Graphic Design by Lydia

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

Personal Logo Designs

For this project, we created logos and social media 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.

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 completely vector-based graphic based on a profile portrait photograph to visualize a human face through limited space and through triangles.

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!

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 Ways to help with mental health. 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!

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 Better Homes & Gardens and I wanted to create a soft, new look!

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/

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 the typeface American Lemon to express the flow of a leaf.

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/

The Big Show- Event Poster Designs

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 posters for Of Monsters and Men and Daft Punk featuring some original graphic design based on their logo and overall vibes.

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

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 Slice, a local pizzeria who wanted to present an elegant high-end alternative to cheap pizza. 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!

Get Hyped- MNDFL Drink Design

For this one-day class challenge, we competed to make the most interesting and most eye-appealing can/package design for a product called MNDFL (like “mindful”), a fictional energy drink that offered a healthier, earth-conscious, and more sustainable product than other more “macho” energy drinks. After making several logo thumbnails, I chose two favorite designs to make these two mockups of how my branding would look on an actual product can!

Color Wheel Design

For this open-ended project, we showcased our knowledge of color theory to make our own color wheel where color drove the meaning behind our own original art piece. My color wheel features the artist’s primary and secondary colors and represents a honeycomb color combination pattern.

Color Palette Design

For this project, we learned how to design a standard 5-color scheme palette that showcases a hex code, using Adobe Color. My color scheme is based on an autumn photo I had taken in the past.

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. For my design, I made text art of a meaningful quote with an edit of one of my photos as a backdrop.

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!

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.

Build Your Dream House- Intro to Illustrator

This was our first ever graphic design project! For this design, we explored basic shapes in Adobe Illustrator to make a house with a for sign sale.

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