LARA FARINELLA
Graphic Design Portfolio - 2024
FOR THIS PROJECT I CHOSE MY FAVORITE CHARACTER AND IMPORTED IT INTO ILLUSTRATOR. I TURNED THE LAYER INTO A TEMPLATE, THEN CREATED NEW LAYERS, AND USING THE PEN TOOL I STARTED TRACING THE SHAPES. AFTER I COLORED THEM, I STARTED TRACING THE SHADING, AND PUT A BLUR EFFECT ON THEM TO ACHIEVE THE MOST ACCURATE DUPLICATE.
FOR THIS PROJECT I DESIGNED A LOGO FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT. I BASED IT OFF OF MY ORIGINAL SKETCH, AND RECREATED IT AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE USING THE PEN TOOL, WARP TOOL, TEXT ON PATH TOOL, ELLIPSE TOOL, ETC. AFTER I CREATED SEPARATE ARTBOARDS FOR THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, I COPY AND PASTED SOME OF THE OBJECTS AND MODIFIED SOME SIZES, POSITIONS, AND EVEN COLORS UNTIL I WAS HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING.
FOR THIS PROJECT I USED TWO OF MY ORIGINAL SKETCHES AND TRIED TO RECREATE THEM AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE. I USED A VARIETY OF TOOLS SUCH AS THE PEN TOOL, ELLIPSE AND RECTANGLE TOOL, TYPE ON A PATH TOOL, AMONG OTHERS. I ALSO USED 3D EFFECTS, BLURRING EFFECTS AND CREATED MY OWN SYMBOLS LIKE THE SPARKLES AND THE DIAMOND. THE LAST DETAILS CONSISTED OF COLORING, SIZING, AND POSITIONING DECISIONS.
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FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT I CHOSE ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES, “THE MAZE RUNNER”, AND DESIGNED A MOVIE POSTER FOR IT. I FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THERE WAS A LOT OF TYPOGRAPHY AND INFORMATION. I DECIDED TO MAKE THE TITLE LOOK LIKE ITS ON THE ACTUAL MAZE, BY PUTTING A COLOR BURN EFFECT ON THE WORDS.
FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT I DESIGNED WHAT I WANTED THE TRIFOLD TO LOOK LIKE ON MY SKETCHBOOK, AND USED A COMBINATION OF INDESIGN, ILLUSTRATOR AND PHOTOSHOP TO MAKE IT COME TO LIFE. ALL OF THE TYPOGRAPHY WAS GENERATED IN INDESIGN, WHILE THE ILLUSTRATIONS AND PICTURES HAD TO BE PRE-CREATED IN ILLUSTRATOR OR PHOTOSHOP.
THERE WAS VARIOUS STAGES TO WORK THROUGH IN THIS ASSIGNMENT. FIRST I DESIGNED THE LAYOUT OF THE MAGAZINE IN MY SKETCHBOOK, THEN I SET UP MY DOCUMENT IN INDESIGN, WHERE MY FIRST FOCUS WAS THE PARENT PAGES. ONCE I WAS DONE WITH THAT, I USED PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR TO CREATE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS, WHILE ALSO ADDING MOST OF THE TEXT BOXES IN INDESIGN. I PUT ALL THE ELEMENTS TOGETHER TO MAKE IT LOOK THE MOST LIKE MY DESIGN.
I CHOSE ONE OF THE DANCER SCULPTURES AND CHOSE DIFFERENT TEXTURED IMAGES FROM THE INTERNET. AFTER COPYING AND PASTING A TEXTURE, I USED THE PEN TOOL AND THE LASSO TOOL TO CREATE SELECTIONS. THEN I CREATED LAYER OR VECTOR MASKS DEPENDING ON THE SELECTION, AND PLAYED WITH BLENDING MODES AND ADJUSTMENT LAYERS. FINALLY I CHANGED THE BACKGROUND USING A GRADIENT ADJUSTMENT LAYER.
