Alfred State Graphic and Media Design Portfolio
Name of Assignment: Project 3 — Fashion Video Composite
Class: Special Topics Art & Design – Compositing
Due Date: 3/26/2021
Date Posted: 3/24/2021
Program: Adobe After Effects
Music: Timecrawler 82 – Turbulence
Project Description: Taking what we previously learned in the previous assignment, we were to make a video composite in a similar fashion but for a fashion brand. We also needed to create our own backplate.
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Name of Assignment: Project 2 — Video Composite
Class: Special Topics Art & Design – Compositing
Due Date: 3/12/2021
Date Posted: 3/10/2021
Program: Adobe After Effects
Project Description: The goal of this project was to experiment with Adobe After Effects green screen keying. We had to take a short video of ourselves doing a simple motion and mask it onto a backplate.
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Name of Project: Project 1 – Photo Composite
Class: Special Topics Art & Design – Compositing
Due Date: 2/24/2021
Date Posted: 2/23/2021
Size: 11 in x 17 in
Program: Adobe Photoshop
Project Description: After being given an overarching theme, we were tasked with taking a photo we could mask out and composite together an advertisement. We could use found images for the background, but the subject must be our own. The photo must include a company logo and be 11 in x 17 in.
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Name of Project: News Source Project
Class: Illustration
Due Date: 11/9/2020
Date Posted: 11/9/2020
Program: Adobe Photoshop
Size: 6 in x 4 in (for each composition)
Project Description: After reading one of three given news articles, we were tasked with coming up with at least three illustrations relating to its’ narrative. We needed one illustration dedicated to the article’s headline title, and at least two illustrations concerning text within the article. We could use any medium of our choice, and had to include color.
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Name of Project: Right Here/Right Now Project
Class: Special Topics Art & Design – Illustration
Due Date: 10/19/2020
Date Posted: 10/19/2020
Program: Adobe Photoshop
Medium: Colored Pencil, Pencil
Size: 7 in x 4 in
Project Description: We were tasked with drawing inspiration from our recent in-class studies and portraying a quick narrative capturing a moment in time on Alfred State’s campus in the fall season. We were able to work with any size and/or medium of choice, whether traditional or digital, as long as we included color.
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Name of Project: Addressing Stereotypes and Diversity Project
Class: Illustration
Due Date: 9/14/2020
Date Posted: 9/12/2020
Medium: Watercolor pencil, Color pencil
Size: 9 in x 11 in
Project Description: We were tasked with revisiting one of our Scenario sketches and reworking the composition into a fully fleshed-out piece. We had to address any underlying stereotypes that may have inspired the piece, and create a composition that bolsters diversity without relying on those stereotypes. Color was required for the assignment.
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Name of Project: Assignment 5 — Website Revision
Class: Interactive Design
Due Date: 5/11/2020
Date Posted: 5/10/2020
Programs: Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe XD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Website domain: jnelwood.com
Final Product Link: LaScala’s Fire Redesign
Project Description: Using the skills and programming languages we have learned in class, we have to rebrand/redesign an existing website. The website must be lacking competence in today’s web design industry, and must not be intentionally bad.
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Name of Project: Assignment 4 — JavaScript Narrative
Class: Interactive Design
Due Date: 4/20/2020
Date Posted: 4/19/2020
Programs: Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe XD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Website domain: jnelwood.com
Final Product Link: Final Infographic
Project Description: With the tools we learn through JavaScript, we have to come up with a website that has a linear path, similar to a story.
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Name of Project: Assignment 3 — Responsive Design
Class: Interactive Design
Due Date: 3/18/2020
Date Posted: 3/16/2020
Programs: Adobe XD, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, coolrs.co, random color generator
Website domain: jnelwood.com
Final Project Link: Mattress Company Website
Prompt: Mattress for Men 65+
Project Description: We were each assigned a prompt that had a type of product/business and a demographic. We had to research how to appeal to that demographic, and make a website based on a fictional company. The website needed to be able to form to different sizes, and ultimately fit a full screen and phone view.
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Name of Project: Assignment 1 — Image Gallery
Class: Interactive Design
Due Date: 2/7/2020
Date Posted: 2/6/2020
Programs: Adobe XD, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop
Website domain: jnelwood.com
Project Description: Our first assignment of the semester was to create a gallery of at least twelve images using vanilla HTML. Each image had to locally link to a separate page where a designated image would be shown at a larger size. Each personal page needed to have a back, forward, and home button that were either locally linked to the main gallery or other personal pages.
Julie Elwood 