Since I was late on the draw for this blog post, I’ve kept it pretty brief! Pinterest The following boards reflect some of the visual research I’ve done regarding my designs for MHA Houston. Card & Letterhead Inspiration Design Mood Competitor Analysis Business Card – Draft #1 In this section, we were asked to submit … Continue reading 2.1: Pinterest & Draft #1
For our next lesson in PR Publications, we’ve been tasked with analyzing, researching, and designing a business card and letterhead for an organization of our choice. After considering several topics and groups, I’ve chosen to work with Mental Health America of Greater Houston, or MHA Houston, which focuses on mental health information and services for Houston, … Continue reading 2.1: Research & Analyses
Hello! It turned out to be a pretty busy week with Independence Day, so I wasn’t able to compile a video with tips like I originally planned. Since I haven’t received any help requests currently, I’ll probably hold off unless someone shows interest in additional tutorials. As before, drop a comment below or send me … Continue reading 1.3: Typesetting, Tutorials, & Thoughts
Today, I found myself taking up the task of finding design in the real world, even bothering to go outside to do so, for an old-fashioned Design Blitz. Unfortunately, I only had enough to take a few pictures at the mall rather than take a proper design tour. Though it’s not much, here’s what I … Continue reading 1.2: Design Blitz!
I took a look through Adam’s list of typography games and selected three to cover in a bit more depth, including a bonus Photoshop and InDesign tip at the bottom for improving your typography, easily! As a note, I refer to everything as typefaces, rather than fonts, because I’ve studied typography extensively. A typeface, also … Continue reading 1.2: Type Games & A Few Tips
Wow I did not think this day would come so fast! I have completed PR Publications and I feel pretty accomplished. To be honest, I was extremely anxious about taking this class because I had never taken an online course before and being a rather slow learner I wasn’t sure how this was going to […]
This week while reading “Designing for Emotion”, the chapter titled “Forgiveness” particularly stood out to me. Why? Possibly because I felt as if I should be asking some of my professors for forgiveness for not doing so well on my finals due to procrastination and lack of sleep these past few weeks. But in all […]
Having my own personal domain is something that I have significantly underestimated until this past semester. A few weeks ago when I was applying for summer internships I decided to add my domain address to my resume and I truly believe that it helped me stand out from other candidates. One employer even complimented me […]
This week as I was reading back on all the posts I’ve written during the course of the semester, I was shocked to see how much I had accomplished and just how much I have improved. Because I had so much fun working with Canva, I really want to do an infographic. Canva has so […]
This week I read Chapter 4 about Emotional Engagement. The main purpose of the chapter was to tell about how, “it is important to design for surprise, delight, anticipation, elevating perceived status…”. Something he said that I particularly agreed with was when he was talking about how employees at Wufoo personally mail out thank you cards […]
