February News!

I completed the February issue.  I've already begun working on the March layout!  I'm really excited for these issues and how they will turn out. 

I really ran into space problems with this issue.  There was so much information to include and the space became very limited.  Unfortunately, the last piece of info didn't make it on here.  On the bright side, it was towards the beginning of the month so it wouldn't have gotten much advertisement as it would have been able to.  I have offered to make a flyer or something to compensate for the lost advertisement.  I'd be able to "bust" it out quickly with the creative mood I'm in right now :).

I also completed the Zumba poster this week.  I had to rebuild my computer over the winter break, and I just now reinstalled my tablet [shame on me!].  I didn't realize how much I missed it.  I got a little draw-crazy with this one, but I think it turned out for the best!

January News aka "Toilet Paper"

Here is the January "Toilet Paper" I did.  February's is coming soon.  They enjoyed January's, so I get the honor of doing the next few month's news as well.  Overall, this was a blast for me to create.  I got carried away with the icons and the snowflakes.  I think it was for the best though!  Towards the end, I was worried that the information wouldn't all fit on the page, but it ended up fitting nicely.  Annina did a lot with the information editing which helped loads! 
This was fun, fun, fun! 

Dance Club Poster / Dance Team Tryout Flyer

In this poster, I was asked to create a poster they could use over a timespan of several semesters.  They didn't really have any guidelines except to make it professional yet fun.  They provided a few silhouettes, however, I only used one and then I used a stock photo as reference for the bottom right and darker silhouette.  It was a rather neat experiment with layering vector images. 

With this next project, they wanted a Dance Team Tryout Flyer that will be handed out.  Originally, they gave me a very pixelated image to use as their desired background.  I did not feel comfortable using the photo (credits and all that) on top of it being rather unattractive.  So I went to a stock website and found a dancing couple and recreated the background with the same color scheme as the image provided on top of a photo I took myself.  With the back of the flyer, I kept the same theme but with all the information they needed.  The major challenge with this one was to make the decision of using the original picture as the client asked and achieving the effect they wanted.  In the end, I presented them with 4 different front sides (the first 2 with client's background and 2 different type layouts and the second 2 with my design and 2 different type layouts) and the same back. 

January: Week #3

At our meeting, we discussed a few things.

• Toilet Paper aka Monthly Rec News
• Dance Club Posters
• Zumba Poster
• Outdoor Adventures' Trip List poster
• Possible Rugby project

With the Toilet Paper / Monthly Rec News, Annina told me that I will have the pleasure of doing February, March, and April's News and possibly Summer's.  January's was a big hit, so I get to do the rest! =)  They will all be do at the end of the previous month it's made for.

As for the Dance Club posters, they would like 2 posters.  They pretty much already know what they want and have it layed out.  They just need someone to make it look professional and neat for them. 

I personally came up with the Zumba poster.  I saw a Zumba picture and felt inspired to do a poster for that particular Group Fitness class.  It's something a lot of people could be interested in if brought to their attention. 

There is also a possible Rugby project that might happen within the next couple weeks.  It would be a program template to help the Rugby team raise money for a charity they support.  Nothing is final as of right now; however, it is on the "possible" list.

Last week I completed the Outdoor Adventures' Trip List poster, which was basically just updating last semester's poster I did with the new trips for this semester. 

Overall, it was a great meeting.  I just need to keep updating this blog with current and past projects! :)

Newsletters

Fall 2011
http://issuu.com/uwfrecreation/docs/fall2011-4
-With this newsletter, I wanted to experiment and develop with a since of elegance and simplistic design without the use of pictures.  It was fun, especially creating the icons and overall was a really exciting project that really allowed me to grow.


Spring 2012
http://issuu.com/uwfrecreation/docs/spring12
- In this second newsletter, I decided to go the opposite route.  With the access to a better camera, Recreation and Sports Services was able to take more pictures at their events and document everything rather well.  I had the luxury of selecting and requesting pictures to insert into this newsletter.  I tried to keep the design for this one even simpler than the last, and I think it paid off.  I love it more than the last newsletter.  I can see my individual development as an artist!

Blog Organization

Since I have already done so much for the internship, I am starting off in groups of projects that I did by category.  It makes it easier not to forget as many items.