Graphic Design by Gino

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Scroll down below to see some selections of my work from this unit.

Rolling Stone Magazine Cover Design

For this project, we designed our own magazine covers with original photography and graphics that were exact replications of the original magazine layout and styles. Using a copy of the magazine as our guide, we measured the layout specifications and created our own design with InDesign using photo edits from Photoshop and vector elements from Illustrator. I made my cover for Rolling Stone magazine with some friends acting out a band in the studio with some epic band photography and a new hit band called the Violent Virgins.

Personal Media Artwork Branding Logos

For this project, we designed logos to represent ourselves and our own professional work as media artists. After brainstorming and creating some logo ideas, we shared these with the class for feedback and finalized our designs with social media banners to advertise the work we will be creating into the future. Look out for this logo more soon!

The Big Show- Event Poster Design

For this project, we practiced designing posters for shows taking place at Vermont’s biggest music venue, Higher Ground in Burlington. Although we were allowed to use a logo, this design is fully original! This show was actually supposed to happen at Higher Ground but it got canceled.

Fiddlers Green Construction Company Branding Designs

For this project we worked with a construction/design company in Stowe called Fiddlers Green who focused on building homes and managing properties in some of Vermont's most beautiful areas. We submitted logo ideas for consideration to represent their Vermont-based construction work and to visualize the mythical Fiddlers Green from folklore of an afterlife where fiddlers played without ever tiring, like the company's work ethic and values! In addition to making logos, we also designed color schemes and mockups of t-shirts for employees featuring logo ideas.

Vermont Network and Mosaic Designs

For this project, we partnered with The Vermont Network to create graphics that addressed issues of violence, disrespect, mental health, and other challenges that young people face. After a presentation from the local group Mosaic who work to protect victims of sexual violence, we chose and researched topics that could be used by The Vermont Network and their state-wide partners to promote healthy relationships and prevent violent behaviors. Using the organizations’ brand toolkits to guide us, these designs were offered as posters and square social media posts to promote their work, and this will be shared all across the State. I made my designs about mental health and making use of the resources to get help.

Learn more about The Vermont Network and Mosaic by clicking on the links!

Build An Identity- Branding Designs

To practice some of the graphic design and branding work we’ll be doing with clients this year, we started original identity design work by practicing with fake businesses. After learning about these businesses with a creative brief, we worked to design a set of logo concepts, a color scheme, and a demonstration half-page advertisement for them. My business was Earthy Grounds, and they wanted to move beyond their hippy image for a more high-class coffee shop look.

Color Wheel Design

After learning about color theory, this project offered us an open-ended chance to create a design to showcase our own color wheel. These color wheel designs had to showcase the primary and secondary colors in a way that was functional rather than just a decoration. For my color wheel, I made a color wheel with a dog in Photoshop to add something cool and cute.

Spell It Out- Typography Art Piece

For this project, we used typography as building blocks for our own original art pieces. We used functions like type on a path and vector text editing to stretch, bend, and arrange type as a graphic object. I made this design based on the singer of Slipknot featuring typography from their albums and words from their songs.

Three Sides Is All You Need- Triangle Design Challenge

This was our first graphic design challenge where we all had the chance to create a design based on an open-ended prompt, with prizes for the most creative and most technically complex designs. This design challenge prompt was to create an interesting abstract or concrete graphic using triangles as building blocks for our visual form.

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