Graphic Design by Braeden

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

Cartoonize Yourself- Intro to the Pen Tool

This was our first time using the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator to make custom shapes. Using portrait photos as guides, we made cartoon versions of ourselves! We also printed these out as stickers.

Personal Logo Designs

For this project, we created logos and banners to advertise our own media work with marketing-ready graphics! These were some of the designs I created that reflect my brand and my style as an artist, including a social media banner below!

Three Sides Is All You Need- Triangle Design Challenge

For this project, we were challenged to create any type of creative art design that utilized triangles as a foundational element and to share our product in only one day! As a class challenge, we got feedback on these from our advisory board to showcase our skills working within a prompt. For my design, I created a vibrant abstract pattern that combined paint splatters and filled, gradient, or outlined triangle shapes.

Variant Visuals Logo Designs

For this project, we worked with a team of filmmakers from the Burlington area who were seeking a new logo for their business. Using the notes they gave us in the creative brief, we designed logos that could look sleek and professional and ready to be animated. These were some of the designs I shared, and check out their work at https://www.facebook.com/VariantVisuals/

Healthy Graphics- Medical Professions Infographic

For this project, we worked with students in the Medical Professions program to design infographics that will be hung up at the Central Vermont Hospital! My poster is about Lung Cancer. My Medical Professions partner sent the text and some basic design concepts, and from there, I made this design with custom graphics and a layout to advertise this medical issue!

Goldetron Photographer Logo Concepts

For this project, we worked with a Boston-based photographer named Goldetron to help him develop a logo to define his visual identity. He shoots fine art photography including fashion, modeling, and landscapes, so we worked to develop graphics to showcase his style and brand! Check out his photography at https://www.goldetron.com/

Chicks In Bowls- Women's Roller Skating Club Graphics

For this project, we were hired by the Vermont chapter of Chicks In Bowls to design graphics for their organization that promotes quad roller skating and skateboarding for the female, trans, and non-binary community. We worked to make designs they could use on social media, t-shirts, stickers, and more to promote their brand and showcase the awesome activities they inspire!

Griefcase Band Logo and Branding Work

For this project, we worked with a new Vermont band called “Griefcase.” They hired our class to make logo designs for their debut album and for t-shirts that they are printing out, so these were some of the designs I submitted. Since their musical influences were 1990’s and 2000’s rock bands, I did some research into the genre and made logos to match the feel of their alternative rock sound! Check them out at https://www.facebook.com/GriefcaseVT.

Hit the Slopes- Snowboard Design

For this project, we designed custom artwork to be placed on snowboards in honor of Vermont legend Jake Burton Carpenter. We showcased our design on mockups to showcase the 3D texture of the boards when printed out, and also used Photoshop to place our designs on snowboard action shots to see our work in action.

Baseball Poster Design

This was a design I made for a friend of mine named Marshall. After masking out the photo, I set up the design like a baseball playing card to print out on a large format poster, showcasing him in action playing ball!

S.E.A. Program Logo and Branding Work

For this project, we worked with a new program at our partner school called Spaulding Educational Alternatives. We used input they provided on a design brief to offer some logo and graphic ideas that they can use when they open their new school campus. We are waiting to see which design they will pick to use on t-shirts, letterheads, stickers, their website, and more!

Headlines Read Out- Magazine Cover Design

For this project, we analyzed real magazine cover layouts and got all the necessary measurements to create mockups for our own versions of their cover art. After that, we did our own photography and design work to shoot photos and design our own cover story. My magazine is Sports Illustrated and I wanted to create a cold, epic, dramatic look to showcase an intense Baseball scene with this photo I shot earlier in the year.

The Big Show- Event Poster Design

For this project, we designed an event poster for a Higher Ground Show with a band or performer that we would love to go see! To do this, we had to create original assets and could only choose to use the artist’s logo or masked/manipulated photo if we wanted. Although this show isn't actually happening, it was good practice to explore graphic design for promotional posters. I made my poster for Drake, which would be a crazy good show!

Build An Identity- Business Branding Design

For this project, we each got a fake business based on a real local business that we were tasked to make designs for. My business was Pawsitive Attention, a pet care facility that appealed to customers by creating a "high end" spa-like experience for pets! To approach this project as a graphic designer, I analyzed my business by reading quotes and goals of theirs in a creative brief and then designed a 5-color scheme palette, collection of logo mockups, and a demonstration half-page advertisement to showcase how the business could make use of the visual brand I envisioned for them!

Driven to Design- Car Drawing

For this project, we showed greater mastery of the Pen Tool to make a digital drawing graphic of a vehicle. Check out the before and after below!

Line It Up- Typography Alignment Design

For this project, we learned about typography practices like kerning, tracking, leading, paragraph alignments, justification, and font families to make typography art. My piece features words from a speech from President Joe Biden!

Spelling It Out- Typography Design

For this project, we created more advanced typography art using clipping masks, type on a path tool, and type modification techniques. I used a neutral typeface to create the shape of my player and used the actual Boston Redsox typeface to communicate the team's brand and message in this piece.

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