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Andrea Meiners

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CONTACT
Andrea Meiners
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email: armeiners@gmail.com
website: andreameiners.wordpress.com
ghj instagram: @angwea
cell: 443. 538. 5310
500 1st West, 300 South
Rexburg, Idaho 83460
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Brochure
Logos
Event Ad
Letterhead
Business Card
Montage
Flier
Web Page
Imaging

Brochure
Description: A trifold brochure promoting a bike tour in Washington D.C.
Programs Used: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Date: March 26, 2016
Course: COMM 130: 02
Instructor: Ben Pingel
Objective: Set up and align a two-sided, folded document. Create an original, new
logo and use it in a brochure. Incorporate quality images. Incorporate at least four
quality images, not including the logo. One should be clipped in Photoshop and
text-wrapped in InDesign so the text follows the cutout shape of the image. 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: First, I sketched my brochure logo and brochure. I then went into InDesign.
Using rulers as guides, I made sure that my paper would be proportional on the
folds when I printed it out. I did a trifold so that the brochure would resemble a
map. My logo was a bike, that says DC on the tires, and I used that image of the
bike throughout the design to create unity. I created the design in Illustrator using
the curve and pen tools. I used text wrapping with my image of a helmet. I edited
the helmet image in Photoshop to get rid of unwanted parts of the image and the
white background using the selection tool. I then placed the image in InDesign. I
used paragraph styling with my headlines and text to have continuity throughout
my whole design. I did spaces between my paragraphs rather than indentations.

logos
Description: Logo for a bakery.
Programs Used: Adobe Illustrator
Date: Febuary 21, 2016
Course: COMM 130: 02
Instructor: Ben Pingel
Objective: 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. No Illustrator pre-fabricated flares, symbols, etc.
Process: This project was so fun to do! I took a vote and most people liked this one
because they said the B was memorable. I didnt like the look of having a word
inside of the bread, especially since it was one of the main words. I decided to take
out the word bread so the design could look more sleek. I then played around with
the sizes of the bread, and manipulated the corners of the last design which was a
fill in of surrounding white text.

Event ad
Description: A color full-bleed event ad to promote an air show benefit event using only
Microsoft Word.
Programs Used: Microsoft Word
Date: January 31, 2016
Course: COMM 130: 02
Instructor name: Ben Pingel
Objective: Comprehend image sizing (how pixels and inches work together). Find, scan
and import a high-quality image. Create a full-bleed design. Learn to use only Word
design features without using any Adobe programs, including Photoshop.
Process: I scanned the photo of the airplane from a magazine. I put my title text with a
gradual flow toward that center of focus that drew attention to the airplane wings and
strong visual elements. I added the purple tinted translucent boxes that helped with
the ads gestalt by giving it a cloud-like look, contributing to the flyers airplane theme. I
chose the font for a ir show, because it reminded me of a militant/air force theme. I was
surprised to learn how many features Microsoft Word has.

Letterhead
Description: Matching letterhead and business card designed using a personally
created logo.
Programs Used: Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign
Date: February 28, 2016
Course: COMM 130: 02
Instructor: Ben Pingel
Objective:
Use the basic tools in Illustrator & InDesign.
Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image. Do not imitate existing logos
or use previous designs. Dont use photos or live trace.
Use the new logo to design consistent layouts for a business card and letterhead.
Photos are okay on business card and letterhead as additional design elements.
Letterhead should be 8.5 x 11, full-bleed optional, but trim only .125. Business card
should be 3.5 x 2 and printed above center on a vertical page.
Apply typography rules, keeping small copy.
Keep designs simple with light watermarks and drop shadows and plenty of white
space.
Include contact information: name, address, phone, website, and email on each piece.
Use periods, bullets, or spaces in phone number; no parentheses/ hyphens.
Process: After sketching my design, I created my logo in Adobe Illustrator using the
pen, shape, and line tools. Once I finalized my design, I placed the .ai file into Adobe
InDesign.
I first made my letterhead. I put the clients name in the top left hand corner, and
the logo in the other corner. I added a thin line across the top, and added playful
dots to show the light heartedness of her childrens books. I then added her contact
information to the bottom of the page so it didnt distract from her message, or make
the top look crowded.

business card
Description: Matching letterhead and business card designed using a personally
created logo.
Programs Used: Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign
Date: February 28, 2016
Course: COMM 130: 02
Instructor: Ben Pingel
Objective:
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.
Keep designs simple with light watermarks and drop shadows and plenty of white
space. Include contact information: name, address, phone, website, and email on
each piece. Use periods, bullets, or spaces in phone number; no parentheses/
hyphens.
Process:
For the business card, I picked a gray background to go with my background, giving
a good contrast to every element of the logo. For the other side of the business
card, I maintained a lot of the same information from the letterhead. I added the
logo of the book, but eliminated the text, to show the book from a new perspective,
and to convey the idea that the client is an o pen-book.

montage
Description: A spiritually themed montage made by the blending of two or more
images, and the use of typography.
Programs Used: Adobe Photoshop
Date: February 13, 2016
Course: COMM 130: 02
Instructor: Ben Pingel
Objective: 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.
Process: I sketched my ideas. Then, I first added the forest photo, and the with the
layer tools I erased the womens figure, and then placed it on the forest photo. I
wanted to find a way to hide the outline of her feet to make it more natural, so I
added in the smoke. I then played with the opacity levels to make the smokey fog the
way I liked. I then added the scriptures over my image and then lowered the opacity
of the image to 5%. I then inserted a quote from Dieter F. Uchtdorf, and after a good
amount of critiquing I played with my typography. Used Adobe Photoshop.

Flier
Description: Graduate Leadership Conference Flier in Black and White.
Programs Used: Adobe Indesign
Date: January 23, 2016
Course: COMM 130: 02
Instructor: Ben Pingel
Objective: 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 to keep links in InDesign intact.
Process: After sketching a few designs, I used this one because it incorporated
the best alignment with the black blocking L to tie all the elements together.
Using Adobe InDesign, I contributed to the proximity by grouping the visual
elements together (logo, image, and QR code), which led the design through a
logical flow. From an advertising standpoint, I decided to incorporate a QR code
which will help more people actually visit the mobile site and register for the
event. The logo, image, and text was provided for me.

Web page
Description: A website designed to show the logo I created.
Programs Used: I used Adobe lllustrator to create the logo, and Notepad ++ to design
the html and CSS.
Date: March 12, 2016
Course: COMM 130: 02
Instructor: Ben Pingel
Objective: Acquire a working knowledge of HTML. (Include all required tags
Doctype (provided), html, head, title, meta charset (provided), body, h1, h2, p, ol or
ul (with li tags), img, br, and a link to blog) Acquire a working knowledge of CSS.
(Customize the provided CSS provided to format the HTML to complement the logo
design. Change at least the following: The h1 text color & h1 background color, font
colors for the paragraphs & list items, the background color, font families and add
at least one css comment.) Identify hex colors to match logo, using Photoshop color
picker.
Process: I started by working on my html last week. This was difficult as I had to
learn how to space things. It was also difficult to learn how to indent properly. Then,
I learned how to use CSS. This was a challenge. I looked online a lot for codes and
help. Then, it was trial and error on seeing if the code had a desired look.

imaging
Description: Incorporating a color scheme into a good photograph to display my skills
in Adobe Photoshop.
Programs Used: Adobe Photoshop
Date: February 6, 2016
Course: COMM 130: 02
Instructor name: Ben Pingel
Objective: Choose a color scheme, take a photo to match those colors, then
incorporate the colors into the layout.
Use a digital camera to take a quality image, then download it.
Adjust image levels, saturation, color balance, sharpen tool on separate layers for
NDE (non-destructive editing.)
Size and crop the image, then place on an 8.5 x 11 page layout.
Use layers to design text, and repeating graphic elements in Photoshop.
Process: I first looked in the Visual FOCUS textbook and chose a triadic color scheme
that I thought was really pretty. I went around my apartment finding things that
seemed to fit my color scheme. I then decided my audience would be for children
and was inspired by the story of the Ugly Duckling. I had my roommates help me
hold a few lamps, and I used my Samsung NX2000 camera to shoot the photo. I then
brought the photo into Photoshop and used these specific editing techniques: levels,
sharpness, saturation, and color balance. I used the eye dropper tool to make my
blue a more teal color, and then I smoothed it out with the brush.