2024

After becoming more comfortable with Illustrator and Photoshop, my art teacher asked if I wanted to create the graduation banner for my graduating class of 2024. She wanted something that would be different from previous years. For this project, I had to focus on typography and organizing the elements of the design.  I created this on my own time between classes over two months. 

The biggest challenge I faced was being limited to the three school colors and having the text fit within my design.  Being new to Illustrator was also very challenging, so there was a lot of experimentation throughout the entire process. 

My school held a small contest encouraging students to create illustrations of the school mascots. I first started with a more realistic interpretation with small details and an intense look. I based this design on other illustrations of the mascot seen on the athletic website as well as on decals placed around the weight room. 

After submitting this to one of the teachers, she asked if I could give it a more “cartoony” look, almost something that would resemble Disney cartoons. I made the patriot and the eagle closer in size and overall friendlier. I still kept the patriotic feathers of the eagle to match with the patriot as well as the school colors.