Graphic Design by Olivia

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

Hit the Slopes- Snowboard Designs

For this project, we made our own snowboard designs with a completely open-ended prompt! We made these as an homage to Jake Carpenter, the Vermont native who founded Burton snowboards and passed away in 2019. Using an official board mockup project file, these original designs are offered as a pitch to Burton for a new board design!

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 the Vermont Network organization itself and it's many organizations as patterns within an abstract graphic.

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

Euphoria 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 Euphoria magazine with a photo shoot as the cover art I shot with my friend Emma.

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.

Nordheiim Musician Logo Designs

For this project we worked with a Burlington, Vermont-based musician who goes by the name of Nordheiim. Nordheiim produces techno and house music, so our logos worked to represent the vibe of electronic music and also incorporate Nordheiim's love for biking and the outdoors. Check out his music at https://soundcloud.com/nordheiim

Paula Higa Dance Designs

For this project, we worked with a dance team based out of Burlington, Vermont. Led by Paula Higa, a professor of dance at University of Vermont, they specialize in deeply meaningful and metaphorical dance pieces to communicate through movement. Paula suggested we make designs with the PHD lettermark and that we could reference Brazil, her native country, in our works. These are some logos and a demonstration social media banner that I submitted to be considered!

Learn more about Paula Higa Dance at https://www.paulahiga.com/

Holiday Animation and Postcard Design for Montpelier Alive

For this project, we worked with an organization called Montpelier Alive to create original graphics for postcards and animation to decorate downtown Montpelier. The animations were turned into a full reel sequence and are being projected onto large building walls in downtown Montpelier this holiday season, so if you are in Vermont, make sure to check out our work in person!

Press play on the video file to jump to my animation sequence.

Cartoon Portrait

This was our first real design project to make vector art. We used the Pen Tool to learn about creating vector graphics with closed shapes and layers to create cartoon versions of characters!

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 last Mockingjay film from the Hunger Games series.

Spectrums of Light- 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 an abstract visualization of color drawn through experimental lines and shapes.

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 and a photo of the performers, this design is fully original! Although this show isn’t actually happening because Oasis is a really big band, I really wish it was!

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 Barre Auto and they wanted graphics to play up their dealership's image.

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