From Jamaica to England to Chicago: Getting To Know Cadence Wynter

For my final project, I had to create a two-page magazine spread layout with a story, photos, a map, sidebars, headlines, decks, pull-out quotes and photo captions. The person I interviewed and wrote this story about was on an African-Caribbean professor at Columbia named Cadence Wynter. I incorporated personal photos from her life growing up, a map of where she was born, which was Jamaica, a sidebar about fun facts regarding Jamaica and things most people don't know, information about her life growing up in England and attending Manchester University and how she came to Chicago and Columbia. I feel like I was able to incorporate everything I've learned throughout the semester and in class to put it to good use for this last project. I'm proud of it!

Tasty Mexican restaurant with unique foods and atmosphere

For my Magazine Page Design Project, I had to design a page using InDesign that would look like a real page from a magazine. The story and pictures were provided for us, and it was about our professor's experience at a mexican restaurant called La Cocina de Frida. We were in charge of laying out the page, coming up with a deck, addings effects to the photos and pull-out quotes. I added a little bit of red color to go along with the red color in the salsa and plate in the picture of the nacho chips and dip, and I added shadows to make each picture stand out.

Creative and Inspiring Bank of America Chicago Marathon Web page Design

For my Midterm Project, I had to design a Web home page for online and print. I had to convert my images into TIFF files, which are used for print, and JPEG files, which are used for online. I focused this project on the Bank of America Chicago Marathon that occured in 2010 and wanted to keep things simple for readers visually and the colors bright, too. I added a few images at the bottom reserved for Facebook, Twitter and Blogger links to give the feel of and resemble a real website. I also added links at the top, right below the home page title, for viewers to look at other pages related to the marathon.

Bringing Color and Youth Back Into This Buisabuela's Life

For my Photoshop Image Project, we had to restore an old picture of a great-grandmother, also known as buisabuela. The original version had marks and spots scattered throughout it, and the great-grandmother looked pale and almost dead in the portrait. It was very gloomy and dark. In my version, I wanted to give some color to her skin, brighten up her appearance give her a very stoic look but still resemble the original. I removed all the missing spots and marks by blurring them out, and I toned the picture and added some color to her.

Remember These Old-School Nickelodeon Cartoons?

For my Informational Graphics Project, I wanted to portray five favorite old school Nickelodeon cartoons. I wanted to keep everything extremely organized and clean but still have it be attention-grabbing and have the numbers, titles, fonts, colors, shapes and pictures resemble cartoon lettering and almost look like a cartoon. Keeping everything big, bold and colorful is attractive to the eye, and I thought it would be a nice touch to have the borders in orange to have a connection to Nickelodeon's signature orange logo.

Replication and Emulation At Its Best

For my Composition Project, I had to copy a print layout with InDesign and make it as close as possible to the original as I could. This assignment created some challenges for me, including replicating the exact text and typefaces, finding similar food pictures and emulating the exact layout's design. I think it turned out pretty nicely! What do you guys think?

Warm and Cool Sensational Creations

For my Warm Colors Project, I wanted the colors to give off a hot, summery feel because we all know winters in Chicago are the worst! I wanted whoever was viewing it to feel as if they were on fire and feel the heat and fire. I wanted them to think of summer and warm weather and even see some of the fiestiness from my personality because we all know fiery colors go hand in hand with fiestiness! For my Cool Colors Project, I wanted to give off colors of the sea and have a relaxing, serene calmness to it. I wanted whoever was viewing it to feel like they were underwater like Ariel from "The Little Mermaid" or SpongeBob!

As Clear As Black and White With All Shades of Gray In Between

For my Black and White Project, I started off by creating an illusion of stairs at the top and bottom of the page and then having a ball drop but upside down (almost like a slinky would). I used opposite shapes by having circles inside of squares and squares inside of circles because it would be pleasing to the eye, and I added the triangles to the squares on the bottom of the page to create an illusion of houses lined up next to one another but the roofs have been ripped off. I also wanted to have a contrast of light and dark colors and various shades of black and white, moreso like with complete opposites. I added my name and had it scattered throughout the page along with the arrow to let people who see it know this was my project and it's all about me!