contact information page, right under the first picture we inserted the Nicaraguan flag, made it vertical and changed the opacity, so that the font was legible.
Setting up the panels of the brochure required use of the rectangle frame tool and making perfect measurements. It mainly was a trial and error process of placing and sizing with the text boxes and insertion of the pictures. A separate box was made for the titles and than a text box individually for each. Again, a lot of trial and error with picking the fonts, sizing them, bullets, kerning and spacing, free transform tool, text wrap and even stroking and placing the pictures.
We are definitely proud of including all the information we deemed necessary while making it look aesthetically appealing. This brochure will help us a lot with future recruitment for the Nicaragua trip. If given more time, we would give it to the people interested in the trip and get their critiques and than tweak the brochure accordingly.
I completed the first poster for the Hipbone based strictly on the theme of the band; cartoon dogs. However, after finishing the poster, I felt that it was much too "kid-ish" and not representing the overall vibe of what the band was about. Basically, The Hipbone is a group of college students who decided to form a band during their sophomore year. This group is very mature in their music, with their rock-jazz style, but also they are goofy with their personalities; hence the cartoon dog theme.
I decided that since their show was on Halloween night, I wanted to change the poster and make it a Halloween theme. I began by opening Quark and creating a tabloid size project, 11 inches by 17 inches. I created the background by clicking the plus button and adding a new purplish color to the side bar. Then I used the rectangle tool and selected the entire background of the poster. I then clicked on my new color and clicked linear blend and changed the angle to 90 degrees.
To add images to the poster, I processed all images in photoshop first and then imported them to quark by clicking file, import and then selecting the images I wanted to appear. When the images appeared in quark they all had white space around them. To get rid of this white space I clicked on the clipping tool and where it said item and changed it to show "non-white areas".
After all of the images were imported and positioned, the text was added in appropriate areas and made specific colors. Then all of the text was stroked or drop shadowed to add emphasis.
Over all I am very happy with my final poster design and I am proud of the use of photoshop and combination of seven different images to display the theme of the show and the personality of the band.
Conducting the power-point on Jason Mraz was simple for me as I am fairly familiar with the power-point software. To begin the power-point presentation, I created five slides and made the background of each slide solid black.
I wanted the title slide to be short, but still get it's point across. This is why I enlarged the photo of Jason Mraz making it the focal point of the slide and fading in his name along with my name and the date.
The second slide, was one of the longest, as it had the most information to present. I used the swish animation on the title, fun facts as I thought it came in with the music well. Then I used the bounce animation at a very fast speed to get all of the test in as soon as possible. Then I forced the audience to pay attention to each point individually as I dimmed faded out each point once at a time.
The third slide was simple. I inserted an image of the album cover of the song that I chose to animate along with the titles and times of each other song on the album. I used the same technique on this slide as I used on the one before with the dimming and fading out effect to force the audience to read one thing at a time so they do not feel overwhelmed.
On the fourth slide, I made a table using the shapes tool. I made four rows alternating colors, pink and white and then added three vertical black lines to separate the table into columns as well as rows. Then I inserted all the information and used the zoom affect to make it so that each cell of the table came in with the beat of the music. I also did the same thing using the strips effect for the photos surrounding the table.
For the last and final slide, I gathered multiple Jason Mraz images cropping and resizing them so they all fit on the slide to look aesthetically appealing. Then I assigned each image a different transition and last but not least the link to Jason Mraz's official website.
I used the Handwriting-Dakota font for all text in the power-point as I wanted to keep it consistent. I thought the Hand-writing Dakota font gave it that laid back California feel which is mainly the image that Jason Mraz portrays for himself.
Overall I am happy with my power-point presentation. I think I could have done more with the images and I could have photo-shoped them in some way, but I am very satisfied with the animation. I think all of my animations do exactly what I wanted them to do and they all go with the music.
To create the music for the slides. I used only one song titled "Make it Mine" by Jason Mraz. To create this song I used the first 5 seconds from the beginning of the song, 25 seconds from the middle of the song and 30 seconds from the very end of the song to make it a full one minute. Adding different parts to the song was difficult as I had to make sure each part began and ended on the same notes so it would sound as if it was really just one part of a song being played the entire time.
