Graphic Design Portfolio

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The designs in this portfolio are a combi-nation of projects from my fall 2011

semester in a graphic design class.

Still new to the design programs, and still exploring my design style.

Using the picture as the framework for the text., the stick on the boat pointing to the most important few

lines in this potential advertisement.

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GadroonR e s t a u r a n t

GadroonR e s t a u r a n t

4008 Evergreen Lane Los Angeles, CA 90017

Carmine J. Hudson4496 Adonais WayDuluth, GA 30097

Gadroon: Embossed decoration or fluting on silverware.

Gadroon Restaurant needed a logo; as well as a letter-head, envelope, and a business card. While playing with the typography of “Gadroon,” the letter “G,” it had to fit in with an elegant resaurant. This led to a “G” that doubles as a spoon, which fits perfect for a restaurant

as well as for the meaning of the word.

The color scheme is black, white, and silver. Everything that is gray (except the watermark) would be a metalic silver, just adding to the sophistication of Gadroon

Restaurant.

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GadroonR e s t a u r a n t

4008 Evergreen LaneP.O. Box 321

Los Angeles, CA 90017

(555) 123-4555

www.gadroonfood.com

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GadroonR e s t a u r a n t

4008 Evergreen Lane P.O. Box 321 Los Angeles, CA 90017 (555) 123-4555 www.gadroonfood.com

Amanda Grace Smith

Dear So and So,

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ns Typographer, illustrator, and graphic designer from Cape Town, South Africa, this talented artist works as a freelancer and for Only Today. His work is featured

in multiple books and has had multiple solo shows in Africa.

Presented by College of Art & Architecture

“Type and Design”

Tuesday, Nov. 8

5:30pm Sub Ballroom

Jordan Metcalf

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Jordan Metcalf

Presenting Jordan Metcalf, a typographer, illustrator, and graphic designer. from Cape Town, South Africa, this talented artist works as a freelancer and for Only Today. His work is featured in multiple books and has had multiple solo shows in Africa. Join us Tuesday, November 8th for a lecture called ”Type and Design.”

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Presented by College of Art & Architecture

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Advertising for the upcoming lecture by Jordan Metcalf,

here is a poster, email, post-card, and button.

These few things show this artists’ style that mainly

consists of black and white line work along with wood

work (as shown with the off-yellow color).

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from Cape Town, South Africa, this talented artist works as a freelancer and for Only Today. His work is featured in multiple books and has had multiple solo shows in Africa.

“Type and Design”

Tuesday, Nov. 8

5:30pm Sub Ballroom

Presenting Jordan Metcalf

Presented by College of Art & Architecture

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According to a recently published study, shaved heads, goatees, and tattoos, once worn almost exclusively by bikers, bouncers, prisoners, and pirates are no longer as frightening or intimidat-ing as they once were. This comes out of the Violence Prevention Foundation, an educational founda-tion that studies the impact of violence on Ameri-can culture. The report shows that while the characteristics have historically instilled a sense of fear or dread in the populace, they have since been relegated to mere fashion accessories. “Long gone are the days where you run into a guy in a bar, who has most or all of these indicators, and expect to be robbed and pounded into a coma,” said Sheila Saunders, director of the foundation. “Now, he could very well be an accountant, or in marketing, maybe even your hair stylist. No longer will such an individual immedi-ately take an aggressive stance with you either, according to the study. Now there is overwhelm-ing evidence that he might very well shrink away to avoid any confrontation. “It really is an astounding shift in behav-ior that we are really only now starting to under-stand,” Saunders said. In years past, a clean bald head was of-ten brandished by a a gang-banger, or say, a gladiator. It comes as no surprise that the public would want to avoid such a character. In fact, the foundation had only recently updated its brochures and counselling guidelines which previously recommended staying clear of these people at all costs. Now, explains Saunders, the fashion fad of shaving one’s head, for example, is one of the most common styles that men choose when

Study Finds Tattoos, Shaved Heads, Goatees No Longer Scary

By J. GoodbodyAugust 12, 2010

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Using typography to illustrate this article in a two page spread.

their hair begins to thin out. “It re-ally is the 21st century version of the comb-over,” she said with a chuckle. As for tattoos, the foun-

that there are only 238 people in America who have not yet been inked somewhere on their body. “It really says nothing about you anymore,” Saunders said. ”No one can spend a drunk weekend in Panama City without being dared by your best friend and her sister into getting some Chinese characters tattooed on your lower back”. Saunders also down-played the barbed wire tattoos found on upper arms, saying that the “bad-ass quotient” ap-

Men with Receding Hairline that Choose Gotee**Study includes men who are 30-45 years of age.

plied to this feature in the study had fallen substan-tially over recent years. “The guy that delivers our mail has one of those,” Saunders said, and then whispered, “I can tell you that man hasn’t been to the gym in years so I don’t know what he’s trying to show off.” There are some exceptions, however. The study revealed that there are still some tattoos that

For ex-ample:Religious and political icons tattooed in between the eyes – indicates that their ideology trumps the safe-

what anyone thinks.

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What are commonly called “goatees” are actually a variation of the Vandyke, a distinction that is brought up all the time, but one that no one seems to care about anymore. “They were invariably worn by muske-teers, in common depictions of the Devil, and popu-lar with early 20th century magicians,” Saunders said. “We often associate this style of facial hair with alternate universe counterparts of ourselves or evil twins. . .that and eye patches for some reason.” The research indicates that now, goatees are worn by almost a third of all 30-45 year-old men as an ineffective way to draw attention from a reced-ing hairline. Now that these once frightening charac-teristics are no longer good indicators of ferocity, the Foundation instead recommends that you visu-ally inspect to see if the man standing in front of you is wielding some sort of weapon, such as a knife or a gun. “We now recommend you should avoid that sort of person,” Saunders warns.

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ty and well-being of those around them.Tattoos that spread across the neck and

onto the face – shows they don’t give a shit about

Branded tattoos, indicating that they’ve sold space on their body to market a product – seriously, we don’t know what to think about thatTheir dead cousin’s name or image tattooed on their shoulder and/or back – tells everyone that standing anywhere near them might be

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The pink text diffuses the “intimidation” factor of the men this article is talking

about.

“The fact is that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking

of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.”

Robert Cushing