Portfolio

Denver Nay

Contact
Denver Nay
140 W. 2nd S. #27
Rexburg, ID, 83440
541.680.0834
nay09001@byui.edu

Table of Contents
Business Card
Letterhead
Brochure
Flier
Imaging
Web Page
Montage
Logos
Event Ad

Business Card
Description:

A business card designed with a logo I made.

Date:
11/9/14

Course/Instructor:
Comm 130 Section 8
Ben Pingel

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign

Objectives:

Use the basic tools in Illustrator & InDesign.

Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image.
Use the new logo to design consistent layouts for a business card.
Apply typography rules, keeping small copy.
Keep designs simple with light watermarks and drop shadows and plenty of white space.
Include contact information.

Process:

I started by creating a logo that could be used for a business. The business I chose was an
orthodontist that I made up myself. I used Adobe Illustrator to create the logo. I made the
logo by using the shape tool and the line tool. I then saved the logo and opened it in Adobe
Indesign to create the actual business cards.
I decided to let the face go off the sides of the business card on both the left and right
because I felt like it looked better that way. I used the Times New Roman font for all my
contact information

Brace Face Orthodontics

Denver Nay
140 w. 2nd s. #27
541.680.0834
nay09001@byui.edu

Letterhead
Description:

This is letterhead that I designed to go along with the previous business card.

Date:
11/9/14

Course/Instructor:
Comm 130 Section 8
Ben Pingel

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign

Objectives:

Use the basic tools in Illustrator & InDesign.

Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image.
Use the new logo to design consistent layouts for letterhead.
Apply typography rules, keeping small copy.
Keep designs simple with light watermarks and drop shadows and plenty of white space.
Include contact information.

Process:

I started by creating a logo that could be used for a business. The business I chose was
an orthodontist that I made up myself. I used Adobe Illustrator to create the logo. I made
the logo by using the shape tool and the line tool. I then saved the logo and opened it in
Adobe Indesign to create the letterhead.
I decided to let the face go off the sides of the letterhead because I felt like it looked better
that way. I used the Times New Roman font for all my contact information

Brace Face Orthodontics

Denver Nay
140 W. 2nd S. # 27
Rexburg ID, 83440
541.680.0834
nay09001@byui.edu

Brochure
Description:

A brochure that I made using Adobe indesign.

Date:
12/7/14

Course/Instructor:
Comm 130 Section 8
Ben Pingel

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign

Objectives:

Set up and align a two-sided, folded document.

Create an original, new logo and use it in a brochure.
Incorporate quality images.
Write at least 250 words of original copy in at least three paragraphs, headers, and
subheaders.
Trim for a full bleed and print in duplex (two-sided) color.

Process:

I started by creating a logo in Adobe Illustrator. I made the logo by tracing the classic male
symbol with the pen tool in Illustrator. I then made the circles and added the text. I then
saved the logo and opened it in Adobe Indesign to create the brochure.
In Adobe Indesign I was able to add the photos and put them in the correct size and location.
I wrote the body copy and arranged it where I liked it. I made sure the fonts aligned and that
there were only two different fonts.

Flier
Description:

A flier that I made for a leadership conference using Adobe Indesign.

Date:
10/3/14

Course/Instructor:
Comm 130 Section 8
Ben Pingel

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Indesign

Objectives:

Apply the design principles and use appropriate typography.

Incorporate basic InDesign skills to improve basic flier layout.
Retrieve image and logo from links on this page.
Create a project folder with image, logo and InDesign document.

Process:

I started by creating a logo in Adobe Illustrator. I made the logo by tracing the classic male
symbol with the pen tool in Illustrator. I then made the circles and added the text. I then
saved the logo and opened it in Adobe Indesign to create the brochure.
In Adobe Indesign I was able to add the photos and put them in the correct size and location.
I wrote the body copy and arranged it where I liked it. I made sure the fonts aligned and that
there were only two different fonts.

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Imaging
Description:

A photodesign that I made using a photo I took

Date:

10/18/14

Course/Instructor:
Comm 130 Section 8
Ben Pingel

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Photoshop

Objectives:

Learn basic photography skills.

Choose a color scheme
Use a digital camera to take a quality image, then download it.
Adjust image levels, saturation, color balance, sharpen tool
Size and crop the image, then place on an 8.511 page layout.
Use layers to design text, and repeating graphic elements in Photoshop.
Print with full-bleed margins.

Process:

I took several pictures and then edited them all in Adobe Photoshop. I then had to add a color
scheme and some text. The part that took the most time was editing the picture using the
simple edits. These edits were levels, saturation, color balance, etc...

Web Page
Description:

A web page that I designed using text wrangler.

Date:

11/23/14

Course/Instructor:
Comm 130 Section 8
Ben Pingel

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator
Text Wrangler
Adobe Photoshop

Objectives:

Size and optimize an original logo as a .png for a web page.

Write content to describe the process of creating your logo.
Acquire a working knowledge of HTML.
Acquire a working knowledge of CSS.
Identify hex colors to match logo, using Photoshop color picker.
Open the HTML page in a web browser and capture a quality screen shot.

Process:

The first thing I had to do was create a logo using Illustrator. I took an idea I had before and
made the logo of a confused face. I then saved it and opened it in Text Wrangler. I then used
both CSS and HTML in order to create and design this webpage how I wanted it. I moved the
logo to the center of the page and I wrote text that described how I made this logo.

Montage
Description:

A montage I made using images from the Internet.

Date:

10/25/14

Course/Instructor:
Comm 130 Section 8
Ben Pingel

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Photoshop

Objectives:

Use the FOCUS design process with strong focal point and flow.
Unify a layout with a consistent theme and dominant spiritual message.
Learn to blend two or more images together gradually, using masks.
Demonstrate more advanced Photoshop skills for layout with multiple elements.
Use a mask to apply a filter to one part of the image.
Apply typography principles.
Format type: Legibility; Small copy & Title with varying text size.
Select good quality images.

Process:

I made this using two photos that I found online. I placed the picture of the man thinking as
the background and then placed the picture of the missionary from The Book of Mormon
on top. I faded that picture into the circle that was already on the background. I wrote the
text and made sure it fit into the circle as well.

Logos
Description:

A few different ideas of logos for a made up company using Adobe Illustrator

Date:

10/31/14

Course/Instructor:
Comm 130 Section 8
Ben Pingel

Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator

Objectives:

Create three completely different, original logos to fit a company or personal image.
Use only the Illustrator tools to create and draw your logos.
Gather opinions from at least ten people about which logo appeals most to them.

Process:

I only used Illustrator for this. I thought it would be nice to include a star in all my logos
because of the name of the company. The first logo has a moon and a star together to make
a ring. I used only the shape tools to create the logos. I think that the simpler something is to
make the easier it is for people to comprehend it.

Event Ad
Description:

This is an event ad that I made using Microsoft Word

Date:

10/12/14

Course/Instructor:
Comm 130 Section 8
Ben Pingel

Program(s)/Tools:
Microsoft Word

Objectives:

Comprehend image sizing.

Find, scan and import a high-quality image.
Create a full-bleed design.
Choose a color scheme and typeface(s) that work for your message and audience.
Learn to use only Word design features without using any Adobe programs.

Process:

I was only able to use Microsoft Word to create this event ad. I found this image from a
magazine and scanned it. I then opened it in Word and sized it appropriately. I made a
transparent box and then placed text over it. I kept the text on the left side so that it wouldnt
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