Portfolio

Brynn Combs

Contact
Brynn Combs:
4601 NE Ingle Rd.
Vancouver, WA 98682
3604879292
com11002@byui.edu

Table of
Contents
Webpage
Event Ad
Logo
Letterhead
Flier
Montage
Business Card
Photodesign
Brochure

Web Page

Description: A web designed to showcase a personally

created logo.

Date: July 27, 2015

Course/Instructor: Comm 130 section 02 Brother Kerr
Program(s)/Tools: TextWrangler, Photoshop
Objectives:
Size and optimize an original logo as a .png for a
web page
Write content to describe the process of creating your
logo and how it appeals to a target audience.
Acquire a working knowledge of HTML.
Acquire a working knowledge of CSS.
Identify hex colors to match logo, using
Photoshop color picker.
Process: I created this webpage with textwranger. Once I had

placed my image into the code and marked all the needed
code. I then attached a pre-made Css document to my
HTML code. Once I did this I opened my business card
that I used my logo in Photoshop to use the eyedropper
tool to get the perfect colors I wanted for the web page. I
also changed my fonts and centered my logo to the page.

Event Ad

Description: A full color-bleed ad to promote a

fundrasier that would benifit the arts.

Date: July 16, 2015

Course/Instructor: Comm 130 section 02 Brother Kerr
Program(s)/Tools: Photoshop
Objectives:
Print and scan a photo

Make a creative and simple event ad. that would make

people want to come and support the cause.

Process: I first found a photo and scanned into the computer. Then

Then using Photoshop I added text and used the

eyedropper tool to make the text the same color as the
womens scarf.

Logo

Description: A logo for a camping company named explore.

Date: June 6, 2015
Course/Instructor: Comm 130 section 02 Brother Kerr
Program(s)/Tools: Illustrator
Objectives:
Create three completely different, original logos to fit a

company or personal image that will appeal to the

audience. Do not imitate existing logos or use

previous designs.

Market research: gather opinions from at least ten people

about which logo appeals most to them.

Use only the Illustrator tools to create and draw

your logos.

Refine one logo with variations for color

Process: I sketched out a ton of different ideas that I could do for

a camping company. Once I figured out my top 3

favorite designs I designed them on illustrator then asked
20 different people which one they liked the most. The
clear chose the tee pee design so I simplified the design
and only used the shape tool and came out with this logo.

Explore Camping Gear

E PLORE
E PLORE

E PLORE

Letterhead

Description: Matching letter head and business card design. Also

creating a logo for the company to use in the design.

Date: June 15, 2015

Course/Instructor: Comm 130 section 02 Brother Kerr
Program(s)/Tools: Indesign
Objectives:
Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image.
Use the new logo to design consistent layouts for a
business card and letterhead.
Apply typography rules, keeping small copy.
Keep designs simple with light watermarks and drop
shadows and plenty of white space.
Include contact information.
Process: First I made the water mark on the page. Next I added the

contact and name of the restaurant. I wanted to keep the

design really simple so besides that I just added a line to
it to make the eye flow from side to side.

Flier

Description: A full-bleed event ad to promote a leadership

conference. Black & White flier

Date: July 16, 2015

Course/Instructor: Comm 130 section 02 Brother Kerr
Program(s)/Tools: InDesign, Photoshop
Objectives:
Apply the design principles and use
appropriate typography.

Incorporate basic InDesign skills to improve
basic flier layout

Retrieve image and logo from different links

Process: I first made a ton of different sketches of different

layouts I could use. Then I looked up a lot of graduation

announcements and poster layouts. Once I had my idea I
want onto Photoshop and started using some brushes I
downloaded and made my own white space. Then added in
the need picture and logo and text.

Montage

Description: An inspirational/religious montage which used 2 or

more images.

Date: May 30, 2015

Course/Instructor: Comm 130 section 02 Brother Kerr
Program(s)/Tools: Photoshop
Objectives:
Unify a layout with a consistent theme and dominant
spiritual message
Learn to blend two or more images together gradually,
using masks
Use a mask to apply a filter to one part of the image
Apply typography principles
Format type: Legibility; Small copy & Title with varying
text size. Theme word(s)
Select good quality images
Process: I sketched out my design first and chose a color scheme

and then went out and took a picture. I used a technique

called lens whacking to add a lot of blur to the image.

Once I got the look I was going for I put it into Photoshop

and edited the picture and then added the smoke picture

and the polka dot image on top. Using a lot of blending

tools, I created the image I wanted. Once that was good I

added text to the image to make a complete look.

Business Card
Description: Matching letter head and business card design. Also

creating a logo for the company to use in the design.

Date: June 13, 2015

Course/Instructor: Comm 130 section 02 Brother Kerr
Program(s)/Tools: InDesign, Illustrator
Objectives:
Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image.
Do not imitate existing logos or use previous designs.
Use the new logo to design consistent layouts for a
business card and letterhead.
Apply typography rules, keeping small copy.
Keep designs simple with light watermarks and drop
shadows and plenty of white space.
Include contact information.
Process: I first created the pineapple logo and then changing the

color of it and making a random pattern on the back of

the card. Then the front I kept with the logo as a water
mark and placed the contact info and name of the
restaurant on it. I also created my own underlining to go
under the restaurants name.

Imaging
Description: A personally taken image that has been edited and

formatted to make into a poster.

Date: May 23, 2015

Course/Instructor: Comm 130 section 02 Brother Kerr
Program(s)/Tools: Photoshop
Objectives:
Choose a color scheme, take a photo to match those

colors, then incorporate the colors into the layout.

Use a digital camera to take a quality image, then
download it.

Adjust image levels, saturation, color balance, sharpen

tool on separate layers for NDE (non-destructive editing.)

Size and crop the image

Use layers to design text, and repeating graphic elements
in Photoshop.

Process: I sketched out my design first and chose a color scheme

and then went out and took a picture. I then took the
picture into Photoshop and warped the image and changed
the contrast, lighting and sharpness. I also changed the
color of his shirt to fit better into the color scheme. Then I
added my own white space and added in the text.

Brochure

Description: A 2 sided folding brochure.

Date: July 11, 2015
Course/Instructor: Comm 130 section 02 Brother Kerr
Program(s)/Tools: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
Objectives:

Set up and align a two-sided, folded document.

Create an original, new logo and use it in a brochure.

Incorporate quality images. Incorporate at least four

quality images, not including the logo. One should be

clipped in Photoshop and text-wrapped in InDesign so

the text follows the cutout shape of the image.

Write at least 250 words of original copy in at least
three paragraphs, headers, and sub headers.

Process: I first made a ton of different sketches of different

ayouts I could use and folding ideas with a paper draft.

Once I got the look I wanted on the mountain on the inside
and the kimono look on the outside I created the logo. I
wanted it to look like the rising sun over Mt. Fuji. Once the
logo was done I created other images that I could put on
the menu on Illustrator. Then I found an image on pintrest
to use on the front page to give it the kimono look. Then I
created the menu and layout of the menu on the inside.
Then I printed and cut the extra stuff and folded
the sides.