portfolio

christy manson

contact
Christy Manson
865 S. Bristol
Mesa, AZ 85208
336.817.4118
christymanson@icloud.com

table of contents

1 montage
2 flier
3 imaging
4 buisness card
5 logo
6 brochure
7 letterhead
8 event ad
9 webpage

montage
Description I made an inspirational
piece by blending photos together
using the masking tool in Adobe
Photoshop.
Programs used Photoshop
Date May 27 2016
Course # & Section Comm 130
Section 4
Instructor name Brother Derek
Miller

Objective Unify a layout with
a consistent theme and dominant
spiritual message

Learn to blend two or more
images together gradually, using
masks

Demonstrate more advanced
Photoshop skills for layout with
multiple elements

Use a mask to apply a filter to
one part of the image

Apply typography principles
(titles, quotes, events or scripturesyour choice)

Format type: Legibility; Small
copy & Title with varying text size.
Theme word(s)

Select good quality images
Process I was really impressed
when I saw pictures of human faces on Unsplashs website, so that
sparked this idea. I selected photos
and placed them in the background
varying size and opacity thanks to
the help of the masking tool. Then
I placed the top picture of the girl
with the turban and masked the
background so you can see the
other human faces. Then I placed
the quote on the right to follow and
keep the rule of thirds more.

flier
Description This is a color flier
informing people of the upcoming
yoga retreat.
Programs used I designed this using
Microsoft Word.
Date May 14 2016
Course # & Section Comm 130
Section 4
Instructor name Brother Derek Miller

Objective Comprehend image
sizing (how pixels and inches work
together)

Find, scan and import a highquality image.

Create a full-bleed design.

Choose a color scheme and
typeface(s) that work for your
message and audience.

Process: I scanned the

background into a scanner and emailed it to my
computer. I transferred the
image into Microsoft Word
and zoomed into the part
I wanted to be the background of my flier. Light
blue and brick are great
colors that go together
so I added a brick border
and was inspired from the
image to create my flier
to promote yoga/national
park themed event.

Find

Your

Balan

Namaste.
Join us for a 3-day yoga retreat to reclaim balance in all aspects
of your life including the nature around you.
Located at the base of the majestical Teton mountain range
lies Find Your Balance.
All proceeds go to preserving, protecting and
sustaining our National Parks.
Visit NPS.gov for more
information on how to sign up
and contribute.

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imaging
Description This is a picture I
took for my visual media class to
practice photography and learn
photoshop skills.
Programs used Photoshop
Date
Course # & Section Section Comm
130 Section 4
Instructor name Brother Derek
Miller

Objective Learn basic
photography skills.

Choose a color scheme, take
a photo to match those colors,
then incorporate the colors into
the layout.

Use a digital camera to take
a quality image, then download it.

Adjust image levels,
saturation, color balance, sharpen
tool on separate layers for NDE
(non-destructive editing.)

Size and crop the image, then place on
an 8.511 page layout.

Use layers to design text, and repeating
graphic elements in Photoshop.

Print with full-bleed margins. Trim only
1/8 (0.125) from all four sides.
Process I found this quote and I wanted to
incorporate that theme into my photo.

buisness card
Description A business card for a
company called HELP International.
Programs used Illustrator and InDesign
Date June 10 2016
Course # & Section Comm 130 Section 4
Instructor name Brother Derek Miller

Objective Use the basic tools
in Illustrator & InDesign.

Create a new logo to fit a
company or personal image. Do not
imitate existing logos or use previous designs. Dont use photos or live
trace.

Use the new logo to design
consistent layouts for a business card
and letterhead.

Apply typography rules, keeping small copy.

Keep designs simple with light
watermarks and drop shadows and
plenty of white space.

Include contact information:
name, address, phone, website, and
email on each piece. Use periods, bullets, or spaces in phone number; no
parentheses/ hyphens.
Process I designed the logo on Illustrator and then copied it over to
InDesign to make the stationary and
business card. I created the world by
drawing a circle and then using the
pen tool to hand draw the outlines of
the countries.

logo
Description This is a logo I
made for a company called Help
International.
Programs used Illustrator
Date June 4 2016
Course # & Section Comm 130
Section 4
Instructor name Brother Derek
Miller

Objective Create three
completely different, original logos
to fit a company or personal image
that will appeal to the audience. Do
not imitate existing logos or use
previous designs.

Market research: gather
opinions from at least ten people
about which logo appeals most to
them.

Use only the Illustrator tools
to create and draw your logos.

Refine one logo with

Process I used Adobe Illustrator

to create this logo. I made the
outline of the world by using the
pen tool and looked at a picture of
the world and was able to make an
outline of it. I split the text in half
and put the another text through
it.

brochure
Description This is a brochure I
made to help raise awareness of
the bison population decline.
Programs used Photoshop and
Indesign
Date July 8 2016
Course # & Section Section
Comm 130 Section 4
Instructor name Brother Derek
Miller

Objective Set up and align
a two-sided, folded document.

Create an original, new
logo and use it in a brochure.

Incorporate quality images. Incorporate at least four
quality images, not including the
logo. One should be clipped in
Photoshop and text-wrapped in
InDesign so the text follows the
cutout shape of the image.

Process I used Photoshop to

create my logo of the hand
drawn bison on the front page
of the brochure and then I
used InDesign to create the
rest of the brochure.

letterhead
Description A letterhead for a company called HELP International.
Programs used Illustrator and InDesign
Date June 10 2016
Course # & Section Comm 130 Section 4
Instructor name Brother Derek Miller

Objective Use the basic tools
in Illustrator & InDesign.

Create a new logo to fit a
company or personal image. Do not
imitate existing logos or use previous designs. Dont use photos or live
trace.

Use the new logo to design
consistent layouts for a business card
and letterhead.

Apply typography rules, keeping small copy.

Keep designs simple with light
watermarks and drop shadows and
plenty of white space.

Include contact information:
name, address, phone, website, and
email on each piece. Use periods, bullets, or spaces in phone number; no
parentheses/ hyphens.
Process I designed the logo on Illustrator and then copied it over to
InDesign to make the stationary and
business card. I created the world by
drawing a circle and then using the
pen tool to hand draw the outlines of
the countries.

HELP
International

Fighting Poverty & Empowering People

Tina Porter
801.374.0556
office@help-international.org
455 N. University Ave #212
Provo UT 84601

event ad
Description: Informative black and
white flier for the Graduate Leadership Conference.
Programs used InDesign
Date may 7 2016
Course # & Section Comm 130 Section 4
Instructor name Brother Derek Miller

Objective Apply the design
principles and use appropriate typography.

Incorporate basic InDesign
skills to improve basic flier layout.

Retrieve image and logo from
links on this page.

Create a project folder with
image, logo and InDesign document
to keep links in InDesign intact.

Process
I first started off with my design
that had half circles at the bottom
and top of the page, but I thought
the sharper angles on triangles
would be better suited for a leadership conference. I knew I wanted
an all black background with white
text because its a better contrast.
The picture of the man and woman
in the flier are the same picture,
but I just separated them and put
them in different corners to add
flow and repetition.

webpage
Description This is a website I made for
the logo I designed.
Programs used CSS/HTML and
textwrangler
Date June 26 2016
Course # & Section Comm 130 Section 4
Instructor name Brother Derek Miller

Objective Size and optimize an
original logo as a .png for a web page so
the long side is 300 500 pixels.

Write content to describe the
process of creating your logo and how it
appeals to a target audience. (Minimum
of 200 words. Include rationale for colors,
appeal to target audience, design skills,
etc,)

Acquire a working knowledge
of HTML. (Include all required tags
Doctype (provided), html, head, title,
meta charset (provided), body, h1, h2, p,
ol or ul (with li tags), img, br, and a link to
blog)

Identify hex colors to match
logo, using Photoshop color picker.

Open the HTML page in a
web browser and capture a quality
screen shot with .5 inch margins for
printing.
Process I used InDesign to create
the logo, and then used TextWrangler to create HTML & CSS to develop the website structure.