This document contains a portfolio of projects completed by Parker Hamrick for their Comm 130: Visual Media course. The portfolio includes 9 projects with descriptions of the date, course, instructor, programs used, and process for each project. The projects include designs for a magazine cover, Prezi presentation, photodesign, montage, business identity, infographic, webpage coding, webpage mockup, and brochure. Each project description provides details on the design process and programs used to create the final deliverables.

1. PORTFOLIOPARKER HAMRICK

2. TABLE OF
CONTENTSNAME
PHONE
EMAIL
INSTAGRAM
WEBSITE
CONTACT
Magazine Cover
Prezi Presentation
Photodesign
Montage
Business Identity
Infographic
Coding
Webpage Mockup
Brochure
Parker Hamrick
913 265-4315
Hamrick@gmail.com
Parker_pratt_hamgram
https://parkerhamrick.wordpress.com/
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3. DESCRIPTION
DATE
COURSE
INSTRUCTOR
PROGRAMS USED
PROCESS
MAGAZINE COVER
A full-bleed color magazine cover created with a self por-
trait.
September 29. 2016
Comm 130: Visual Media - Section 2
Sister Nugent
Photoshop and Indesign
I sketched out some of the ideas that I could use for an
outline of my magazine, then picked my favorite one and
created a shape map. Once I decided on a portrait, I had
to photoshop the background out of the picture to make
it match more of the style of most GQ magazines. I then
opened an InDesign Sheet with 8.5 x 11 and placed the
photo that I had edited in Photoshop. The next step was
to make all of the text boxes with the right words to make
sure I got all of the articles that I wanted to inside my
design After that I spent a lot of time adding the final
touches. When I researched GQ magazines I studied the
little things that made them unique and went through my
design and added those things that were crucial to give
it the final touches.

4. DESCRIPTION
DATE
COURSE
INSTRUCTOR
PROGRAMS USED
PROCESS
Create an instructional presentation using the Prezi soft-
ware to demonstrate it’s features and capabilities.
October 5, 2016
Comm 130: Visual Media - Section 2
Sister Nugent
Prezi
Once I had looked up some ideas of what a Prezi Presen-
tation looked like I decided to get an idea of the flow of
my presentation. I decided that I really wanted to have it
be super simple and super clear so this is what I ended
up doing for the flow of my Prezi. Once I had all of my five
ideas I decided to search Unsplash.com for my images to
get my message clearly. Then I went into Prezi added my
background to have everything else based off of. I added
all of my pictures and words and then messed with the flow
of the whole thing to make sure it all looked good.
PREZI PRESENTATION

5. DESCRIPTION
DATE
COURSE
INSTRUCTOR
PROGRAMS USED
PROCESS
PHOTODESIGN
Create an interesting looking image that is full bleed and
that can express a good message.
October 12, 2016
Comm 130: Visual Media - Section 2
Sister Nugent
Photoshop
I knew that I wanted to take a picture of the sky, so I
thought about color schemes with the sky. For the Photo I
just made sure that the colors that I needed to showcase
in the design were popping enough to make them show up
well for the client. I created a new 8.5 x 11 inch document
in Photoshop.Then I pulled my photo on top of it and
started designing. I then added rectangles to add contrast
to the color of the sky, and the ground. After that I
added the colors of the rectangles to make the three colors
evident.Then I added the phrase also contrasting with the
colors in the background.

6. DESCRIPTION
DATE
COURSE
INSTRUCTOR
PROGRAMS USED
PROCESS
Design a spiritual poster montage using the blend of
images and type.
October 19, 2016
Comm 130: Visual Media - Section 2
Sister Nugent
Photoshop
I went through a lot of portrait pictures to see what I could
do with them. I found an image that I thought would be
cool, then I messed around with contrast. I then found
a quote that talked about contrast. Then I worried about
mixing the images together. The thing that took the longest
was finding a good font. I completely re-did this design up
to 3 times.
MONTAGE

7. DESCRIPTION
DATE
COURSE
INSTRUCTOR
PROGRAMS USED
PROCESS
Create a logo for a company/service/organization and
establish a visual identity across documents.
October 27, 2016
Comm 130: Visual Media - Section 2
Sister Nugent
Illustrator
I drew some things out on paper of possible ideas for a
logologo-design. After brainstorming my ideas, I decided to
try to figure out illustrator. I had no clue how to use
illustrator, so it took me some time to get it all figured out.
I was able to get some basic Ideas down for my logos. I
made sure that I had all different types of logos for my
designs. I talked to a bunch of people and tried to figure
out which one they liked the best. I chose my favorite logo
and decided to change some aspects to make it flow better
for my cover letter and business cards. I made sure that
there were similar elements in both aspects.
BUSINESS IDENTITY

8. DESCRIPTION
DATE
COURSE
INSTRUCTOR
PROGRAMS USED
PROCESS
Create an infographic that organizes data in a visually
pleasing way.
November 2, 2016
Comm 130: Visual Media - Section 2
Sister Nugent
Illustrator
I started brainstorming some topics and ended up with an
idea of an infographic of Brazil. I did some research to find
some data and found a basic facts sheet of what brazil is
like. I then sketched out some graphics that I knew I
wanted to include in the infographic. The next thing I did
was open up illustrator and started making my design. I
then went through and I drew out most of the graphics that
I wanted. I created the pie charts and other graphics to
organize the data. I found some other graphics that I didn’t
want to create. Then I finalized my organization.
INFOGRAPHIC

9. DESCRIPTION
DATE
COURSE
INSTRUCTOR
PROGRAMS USED
PROCESS
Code a custom webpage with HTML and CSS.
November 9, 2016
Comm 130: Visual Media - Section 2
Sister Nugent
Illustrator and Text Wrangler
First I created my logo in Illustrator. I used the logo from my
business identity project. I resized my logo to be around
300px. I created my HTML file and started adding my
content and tags. Then I created my CSS file and made
sure to link it in the HTML code. I made customizations in
my CSS to match the colors in my logo and changed the
fonts to what I preferred. I researched codings for cool
background and then found one that matched my theme. I
also matched the color of my logo with. I then made sure
to validate my HTML and CSS.
CODING

10. DESCRIPTION
DATE
COURSE
INSTRUCTOR
PROGRAMS USED
PROCESS
Design a website homepage using a grid.
November 17, 2016
Comm 130: Visual Media - Section 2
Sister Nugent
InDesign
I first picked an idea of what I was going to use for the ba-
sis of my website. I chose the sloth design I had previously
designed. I then started sketching an idea of how I wanted
to lay it out. I knew I wanted a large image that caught
peoples attention to be the main focus. After I sketched it
on paper, I then jumped into Photoshop and opened the
16-column grid. I started to create my wireframe to get me
started. After my wireframe, I started to add the actual
content. My final design ended up being a little different
from my original sketch and wireframe. I realized the
imortance of odd numbers to the flow of the design.
I decided to take out a large image as well.
WEBPAGE MOCKUP

11. DESCRIPTION
DATE
COURSE
INSTRUCTOR
PROGRAMS USED
PROCESS
BROCHURE
Design a brochure for a company.
December 1, 2016
Comm 130: Visual Media - Section 2
Sister Nugent
Photoshop and InDesign
I first used the logo I had made previously. Then I went into
InDesign and started to design my brochure. I brought all
of my images into my design. Then I went in and organized
my body copy so it would flow well with my images that I
had selected. I saved one of my images as a Photoshop
document and used the selection tool. Then I could have a
spot in my brochure that used text wrapping. I then
exported the brochure document as a PDF and JPEGs.
Then I printed out the Brochure