graphic design portfolio

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Amber Victoria Singer

photo collage platform croc marten

i created this lovely little collage in photoshop using the object selection tool, quick selection and pen tools. i overlayed the galaxy print onto the backpack by masking out the backpack and multiplying the image over it.

straight up, this is the coolest thing i’ve ever made in photoshop. i just used the pen tool to mask out a croc and a doc to create this incredible franken-shoe. a platform croc marten, if you will.

pop art

art boards & social media graphics

this pop art portrait of my beautiful cat milkshake was created in photoshop. i used the pen tool to mask out each part (note the whiskers...) and multiplied the color over the individual sections.

this subaru social media ad campaign was created in photoshop. i handmade that rainbow gradient and tree pattern in the words. the car was masked out with the object selection tool and artboards were helpful for seeing everything at once.

Amber Victoria Singer

podcast book cover

i used photoshop to create these sample podcast graphics. to get that lined effect i used halftones. i used my expert photoshop skills to overlay the pink gradient and sparkly lettering.

this book cover was created in photoshop. i used the pen and object selection tools to create that lovely fruit person on the cover.

Amber Victoria Singer

patterns

this was one of the first things i created in illustrator. to make patterns, i vectorized and created a sketch out of each image. ...then i created a pattern.

3D mandala

if you make a circle in illustrator you can put lines, letters and shapes on it. that’s pretty much what i did to make the mandala on this 3D shape.

animated lower thirds illustrated meme

this is actually an after effects video with a 3D spinning 4 in the lower thirds. i created 3D layers and animated them in order to do that. the title was also animated to roll out, but you cannot tell by these static images, obviously.

as the title suggests, this little creation was born in illustrator. i spent a lot of time using the pen and width tools to get this looking so spiffy.

Amber Victoria Singer

this logo is my pride and joy. the SINGER is text in a shape and the Amber Victoria is text on a line. i hand drew the headphone cord and used the shape and pen tools for the rest.

this business card is.... also my pride and joy. it took some time, but wasn’t too complicated. i made the boom box in illustrator with the pen and shape tools then laid everything out in indesign.

Amber Victoria Singer

Juno

Released on December 25, 2007

infographic

grossed $231 million

Oscarnomination s :

eBay hamburger phone sales incresed by 759% after Juno’s release

November 2007

January 2008

we sure are cute for two ugly people :)

magazine spread

By Dr. Robyn Ganzert President and CEO of the American Humane Association

this infographic was born in illustrator. i cut juno and the hamburger phone out in photoshop but used illustrator for everything else. some of the tools i used were the pen tool, type on a line, graph tool and shape tool.

Here is the church

Here is the steeple

this magazine layout was created in indesign. i cut out the animals in photoshop and used an adjustment filter to lower their saturation all the way. the hardest part of this was the split-color title text. i did that in illustrator by dividing a line over each individual letter. no regrets. (maybe a few regrets it was so hard)

called “roadside zoos”—an exploitative enterprise known for its systematic negligence and abuse of animals—are some of the most egregious casesin-point. But blunt and sweeping indictments of zoos and aquariums fail to account for how ethical institutions enrich and ultimately protect the lives animals, both in human care and in the wild. Responsible zoos and aquariums exist to facilitate and promote the conservation of animals. And the need for intensive conservation campaigns is now more urgent than ever before: Our world currently in the midst of the “Sixth Extinction,” a term coined by Elizabeth Kolbert in her Pulitzer Prize-winning book the same name. Unlike the five preceding die-offs, which

exterminating three-quarters of all species on the planet— the current mass extinction is result of human activities encroaching on wild spaces.

reintroduction programs, which ultimately birthed more than 200 calves from just nine individuals. Now between Oman and Jordan, there are about 1,000 Arabian Oryx then helps protect wild animals. One compelling example is the study of animal infection and disease, currently the subject of numerous

“Responsible zoos and aquariums exist to facilitate and promote the conservation of animals.”

European Bison. (Noc Kairu) The recent death of Harambe—the Western lowland gorilla shot dead at the Cincinnati Zoo after three-year-old boy fell into his enclosure—has ignited fierce debate about the role of modern zoos. Some critics have seized the tragedy as an opportunity to advance an uncompromising anti-captivity narrative in which all zoos and aquariums are inherently unethical and cruel.

ongoing research projects at zoos worldwide. The Zoological Society of London, for instance, is developing innovative methods assess the risks of animals contracting disease when they’re reintroduced into the wild. Smithsonian’s National Zoo Washington is leading global research efforts on the detection and treatment of the sometimes-fatal elephant herpes virus, with the ultimate goal of developing an effective vaccine be administered to the species in both zoo and wild populations. And the San Diego Zoo retains staff of 20 experts dedicated to the study of treating wildlife diseases that threaten conservation.

Of course, the positive contributions of zoos and aquariums in conserving wild animals cannot—and should not—outweigh the health and well-being of the animals living under the care of these institutions. That’s why American Humane Association is launching global initiative elevate the welfare standards of zoos and aquariums worldwide. The Humane Conservation program will be the first thirdparty certification devoted solely

to verifying that animals living in these institutions are healthy, positively social, active, safe, and living with proper light, sound, air, and heat levels. And these standards will be set not by zoos but instead an independent collection of worldrenowned experts in the fields of animal science, behavior, and ethics—a sharp departure from most existing accreditation programs, which are vulnerable to accusations of conflicts of interest and leniency. To some detractors, the humane certification of zoos and aquariums is an oxymoron. But vast empirical and academic research discredits this black-and-white view. Animals in zoos and aquariums today can live longer, healthier, and richer lives than their forbearers ever did in the wild. Go see for yourself.

“Breeding programs at zoos and aquariums have since saved numerous other species from extinction, including the European bison, the red wolf, and the Oregon spotted frog.”

Amber Victoria