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contact
Benjamin Olsen480 S 1st W #307Rexburg, ID 83440
385.313.6791
bcolsen22@gmail.com
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brochure
business card
montage
event ad
logo
fier
letterhead
imaging
web page
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brochure
Description:This is a brochure for the business ValkyrieBranding.
Date:Dec 09, 2013
Course/Instructor:Comm 130 Section 03
Julie Peterson
Program(s)/Tools:I mostly used the tools: paragraph styles,quick selection tool, and pen tool for my
brochure.
Objectives:Learn to create a unique brochure using
Adobe products.
Process:I used Photoshop to clean up photos
and prep them for a text wrap around thebuildings. I used Illustrator to create a clean
logo for Valkyrie Branding and to make smallgraphics for the inside of my brochure. I
used InDesign to lay it all out. While using
InDesign I used paragraph styles to simplifyputting the content together.
1) How to text wrap around a photo that hadbeen edited in Photoshop. (I already knew
how to text wrap things, but only aroundstraight edged images.
2) I learned how to print according to short orlong sided binding as well as gure out how
to print things that would be complicated withfolding involved.
3) I also learned how to design pages that
may be folded so that part of the page willend up being on the back and the front.
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business card
Description:I created a business card for the business
Valkyrie Branding.
Date:Nov 09, 2013
Course/Instructor:Comm 130 Section 03
Julie Peterson
Program(s)/Tools:InDesign and Illustrator.
Objectives:Create a business card using Illustrator and
InDesign in a creative and functional way.
Process:In my draft I went with all red and green
colors because they look nice together,but I ended up changing the green to bluebecause I felt like the green dominated too
much and I wanted the red V to be the mostnoticeable. I created contrast between the
fonts by using a serif font and a decorativefont. I kept my letterhead very simple so
that there would be more room for an actualletter.
I used Illustrator to create the honeycombshape and then copy/pasted it to make the
repeating pattern. I made them all the samecolor with different opacity levels, except
for the ones that I used to show the Vthat is the logo. I then placed them into anInDesign document where I created different
documents.
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montage
Description:Photo-montage combining two images and
text.
Date:Oct 26, 2013
Course/Instructor:Comm 130 Section 03
Julie Peterson
Program(s)/Tools:Photoshop, cropping, sizing, text, blur-lter,
and fade tools.
Objectives:Learn to make Photoshop layers and touse lters. Usingmask and blending tools to
combine to images.
Process:I rst blended to photos together so thatthey faded into each other. After getting that
right I added a blur lter to the backgroundimage (but not to the second foregroundimage). Next I added text to help convey the
message.
1) No matter how good you are at makingmontages a lot of the success is going to
depend on the images you use (especiallyhow clear and crisp they are). It was difcultfor me to nd images large enough that I
wanted to use. I can see how it would beeasier to just take the photos yourself.
2) Learning how to use the tools inPhotoshop really helps with making the
project go quickly and smoothly. I didnt knowhow to do lters very well and instead of
looking at the videos, like I should of, right
away I ended up just trying to gure it out onmy own; I was unsuccessful in guring it allout.
3) Making poster-images, like we are doing,can be a very powerful tool. Theres a reason
people really like to buy and put up posters;they can really capture a mood, feeling,thought, or belief.
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event ad
Description:A color full-bleed event ad to promote a
fundraise using only Microsoft Word and a
scanner.
Date:Oct 12, 2013
Course/Instructor:
Comm 130 Section 03
Julie Peterson
Program(s)/Tools:Micorosoft Word, Epson Scanner, and a PDF
converter (PDF2JPG.net).
Objectives:Create a colored, well-designed ad while only
using Microsoft Word.
Process:I scanned the bike image the images of thewoman, the father and son, and the men. I
wanted the images to look more fresh andmodern, so I put them inside of circles. Doingthis also helped focus the images. I used
light colors to give it a sepia, old look without
using sepia images themselves. I gave owthrough overlapping and arrows. Before I
learned how to crop an image so that it couldbe a circle I had to try doing it manually,which was extremely difcult to do and
affected my composition all around.
I denitely didnt realize I could make acomposition with Word.
I found out how to actually crop images intoshapes, which was awesome.
I learned how to text wrap in Word, which I
denitely couldnt gure out before the lastclass time.
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logo
Description:Three variations of the company Owl
Optics.
Date:Nov 02, 2013
Course/Instructor:Comm 130 Section 03
Julie Peterson
Program(s)/Tools:Illustrator: only the pen tool and typography.
Objectives:Learn to use Illustrator to make different
logos, especially to use the pen tool.
Process:I decided to create the company Owl Optics
because I saw an image of an owl recentlyand it kind of looked like he had glasses on.So I created two very different images of
owls with the pen tool. I tried to stylize themso that one was more sophisticated and
one was more kid-friendly. I chose fonts thatfollowed the theme.
1) I thought it was so crazy how a lot of myroommates and friends didnt like my favorite
one. I guess thats how it could happen inreal life industries; clients might like my leastfavorite one that I spent hardly any time on.
2) Choosing fonts was a lot harder than I
thought it would be. Im still not fully sure thatI chose the best fonts to convey the brand orfeeling that I wanted to be portrayed in the
logo.
3) Ive used Illustrator quite a bit before, butIve never used the white selection/pen toolbefore. It changed how I drew things.
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fier
Description:A ier for the Graduate Leadership
Conference.
Date:Oct 04, 2013
Course/Instructor:Comm 130 Section 03
Julie Peterson
Program(s)/Tools:InDesign and the image I was given.
Objectives:Using principles of design in order to create a
simple ier for an event.
Process:I made 4 sketches and then I made a digitalsketch/draft of the direction I was thinking of
going. After working with other members ofthe class I came up with this design.
1) Be more creative. I just put things on anddidnt really think outside of the box very
much.
2) I realized that even the smallest detailthat doesnt align with the rest of the layout
can make a big difference. I didnt have thesmaller words in the title align with the eand i and it was distracting.
3) Next time I want to put more thought into
my design and spend more time on it.
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letterhead
Description:I created a letterhead for the business
Valkyrie Branding.
Date:Nov 09, 2013
Course/Instructor:Comm 130 Section 03
Julie Peterson
Program(s)/Tools:InDesign and Illustrator.
Objectives:Create a letterhead to go with the businesscard using Illustrator and InDesign in a
creative and functional way.
Process:In my draft I went with all red and greencolors because they look nice together,but I ended up changing the green to blue
because I felt like the green dominated toomuch and I wanted the red V to be the most
noticeable. I created contrast between thefonts by using a serif font and a decorative
font. I kept my letterhead very simple sothat there would be more room for an actual
letter.
I used Illustrator to create the honeycomb
shape and then copy/pasted it to make therepeating pattern. I made them all the same
color with different opacity levels, exceptfor the ones that I used to show the Vthat is the logo. I then placed them into an
InDesign document where I created differentdocuments.
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imaging
Description:Take a photo and then use Photoshop to
make different elements inside of the image
to stand out more.
Date:October 19, 2013
Course/Instructor:
Comm 130 Section 03
Julie Peterson
Program(s)/Tools:Photoshop, digital camera, crop, desaturize,colorize, and WordPress.
Objectives:Learn to make Photoshop layers and to
use lters. Usingmask and blending tools tocombine to images.
Process:This assignment was created so that I could
better understand how to use Photoshop andphotography to my advantage as a visual
designer. The homework assignment callsfor taking several preliminary photos. These
photos incorporated desaturation, cropping,colorizing, and using lters. Photoshop is
used to make these changed to enhance thephoto and enhance certain aspects of theimage. This assignment also was created to
teach students how to better understand re-sizing and resolution changes.
I rst took a several photos and pickedones that incorporated the rule of thirds and
desaturation. The one that I liked the bestI made some changes to and used for my
nal.
1) How to use the selection tool and actually
have control over what I do and dont select.
2) How to emphasize areas of the imagethrough desaturation.
3) How to actually use photoshop to adegree. Ive never really used it much before.
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web page
Description:Build a web page using HTML and CSS. The
web page was for the business that I havebeen working on for a while now; I changed
the logo again, though.
Date:Nov. 23, 2013
Course/Instructor:Comm 130 Section 03
Julie Peterson
Program(s)/Tools:Illustrator (for the logo), html, and css.
Objectives:Learn to create a simple web page and apply
different images and design elements to it.
Process:I used an html document (for main structureand content) linked to a css document (for
style).
1) I never knew how to link a css documentto an html document. I always thought you
were supposed to create an entire thing injust css.
2) I learned how to center images throughuse of padding.
3) Learning how to use css was usefulbecause I already knew html, but css was a
new language for me
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