Adobe Illustrator/InDesign Assignments

Throughout the semester, I became comfortable with using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. With the various types of assignments I was tasked with, I have learned the many tools that these Adobe software provide, from an artistic to a practical standpoint. Below, I have provided screenshots of my designs and projects.

Expressive Typography
Avatar
Flyer
Book
Magazine

Expressive Typography – Adobe Illustrator

As an assignment, we were tasked to follow a design approach that uses visual qualities of words to convey the meaning of those words – Expressive Typography.  We can express meaning very easily by manipulating the word forms and transforming letters. As a result of this assignment, I have gained familiarity with Adobe Illustrator and expanded my knowledge of design.

Access:
The word access in gold, in the shape of a key, to express the meaning behind the word access.

Balance:
The word balance in the shape of a scale, with letters b and a as weights, l as the balance beam, and the rest of the words as the stand, expressing the meaning behind balance.

Avatar – Adobe Illustrator

In this assignment, we were tasked to design an avatar, to gain additional familiarity with Adobe Illustrator. I learned how to use the different shape tools, the Pathfinder tool, and Gradient fill.

Oshawott Avatar:

An avatar of the Pokemon Oshawott, created using various tools from Adobe Illustrator. Oshawott appears to be a biped otter, with its main feature as a shell attached to the front of its body.

Flyer – Adobe InDesign

In this assignment, we were tasked to create a flyer using Adobe InDesign. In this assignment, I learned how to use the Color Theme Tool, opacity changes, and rule of thirds.

Screenshot of the Flyer assignment of the event, League of Legends Worlds 2021 Finals Watch Party

Book – Adobe InDesign

In this assignment, we were tasked to create some spreads in the format of a book; very accurately to how books are actually formatted for publishing. I learned a lot about paragraph and character styles to easily adjust the different types of text such as titles, author name, intro paragraphs, regular body texts, and page numbers.

Screenshot of a 2 page spread in the format of a book

Magazine – Adobe InDesign

In this assignment, we were tasked to create a magazine. Since magazines are a great medium to display design skills, we used what we learned in both Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign to create this piece. I used concepts from the avatar, flyer, and book assignments in a way to create cohesive magazine spreads.

Screenshot of the Adobe Indesign magazine assignment, with a 2 page spread. Left side for the title and text, right side for an illustration.

Screenshot of an Adobe Indesign assignment. 2 page spread, both with text of the magazine articles, two pictures on the left page to describe the text, one for the right page.