Portfolio
Rudy Bowman
Contact
Rudy Bowman:
423 Alturas Dr.
Twin Falls, ID 83301
208.420.3290
rubis455@gmail.com
Table of
Contents
Brochure
Montage
Photodesign
Letterhead
Business Card
Web Page
Flier
Event Ad
Logos
Brochure
Description:
A two sided tri-folding Brochure
Date:
7/9/2016
Course Instructor:
Comm 130 Visual Media
Ben Pingel
Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Objectives:
Set up and design a two-sided folding document.
Learn how to wrap text around an image.
Use paragraph Styles
Process:
I measured out a tri-folding document in Adobe InDesign. I
labeled third to help with organization.
I vectorized a picture of myself in Illustrator. I then traced that
image in InDesign and put it on the reverse side so they could
be identical front and back for when I cut it out. I then added
pictures of mattresses I had edited in Photoshop.
It took me five prints to get the alignment just right.
Montage
Description:
Inspirational montage made by the blending of two or more
images.
Date:
5/27/2016
Course Instructor:
Comm 130 Visual Media
Ben Pingel
Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Photoshop
Objectives:
Learn to manage Photoshop layers. Learn to blend images
together smoothly, using masks.
Use filters.
Apply appropriate typography.
Process:
I inserted to background image and made it fit into 8.5 by 11
landscape orientation. I then inserted a picture of Jesus Christ
and added a mask. With black paint I painted away the hard
edge and blended the picture into the background. I added type
with the same font and aligned the words with the temple and
the sage brush tree.
Photodesign
Description:
A personally taken photograph that has been edited and made
into an ad.
Date:
5/21/2016
Course Instructor:
Comm 130 Visual Media
Ben Pingel
Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Photoshop
Objectives:
Learn basic photography skills.
Choose a color scheme, take a photo to match those colors, then
incorporate the colors into the layout.
Use layers to design text, and repeating graphic elements in
Photoshop.
Print with full-bleed margins.
Process:
I took my picture of the Grand Tetons with a Cannon Rebel.
I used Photoshop to edit my picture. I cropped my image,
adjusted the levels, sharpness, and color balance. With my
color balance adjustments I brought out the greens a little bit.
I added text that fit my color scheme and I played around with
the shapes in Photoshop to create a bike.
Letterhead
Description:
Letterhead designed using a personally created logo.
Date:
6/11/2016
Course Instructor:
Comm 130 Visual Media
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 and letterhead.
Process:
I started out by researching other mattress company logos. I
used Adobe Illustrators pen tool to draw the outline of a person
sleeping. I then typed out Rudys Mattresses and contrasted
the fonts. I chose a color scheme that fit. I then linked the
illustrator document into Adobe InDesign and created a
letterhead and business card with all my information.
Business Card
Description:
Letterhead designed using a personally created logo.
Date:
6/11/2016
Course Instructor:
Comm 130 Visual Media
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 and letterhead.
Process:
I started out by researching other mattress company logos. I
used Adobe Illustrators pen tool to draw the outline of a person
sleeping. I then typed out Rudys Mattresses and contrasted
the fonts. I chose a color scheme that fit. I then linked the
illustrator document into Adobe InDesign and created a
letterhead and business card with all my information.
Web Page
Description:
HTML web page featuring a logo.
Date:
6/25/2016
Course Instructor:
Comm 130 Visual Media
Ben Pingel
Program(s)/Tools:
Text Wrangler
Adobe Illustrator
Objectives:
Size and optimize an original logo as a .png for a web page.
Acquire a working knowledge of HTML.
Acquire working knowledge of CSS.
Process:
In Adobe Illustrator I created a logo. In Text Wrangler I used
CSS tools to place a picture as my background of the web page. I
center aligned my Logo and added spacing all with CSS. I picked
a color scheme that fit.
Flier
Description:
Graduate
Leadership Conference
A black and white flier promoting a leadership conference.
Date:
5/5/2016
Course Instructor:
Comm 130 Visual Media
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.
Process:
I created four sketches of this flier. I then chose my favorite
sketch and used it as a guide to create this project in Adobe
InDesign. I used gray and black boxes to contrast against
the white background. I used three rectangles as a symbol of
repetition. I emphasized the work Graduate to make sure it
was the focal point of the flier. I aligned most every aspect of the
flier and used asymmetry as well.
Do you want to have the competitive edge in business?
Come learn how at Vouant Communications annual
Graduate Leadership Conference.
Vouant Communications is devoted to helping
tomorrows leaders gain essential leadership skills
in the workplace. During this dynamic three-day
seminar, attendees will meet with top executives of
Vouant Communications to discuss breakthrough
leadership techniques, while cultivating attributes of
leadership that will market to any employer.
Conference is available to graduating seniors.
Space is limited.
Registration and more information available at
http://www.vouantcomm.com
October 21
8 a.m. 5 p.m.
Lincoln Convention Center
Description:
Color Ad promoting a petition signing event.
Date:
5/13/2016
Course Instructor:
Comm 130 Visual Media
Ben Pingel
Program(s)/Tools:
Microsoft Word
Image Scanner
Objectives:
Find, scan and import a high-quality image.
Learn to use only Word design features without using any
Adobe programs, including Photoshop.
Process:
I first scanned a picture that I liked. I saved this picture and
put it into a word document to use for this ad. I used a blue box
for contrasting colors to the red on the fish. I put the body copy
words against the background of the fish because it utilized the
space better. I chose green letter because it stuck out against
the backgrounds. I got the image from Simple Fly Fishing by
Yvon Chouinard.
Free the Snake
Event Ad
Join us in asking President Obama
to remove the four deadbeat
dams on the Snake River.
Petition signing at Porter Park:
Wednesday May 18th from 7:00 to 9:00
Logos
Description:
Personally created logos with three different layouts.
Date:
6/3/2016
Course Instructor:
Comm 130 Visual Media
Ben Pingel
Program(s)/Tools:
Adobe Illustrator
Objectives:
Create three completely different, original logos to fit a
company or personal image that will appeal to the audience.
Use only the Illustrator tools to create and draw your logos.
Refine one logo with variations for color
Process:
I first thought about what my message is. My message is that
I sell great quality mattresses cheaper than anyone else. I
used Adobe Illustrator to create a logo. I created a stick figure
carrying a mattress shaped vector box to symbolize that I will
carry the overhead. I played around with a lot of color schemes
and symbols. I placed stars in the Logo to symbolize sleep.
I then made a gray-scale logo and a white logo with a color
background.
