This document contains a portfolio of projects completed by Lauren Alvarez for her COMM130 Visual Media course. It includes summaries of 14 projects involving logo design, brochures, web pages, photos, infographics, presentations and HTML/CSS coding. Each project details the date, course, software used, objectives and process undertaken to complete the work.

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PORTFOLIO
Lauren Alvarez

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contact information
NAME Lauren Alvarez
EMAIL lauren.teresa2@gmail.com
PHONE 208.123.4567
TWITTER @Albinomexican
WEBSITE laphotoblog.com

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table of contents
4 Business Identity
6 Brochure
8 Web Page Mock-Up
10 PhotoDesign
12 Montage
14 Infographic
16 Prezi
18 HTML & CSS Coding
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business identity
description
A logo, business card, and letterhead created from Adobe
software programs
date
26 October 2016
course
COMM130: Visual Media - Section 3
instructor
Rognon
programs used
Adobe InDesign and Illustrator
objective
Create a logo for a company service/organization and establish a visual identiy
across documents
process
1. I first sketched out some ideas on paper and looked on Pinterest for creative
business logos.
2. After sketching, I started to design my sketches in Illustrator.
3. I found that certain designs were not visually appealing once they were
created digitally.
After brainstorming some more, I found three different logos that might work.
4. I posted this image on Facebook to get some feedback from friends and
peers. I had a logo that I personally preferred over others. I was shocked at the
feedback I received.
6. The middle logo, I was told looked more like architecture business and that
detracted from the message. I didn’t like the bottom logo because it felt like
a watermark. To me, that’s boring. I wanted to try to be more creative with
myself.
7. After some adjustments and feedback from a past teacher of mine, I picked a
logo to create my letterhead and business card.
8. I made sure to follow the rules of alignment, repetition and a color scheme.

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Lauren Alvarez
208.123.4567
laphotoblog.com
L.A. PHOTOGRAPHY
77 S. 1234 W. Rexburg, ID 83440
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L.A. PHOTOGRAPHY
Lauren Alvarez
208.123.5678
77 S. 1234 W.
Rexburg, ID 83440
lauren.teresa2@gmail.com
la.photoblog.com
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brochure
description
A brochure created using three of the Adobe software
programs
date
30 November 2016
course
COMM130: Visual Media - Section 3
instructor
Rognon
programs used
Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
objective
Design a brochure for a company
process
1. I used the logo I created in a previous project in Illustrator and put it in 2.
Indesign.
2. I sketched out my project and researched online of things that were usually
3. included in brochures. After researching, I began to sketch and found the
layout I wanted.
4. I opened InDesign and began putting my sketch into the program.
5. I wrote my body copy and added it into the program so I would know if it
would fit.
6. Some pictures I found that I wanted to put in my brochure needed to be
edited so I did that in Photoshop.
7. After compiling all of the images and text into the layout I began printing
it. The first time it printed, there were many adjustments that needed to be
made so I went in and fixed those.
8. After fixes the flaws, I printed it in black and white to make sure the
alignment was correct. I fixed the alignment and printed it on thicker paper
in color and folded it.
9. I then exported the document as a PDF so when it printed the words and
images are more clear.

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web page mock-up
description
A homepage layout created in InDesign using a grid
date
16 November 2016
course
COMM130: Visual Media - Section 3
instructor
Rognon
programs used
Adobe InDesign and Illustrator
objective
Design a web homepage using a grid
process
1. I first sketched out some ideas on paper and looked on Pinterest for creative
business logos.
2. After sketching, I started to design my sketches in Illustrator.
3. I found that certain designs were not visually appealing once they were
created digitally.
After brainstorming some more, I found three different logos that might work.
4. I posted this image on Facebook to get some feedback from friends and
peers. I had a logo that I personally preferred over others. I was shocked at the
feedback I received.
6. The middle logo, I was told looked more like architecture business and that
detracted from the message. I didn’t like the bottom logo because it felt like
a watermark. To me, that’s boring. I wanted to try to be more creative with
myself.
7. After some adjustments and feedback from a past teacher of mine, I picked a
logo to create my letterhead and business card.
8. I made sure to follow the rules of alignment, repetition and a color scheme.

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montage
description
A homepage layout created in InDesign using a grid
date
19 October 2016
course
COMM130: Visual Media - Section 3
instructor
Rognon
programs used
Adobe Photoshop
objective
Design a spiritual poster montage using the blend of image and type.
process
1. I had taken pictures for my sister and her husband for her anniversary last
week. So I looked through the pictures I had taken and found one that I loved.
2. I pulled the picture into Photoshop on a 8.5 by 11 paper.
3. I edited it using the four main tools on Photoshop. (levels, Saturation/
Vibrance, sharpen, and selective color)
4. In addition to those edit tools I used the burn tool to darken up the edges
along the photo and added a High Pass layer to sharpen up the entire image.
5. Afterwards, I designed three different layouts and started designing in the
program.
6. I downloaded a font from dafont.com and used that in my title. Then I added
more text and the color scheme.

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photodesign
description
A picture that I had taken with design elements that sends a
message with the color scheme in mind.
date
12 October 2016
course
COMM130: Visual Media - Section 3
instructor
Rognon
programs used
Adobe Photoshop
objective
By using photography and design skills, create a project that empasses a
consistent color scheme from the image.
process
1. I searched through pictures I had taken in the past and saw how these two
images correlated. The spiritual topic I had chosen dealt with light.
2. I found a texture high resolution image and used that as the background.
3. Through Photoshop, I combined these three images creating multiple masks
and using the Brush tool to blend the images together. I also utilized the
opacity tool.
4. I looked online for a quote that best suited the message and my roommate
found this one.
5. I made sure to follow the rules of alignment and rule of thirds. I wanted
the phrase “everything else” to stand out. That is why the phrase is out of
alignment.

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infographic
description
An infographic that visually portrays data
date
2 November 2016
course
COMM130: Visual Media - Section 3
instructor
Rognon
programs used
Adobe InDesign and Illustrator
objective
Create an infographic that organzes date in a visually pleasing way.
process
1. I thought of some topics that interested me and decided on one that involves
hairstyles.
2. I researched the topic and found that hairstyles can reveal your personality
and mood.
3. There wasn’t an official study done online so I decided on completing one of
my own.
4. After gathering the information, I sketched some ideas on how I wanted the
flow of the graphic.
5. After deciding which sketch and color scheme worked best, I started to
design it on Adobe Illustrator.
6. I found an image on Pixabay.com that I wanted to use for my background.
7. I created both a pie chart and bar graph to portray my data.

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prezi
description
A presentation created using Prezi software
date
5 October 2016
course
COMM130: Visual Media - Section 3
instructor
Rognon
programs used
Prezi software and Adobe InDesign
objective
Create an instructional presentation using the Prezi aoftware to demonstrate
its’ features and capabilities.
process
1. I then started to sketch some ideas for the layout of the preentation.
2. Once I decided on a topic, I went into Prezi and started to add the content
and layout.
3. I realized that Prezi didn’t have more ooptions for headlines so I went into
InDesign and designed a basic format for each headline
4. I went through my presentation over and over to make sure the content was
in the right position and the transitions were good.
5. I added creative path rotations to make the presentation more interesting.

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html & css coding project
description
A webpage created using html & css coding
date
9 November 2016
course
COMM130: Visual Media - Section 3
instructor
Rognon
programs used
Brackets
objective
Code a cutrom webpage with HTML & CSS.
process
1. I designed my logo on Illustrator. I love Photography and that was the
company that I was going to plan for.
2. I resized my logo so that it was no longer than 500 px on the long side.
3.Then 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 customized the CSS code so that it correlated with my logo.
6. I also changed the fonts so that it worked alongside my logo as well.
7. I then made sure to validate my CSS and HTML.

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