This document provides summaries for 10 design projects in Chris Michael's portfolio including a website mockup, brochure, business identity package, coding project, infographic, montage, photo design, Prezi presentation, and magazine cover. For each project, a brief description is given along with the tools and processes used to complete the project.

1. Chris Michael
Portfolio

2. contactChris Michael
P. 208.709.9778
E. cgm.snow@gmail.com

3. table of
contents• Web Page Mockup
• Brochure
• Business Identity (lo-
gos, business card, and
letterhead)
• Coding
• Infographic
• Montage
• PhotoDesign
• Prezi
• Magazine Cover

4. DESCRIPTION
Design a website homepage using a grid system of a company
real or made up.
TOOLS
Adobe Illistrator, Photoshop
PROCESS
1. I came up with the idea because this is my business. So I
wanted to play around with some of the ideas that I had in
mind.
2. Next I did a quick sketch of some of the ideas rolling
around in my mind.
3. After I had a good idea of my layout I created my wire
frame using Photoshop.
4. Once my wire frame was done. I started the input graphics
and photos.
5. My final design ended up being about the same as my
favorite sketch and wire-frame.
DATE
November 17, 2016
COURSE
Visual Communication 130
Web Page
Mockup Project

6. DESCRIPTION
Brochure design for spending more time outdoors.
TOOLS
Adobe Illistrator, Indesign
PROCESS
1. I first came up with an idea of what I wanted to do. I than
created the logo in Illustrator.
2. Then I went into InDesign and started to design my bro-
chure. I wrote my body copy and added the body copy along
with images to see how things would fit together. I add a cou-
ple final touches on my brochure.
3. I then exported the brochure document as PDF
DATE
December 1, 2016
COURSE
Visual Communication 130
Brochure

8. Business Identity
DESCRIPTION
Create a logo for a company/service/organization and estab-
lish a visual identity across documents.
TOOLS
Adobe Illistrator
PROCESS
1. I first had the idea to use my original logo that I designed
upon the start up of my company. But received feedback that I
need to design a new logo which led me to what I have now.
2. In Illustrator and started creating some of my ideas digitally
and decided with the mountain.
3. With the mountains I also made a pair of crossing arrows,
but decided I didn’t like them so I took them out.
4. I received some feed back on the design and decided to roll
with it.
5.I made sure to follow the rule of alignment and repetition.
DATE
October 27, 2016
COURSE
Visual Communication 130

12. DESCRIPTION
Code a custom webpage with HTML and CSS.
TOOLS
HTML & CSS, Adobe Illistrator
PROCESS
1. First I created my logo in Illustrator.
2. I resized my logo to be no longer than 500 px on the long
side.
3. I created my HTML file and started adding my content
and tags.
4. Then I created my CSS file and made sure to link it in the
HTML code.
5. I made customization’s in my CSS to match the colors in
my logo and changed the fonts to what I preferred.
6. I then made sure to validate my HTML and CSS.
DATE
November 10, 2016
COURSE
Visual Communication 130
HTML & CSS Coding

14. Infographic
DESCRIPTION
Create an infographic that organizes data in a visually pleasing
way.
TOOLS
Adobe Illistrator
PROCESS
1. I began brainstorming and I love snow so it led me to what I
have now.
2. I did some research to find data on yearly snow fall.
3. I sketched out some graphics ideas that I had in mind.
4. I opened up Illustrator and started off with some of my
ideas.
5. I created the icons that you see the feet, snowflake, skier,
snowboarder, world map, and the mountain all with the pen
and pencil tools.
DATE
November 3, 2016
COURSE
Visual Communication 130

15. Mt. Washington
Chamonix, France Nagano
Kirkwood Mountain
Alyeska, Alaska
Alta Ski Area
Mt. Fidelity
Niseko
Mt. Rainier
36’
39.4’
48.25’
43.5’
21.75’
31.4’
42.75’
49.5’
56.3’
Annual Snow Fall in Ft.
Where would you ride?
North America
Europe
Japan
source: livescience.com
Mt. Washington 21.75’
Chamonix, France 31.4’
Nagano 36’
Kirkwood Mt 39.4’
Alyeska, Alaska 42.75’
Alta Ski Area 43.5’
Mt. Fidelity 48.25’
Niseko 49.5’
Mt. Rainier 56.3’

16. Montage Project
DESCRIPTION
This week was about montage with a Christian theme. So I had a
thought to have something with good and evil. So what you see is a
old statue of an angel looking into at the skull that represents evil in
this photo. As the background I have an old scroll. I chose the scrip-
ture in 3 John 1:11 that states follow not that which is evil, but which
is good. So I also add a old nautical compass. Which you can see in
the middle to represent the direction we must go to follow the path
of goodness. I chose to go with a black and white theme to represent
good (color white) and evil (black) which is a complimentary color
scheme. Also for the fact that you are either in the dark on in the
light there is no fine line to walk. So I tried to incorporate as many
hidden messages as possible, because I really enjoyed this activity.
TOOLS
Adobe Photoshop
PROCESS
1. In Photoshop I combined all the various pictures I used to create
the montage effect. I used a variety of layer masks and the brush tool
to create the gradual blended effect.
2. I then found the scripture in 3 John 1:11.
3. I abide by the design principles such as alignment, repetition, and
flow.
DATE
October 1, 2016
COURSE
Visual Communication 130

18. DESCRIPTION
Embrace this is the title of my photo design. I chose to name it
this for the sheer fact of embracing the views we take in each and
everyday. I took to photo on my trip to Oahu, Hawaii just last
week 10/6/16.
TOOLS
Adobe Photoshop, Illistrator
PROCESS
The steps that I followed in my process were:
1. In photo shop I adjusted the hue and saturation and added
some definition to the photo.
2. I created a new 8.5 x 11 inch document in Photoshop.
3. Then I pulled my photo on top of it and started designing.
4. I added the shapes on the left with text. I tried to keep a good
flow throughout the design. I also made sure things are aligned.
DATE
October 19, 2016
COURSE
Visual Communication 130
Photo Design

20. Prezi
DESCRIPTION
Working on the prezi was quite fun. I have never built anything
like it before so it was fun to learn. I came up with this idea
because I love snowboarding, and Grand Targhee is my home
mountain. I though it would be good to list some of the ma-
jor pieces of the resort. So that is where each photo comes in
to play. I hope you enjoy my prezi. font used is a house font of
prezi not 100% sure on the name. Style of the font is sans serif.
My audience is all those who love to ski and snowboard. One of
the main things learned this lesson is about prezi. I have never
seen nor heard of this so it was neat to learn about this pro-
gram.
TOOLS
Adobe PhotoShop, Prezi.com
DATE
October 4, 2016
COURSE
Visual Communication 130

21. https://prezi.com/auzf1g0rwenh/grand-targhee-resort/

22. Magazine Cover
DESCRIPTION
So first off to start my magazine layout I started with the above
sketches to bring to life some layout ideas. Once I had a good
idea of what I wanted to put together. I moved on and built
the cover map. Which you can see was from top right sketch.
Once I had this done I moved on to my magazine cover. As
you can see for the most part it stayed the same as the map,
but I did decide to change a few things once I had them laid
out in front of me. What you see above in Reveal is my final
draft.
TOOLS
Adobe Photoshop, Indesign
DATE
September 29, 2016
COURSE
Visual Communication 130

23. REVEAL
Whats behind
the look?Pg. 3
FamilyThe man with a
family Pg. 14
SEPTEMBER ISSUE. 011
HobbiesWhat he loves to do
for fun. Pg. 5