For the first time, a new post from a new class. Actually, this is from my final design class. In this course, we are working on learning about portfolios and developing our visual identity. One aspect of portfolio development is featuring your best and brightest work, and seeing what you can do from a design … More GRA-491 Refinements
This week, I give you one last offering of iconography and icon design. This was a larger set, and some familiar designs found their way within this set. What was interesting is the icons were created to work within the text, but also with a separately designed backdrop as an infographic. It was fairly fun, … More Design Projects – Iconography Part 5
Sorry for the delay. A new class has come underway and it’s been an exciting and action packed beginning. I’m sure some new designs will pop up here in the near future. In the meantime, I offer another helping of iconography and icon design. This design went through a few different levels of work before … More Design Projects – Iconography Part 4
This week I offer another iconography set with a bonus. The set was designed to illustrate some key messages, and only needed a few icons. The designs went well and I enjoyed the process, even the odd combination of theme colors. But since the set is so small, I’ve included a wireless icon I created … More Design Projects – Iconography Part 3
This week, after a brief hiatus, I want to share another icon set. This set was developed for a specialized computer program in need of custom icons for various commands. Previously the software developers were using generic icons that did not really match the program commands, so it added a bit of visual confusion. This … More Design Projects – Iconography Part 2
With my previous design class completed, normally I would begin posting adventures from my current class. However, this term I am taking a history course. And while interesting, it may not make the most dynamic of posts to show discussion on photographic intent or the formal elements of an image. So rather, this course I … More Design Projects – Iconography Part 1
Another key element to the personal branding suite and visual identity is the leave behind. This item allows you to provide your potential employer or client one last way to be remembered, with a focus upon your primary specialty or talents. Say you excel at package design, developing a clever package for your resume or … More GRA-420 Leave Behind
In continuing our development of our branding suite, it is recommended to create a digital resume. Of course, being graphic designers, a traditional word form resume would just not do. In developing mine, I did a great deal of research to see what others have done. I must say there are quite a few talented … More GRA-420 Digital Resume
In our development of our branding suite, we’re tasked with developing our visual identity across a variety of mediums, including traditional business medium items. This includes standards such as letterhead and business cards, vital tools for any business. My designs for both have gone through several rounds, and even though they are close I know … More GRA-420 Letterhead and Business Card
In this course, we are endeavoring to learn how to build a branding suite, with ourselves as the clients. This is quite exciting to me, as I do love visual identity systems and am enamored with old corporate branding guidelines and manuals. So getting to develop one for myself is a fun new challenge. That’s … More GRA-420 Branding Suite – Logo Design
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