Graphic Design Portfolio

GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIO - CRISTINA VALVERDE

2023

ABOUT ME:

CONTENTS

My name is Cristina Valverde. I’m an architecture major, and I have found that graphic design provides a wonderful

Poster

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Photo Collage

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Headshot Retouch

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Selfie Poster

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Magazine Cover

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creative outlet that allows me to exercise my imagination and experiment with new ideas. Through my graphic design work, I am able to explore a wide range of design styles and techniques, and I find that the process of bringing a design from concept to completion is incredibly rewarding. In this booklet, you will find a collection of my latest graphic design projects. Each project represents a unique creative challenge that I enjoyed finding creative solutions for.

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POSTER After gathering images that I related to the elements and principles of design, I created a poster that included all of said images. I also made sure that the design of the poster took advantage of the elements and principles to create a coherent design.

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02.13.2023

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PHOTO COLLAGE

HEADSHOT RETOUCH

Using different images downloaded

Taking a headshot of myself I used

from the internet, I built a surreal

Photoshop to edit and retouch the

scene that translated through a

image, creating a different scene.

visually plausible setting. The

Initially I had inverted the colors in

inspiration behind this design was

my image and added a pink gradient

space travel and tourism.

but I diverted from that and went for simpler changes.

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02.23.2023

01.31.2023

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SELF PORTRAIT Using a selfie of myself as a base for this design I created an illustration that showcased my personality and style. Using Adobe Illustrator, I made an outline of every part in my image and then filled those in with the colors that corresponded, using blur, saturation and opacity to best match the desired colors.

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03.30.2023

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MAGAZINE COVER Using my collage design as a base and inspiration I designed a magazine cover for space travel. Using Photoshop and Illustrator I was able to manipulate the images that I included in the design and created a magazine cover that directly related to space travel and tourism.

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03.09.2023

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