Luso American T-shirt design

Adobe Illustrator

June 2022

T-shirt design for a dance group focused on Portuguese traditional dancing. Guitar ties into the traditional music and theme for the performance.

Symbols

Adobe Illustrator

March 2022

Create a system of signs based upon four different words/concepts. Choose four words, two from each list, and create a symbol for each of them. Your goal is to capture the essence of each word as accurately, uniquely and concisely as possible. And all have to relate visually to the others.

List 1:

• action

• tradition

• fun

• corporate

• flight

• technology

• speed

List 2

• people

• house

• airplane

• water

• car

• computer

• animal

Translation

Adobe Illustrator

March 2022

Translate an image through a series of steps or gradations in value from light to dark. You can only use black or white, no gray or color allowed. Your ability to capture and translate the quality of reflection, shadow and highlight is key to your success. This means that shadows, highlights and reflections do not have to remain in the same position on the object as originally seen. You may move those light shapes around according to the resulting balance of the overall design. You are a visual editor, allowing certain shapes to remain, to be moved, or to delete them. Your subject is always light.

Typographic Hierarchy

Adobe Illustrator

March 2022

Write a set of facts about your life (this is best in a bullet-point format or list rather than essay,) and take a close-up photo of your hand. Create an 8” x 8” artboard in Illustrator, place the photo, lock the layer, create a new layer(s) for text. Map your life onto the image of your hand. Position each element on a 30 or 45-degree angle. Use scale, position, color, and transparency to organize the information and create visual interest.

Social Commentary

Adobe Illustrator

May 2022

Create a design addressing social/environmental/political/cultural issue that is close to your heart. There has to be something you have an opinion on. It can be local, national, international. Text has to accompany images and become integral part of the design. It should not be an afterthought. Do not write an essay in your work. Write just enough to get your message across. The social message for this project is suicide prevention.