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Pixelinkdust Quill Business Card
I designed this business card for myself before I really started delving into video, started using a new email address, and decided to make all of my branding match my site, so this design is a little out of date now, but I thought it was worth sharing. This design was made in Photoshop. The quill motif comes from another self-branding idea I was playing with for my online web handle: I wanted this one to reflect three ways I like to express myself; digitally (pixel), in print (ink) and in pencil (dust). Thus, the dot of the first i is square like a pixel, the dot of the second i looks like a splatter of ink, and the t was rendered to look like it was drawn roughly with a dry medium. I drew the quill in Illustrator. I thought about using this as a watermark/signature on all of the work I post online, but I haven’t committed to the idea...
Read MoreThink Ink Business Card
I designed this as the back of a potential business card. I created it in Photoshop...
Read MoreSpark Comics and Games Logo Designs
One of my first Illustrator projects called for designing three different logos for a fictional business. I decided to do logos for a comics and games hobby shop called “Spark.” For my three logos, I wanted to infuse three different “flavors” of comic style. The first represents the superhero comics of the 1930s and 1940s, with sharp angles, vivid colors, heavy dark outlines, and a burst bubble motif. The second represents the edgy ninja and samurai action-dramas of Japanese manga. The third represents the “Family Circus” syndicated Sunday funny pages look. All of the logos were made essentially the same way, using a combination of the Pen and Direct Select tools to create shapes (such as the bursts) and manipulate the text. For the first logo, I skewed and tilted each letter. To create the spiky effect of the second logo, I used the Direct Select tool so pinch off pieces of the text. The speech bubble shape in the third logo was made by merging an ellipse with a three-sided polygon using the pathfinder...
Read MoreMissions and Marriage Research Paper and Poster
Missionaries and Marriage Research Paper My group in my Communication Research Fundamentals class decided to do a focus group to study the effects of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ missionary minimum age change, announced in 2012. For my part, I wrote the focus group questions, the first finding, The first conclusion, organized the bibliography and the appendix, and I created the layout and compiled the entire research paper in InDesign. My inspiration for this layout was the Mormon.org website, with its bright and cheery colors and speech bubble motif, since this site and the topic of our research paper both correlate directly to the missionary culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After completing the research paper, I transposed the research paper and design into a poster for display at the Brigham Young University – Idaho Research and Creative Works...
Read MoreSimple Animated Lower Third
I created this basic animated lower third in After Effects. The footage of Kim B. Clark was provided for me and is used with permission.
Read MoreMusical Theater: The “Holy Grail” of Public High Schools
They’re knights of the round table, and they dance whenever they’re able! I traveled to Nampa, Idaho to meet the talented team behind Skyview High School’s production of Spamalot. Between runs of the show, I talked with Student Director, Leslie Colleen Hamilton, and the Performing Arts Department Chair, Joie Cariaga, about the importance of keeping the arts in public schools. Theater people are hysterically funny to work with, and my sister Leslie (known to me as LC) is no exception. There were quite a few laughs throughout our interview. To the great amusement of her students, I compiled a “blooper reel” of some of her silliest moments for everyone to enjoy. Check it out! I filmed both of these videos with a Canon T3i and edited them in Adobe...
Read MoreJoining Forces
Rexburg’s diehard gamers need look no further. Tabletop and video gaming are combining under one roof and one name with the opening of Rex Game Pulse. Offering a wider range of games, events, and wares, Rex Game Pulse has something for every gamer. I shot this video on a Canon T3i and edited it in Adobe Premiere. The music is “Ready For Battle” from...
Read MoreToo Neat to Eat – Interview with Cake Decorator Mandy Roberts
What do ceramics and cake decorating have in common? More than you think. I interviewed Mandy Roberts, a cake decorator at Brigham Young University – Idaho, to get her insights on a delicious art form. During our visit, she worked on a “simple” 8-inch cake adorned with chocolate roses. From a 3D R2D2 to a chocolate Eiffel Tower, Mandy reminds us what a shame it is that we can’t have a cake and eat it, too. The Sweetness of Sharing – Behind the Scenes… After our interview, Mandy admitted, “I’m not a big fan of cake. I like baking them and decorating them, but not eating them.” Through several years of experience, the taste of cake has lost its novelty for Mandy. However, I know of at least one person who could–and has!–lived on Mandy’s cakes. Her former roommate, my sister, had her identity stolen and couldn’t afford groceries for awhile. Mandy was happy to share her school project cakes–and would have shared more than just cake, if my sister had explained her situation! Mandy’s talent for cakes brings more than smiles and amazement; for at least one college student, it meant a few nights of not having to go hungry. This video was shot with a Canon T3i and edited in Adobe Premiere...
Read MoreDitto Used Transform – Flash Animation Practice
For one of my video classes we were challenged to make a 6-second Vine. Rather than just whipping out my phone and recording some nonsense, I decided to take a crack at animation. I’ve been wanting to learn Flash for some time now so I chased down some tutorials and managed this. There’s lots of room for improvement, but I’m pretty stoked. The character(s) are Ditto and Pikachu from...
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