blake jensen's visual communication portfolio

PortfolioBlake Jensen

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Name: Blake Jensen

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 661.992.9074

Website: bjensen41.wordpress.com

1. Brochure

2. Montage

3. Business Identity (logos, business card, and let-

terhead)

4. Web Page Mockup

5. Coding

6. Prezi

7. PhotoDesign

8. Infographic

9. Magazine Cover

Table Of Contents

Brochure

Description A brochure for a hunting outfitter, Jensen Outfitters.

Date November 30, 2016

Course Comm 130: Visual Communication section - 17

Instructor Brother Holladay

Programs Used Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrat

Objectives Create a foding brochure using a custom logo, high qualities photos and text wrap.

Process I first created a log for Jensen Outfitters. I wanted to make a clean simple logo that respresents who they are as hunters. Next I picked out my high qualitie photos. I wanted photos to be the main focus. To this I made it so the images in the side tap are alwats visible. I did several prints to get the fold to line up perfectly with the photos.

Montage

Description A spiritual photo montage. Two photos becoming one.

Date October 19, 2016



Programs Used Adobe Photoshop

Objectives Blend two images together to create a spiritual message.

Process I started with the background of the man walking through the field. Next I added the photo of Christ and created a mask. I then blended The photo christ into the background photo. I added my scripture and used different size text and fonts to creat contrast.

Logos

Description Three logos a created for an outdoors company, Skyline Outdoors.




Programs Used Adobe Illustrator

Objectives Design and create three different logos using Adobe Illustrator.

Process I needed to design three different logos using Illustrator. I first looked at other outdoor companies to receive some inspiration. Skyline is know for some of the best snowmobiling in the state of Utah, so I wanted to incorporate snowmobiling into the design. To design the logos, I used mostly the pen tool and a couple of shapes, along with the shape bulder tool.

Letter Head

Description A letterhead using one of the logos I designed for Skyline Outdoors.




Programs Used Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

Objectives Create a letterhead using the logo I designed for Skyline Outdoors.

Process I used the logo I created in Illustrator and moved it into InDesign. I started by cre-ating the top of the letter head by using a rectangle tool underneat my logo. I then used photoshop to alter my logo to create the image for the watermark. I laid another rectangle on top of the water mark to create a footer for me contact information.

Buisness Card

Description A business card creating for an outdoor company, Skyline Outdoors.




Programs Used Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator

Objectives Create a business card using monochramatic colors that represents the outdoors

Process I created the logo in inllustrator by using the pen tool Once the logo was created I used InDesign to design the layout and add the contact information. I used Monochromatic colors and that are reversed on each side.

Website

Description A website mockup for Skyline Outdoors.




Programs Used Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

Objectives Create a Web layout using various adobe programs. Incorparate high quali-

ty photos and a custom made logo.

Process I took the logo I created and added to InDesign to create a web layout. I used rectangles to create background color for text and placeholders for the photos. I focused on align-ment to create a a clean looking website. I included social media links.

Coding

Description A basic website I created explaining my design process.




Programs Used HTML5, CSS

Objectives Create a website explaining my logo's design process using HTML and CSS

Process I created a logo and website explaining the logo and the creative process. I used a basic text editor to type out my HTML coding. Once I had my basic info, I added CSS. Using CSS I changed the color and design of the entire project. I used the same color and themes as the logo to create familarity.

Prezi

Description A visual display of my top 5 places in Utah




Programs Used Prezi.com

Objectives Create a presentation showing off my five favorite places in Utah

Process Using Prezi I created a visual presentation. To start the process I needed to list my favorite spots in Utha. Once a i knew which spots I would list, I searched for photos. Some of the photos were personal photos and some were free stock photos. I allowed the photos to do the talking by only including few words.

Photo Design

Description Create a photo with a message using a color scheme.




Programs Used Adobe Photoshop,

Objectives Create an image distplaying knowledge of color schemes.

Process I first had to take a high quality photo using a personal camera. I went to the local mountains and took a phot displaying some fall colors. To respresent fall, I wanted to use a mono-chromatic color scheme using different shades of orange. I uploaded my photo and added rectan-gles to display the different colors in my photo. I searched online to find my quote by Vincent Van Gough

Infographic

Description An infograph showing potential hazards of consuming caffeine.




Programs Used Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator

Objectives Create an infographic displaying hazards of caffeine.

Process I used Illustrator quite a bit on this one. All of the cups, the man, the graph was all created in illustrator and then uploaded to InDesign. The mugs were created using the rectangle and an eclipse shape tool. They were then formed using the shape builder tool. The cups and the man were created with the pen tool . Once everything was in InDesign I changed some colors and added line to organize my layout.

Magazine Cover

Description A magazine cover featuring me.

Date September 28, 2016



Programs Used Adobe Photoshop,

Objectives Create a magazine cover using a photo of myself.

Process This was my first ever experience using photoshop. It was a very difficult project at the time. This is one that I am going to go back and recreate. I know I have made lot of improve-ments since then. I created this magazine cover by first cutting out my photo using photoshop. Once that was done I added text. I chose my colors by using the dropper tool. I chose to use the color from my tie as my main color.

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