Julia Elmer

Contact
Julia Elmer
7913 Orchard Port St.
Las Vegas, NV 89131
702 469 7803
jielmer95@gmail.com
www.lifeinpatches.wordpress.com

Table of Contents
Brochure
Event Ad
Resume
Montage
Logo
Web Page
Business Card
Letterhead
Flier
Photo Design

Brochure

Description:
ModCloth is a quirky and bright online store with
great values and fun ways to create a diverse and
loving community. To create a brochure for them it
needs to reflect the kind of atmosphere they bring
to online shopping: fun and unique.
Programs:
InDesign and Illustrator.
Date:
July 12, 2015
Course & Instructor:
COMM 130, Section 7; Joel Judkins.
Objectives:
Using InDesign can help with layout and figuring
out unique ways to use a piece of paper.
Process:
I first created a logo and thought about different
aspects of ModCloths business. I thought of the
audience, vintage-seeking women with different
personalities. Fortune-tellers, paper objects many
kids make, create nostalgia, and I thought thatd
be perfect. After creating a mock-up I started
designing in InDesign and it was pretty much just
trial and error. I printed about three times till I got
it how it ended up.

ig
or

al
in

sw

ar.
we
im

vin
tag
e fi
nd
s.

od

po
l

ka

iqu

s.

do
ts.

un

ef

ur

re.
tu
ni

n
su
ng
las
se

ts.
ir n
yp
k
n
fu

am
u
is n
gb
o
o
ks
.

ro
ck
i

h
t
o
l
C

n
sio
es r
xp od
l
f-e t M
l
a
e
e
a
s
ct
.
h, ot
ati
on
ot e; n
l
m
hi g nit
o
C
s
p
r
fa in -k
h
od -ty
oc
M dy
ue opp lose can g
t
q
o
i
on
n sh a c rs in
?A b
m
r u line ter me spir
es ited
o
p
o
f
s
n on fo ust or a
ha lim
spa reat n
ys oa
sio ing t to re c es f
s
d
a
r
a ag r e ti .
bo et t
of p g tu
a p g ffo h ni es
ut e u elp ie
all ark
n n en n e er w rtu styl
o
t
o
v
h eg
n
er a n a uy po al
ed gi o
se s m
m e to ite t arn
og ring es. I e B e op son
re ore
r
p
K
C
r
o
l
h
s
re r st
ic t b siz e t id pe
s f ab eb m
d
m
Er tha nd e B prov wn
wa ing a w fro
ul the
d
co ion
t
s
o
a
k
i
d
o
e
e
i
n
O
d
e
o
,
s
l
w
e
b
c
h
a
t ir
.
e t
e
e
h s
es d
pl ot at ua
er pie ap ms ts he
s t fa
ni age
eo of n , cre rad
og ing s sh gra ntes ut t
ve the
i
p
pa our
K
r
t ro co bo
d nd
m
of s er g
gg th l i
ff end Kog Eric
co enc
re clo n al ed p ut, st a
ow rou
o
g
k
n
s
G
e
t
C
o
i a
l
a
ey ee ric nd
in i
d
an ab y, re he p
th nt
an urn
on g w , E n a
us ark ersit ve c ke t can
lo me
g
t
d
a
m
S
c
n
s
n
i n
e

e
at er
by rem div ey Ma pl
wi to
ak joy rie Su
th ow
ro orld n
m en oyf oth
ed ith ues t th on, peo
g
d
si h mp
to f b b
n w al ne ti re
ly w io
e
d rs o en- er
di ays fash to
ou ed h v ter duc he
e
r w elfa
f
t
a
ft
e
h
a
w
s ck t in o
ste tod er ives
Ev d s .
re ye r t . A er.
wa to lo e pr es
s.
en of oth str es.
s c fter d he bby care
an loth
h is s odC s th on lleri
e
e
a
t
i
h
y
o
b
n
d
A
o h M os ut a
w
t
n
l
r
a
C
e n n o
h
s
t s. a
r p G
C ot .
ha m e a , a cl
ha re er ve th
od l ce ac o le
sso
it wo lik ion eir
s t sto og rati Clo
e
s
M odC rien nity s t Sty
h
n
g
e
K c d
ac
ot n U sh th
in rift g lu o
M pe u item nd
y
Cl stro ne. of fa ear
us t th reg o a e M
l
d
ex mm on rs a
l
b
w
o
t
o e
a s a n G in ak
si
co te ne
M th ery ion at
st
of wer ev upt n th
ju ding Susa ing to m
vo esig
s
t

e
ft d
d o to r
d
isn fin s, ri e
ea p le or m
is for find at th ecid
hr em ssib he c f wo
t
o
Th on ge ck y d
ng t ce e t s o
si nta na the
ni sion t ac pos live
n
i
k
i
i
i
v er on
eg e v ke ex the
h ell
e b ativ ma es to ve
h
M
e t re nd tri pro
nc s c a it
Si any stry ies d im
p du an an
in mp ten
co igh
br

Event Ad

Description:
Created to show skills just using Word/Pages and
scanning. This is an event ad for the women in a
neighborhood, a meet and greet.
Programs:
Pages.
Date:
May 16, 2015
Course & Instructor:
COMM 130, Section 7; Joel Judkins.
Objectives:
Show that designing can be done in other
programs than Adobe and that it can look good
and show design principles.
Process:
First I scanned the center image and messed
around with ideas and shapes. I created the
Curvature of the title by hand. It was pretty much
just trial and error and a structure of what I wanted
the end result to look like. Using the same color
scheme of the photo it created cohesion. There is
a clear order of appearance and its easy to read,
not from a long distance though.

&
G
r
t
e
e
et
e

e
i
d

Get to know your neighbors. Food provided.

July 23rd 4pm 6pm West Butterfly Park

Hosted by Lamplight Manor
your neighborhood community watch

Please bring your favorite treat to share with everyone.

If you have any questions, contact us a (702)867-5309.

Resume

Description:
It is a universal truth that in order to get a job, you
need a resume. Just kidding, but resumes are
imporant. Not every employer needs to see a
resume, but its helpful and always smart to have
one.
Programs:
Illustrator and InDesign.
Date:
July 14, 2015
Course & Instructor:
COMM 130, Section 7; Joel Judkins.
Objectives:
Ive always had bland, unorignal resumes, and it
always bugs me. So, I thought itd be a good idea
to create a resume that Id actually want to show
and one that reflects want I want to do with the rest
of my career.
Process:
I looked for inspiration and found a layout similar
to this. I was immediatly drawn to it so I decided
thats what Id get inspired from. I created the icons
with Illustrator and the rest was done in InDesign.
It was fairly simple using these Adobe progams to
get the desired effect. Simple, lots of white space
and eye-catching.

JULIA
ELMER

FORMAL EDUCATION
2014 graduated from Las Vegas Academy of the
Arts with Advanced Diploma
2014 began schooling at Brigham Young
University-Idaho in the Communications
Department, majoring in Visual
Communications

SKILLS LEARNED

CONTACT INFO

Adobe Illustrator

Using Excel

Adobe InDesign

PowerPoint

Photoshop

Proof-Reading

Wordpress

Organizational Skills

702 469 7803

jielmer95@gmail.com
7913 Orchard Port St.
Las Vegas, NV 89131
https://lifeinpatches.wordpress.com

JOB EXPERIENCE
2009-present In-home Childcare Provider
2011-2012 Housemaid
2014 Clothing Production Helper at Deseret
Industries

2015 Seasonal Helper at Ellsworth & Stout CPA

Montage

Description:
Montage depicting a deep, dark but inspiring
message.
Programs:
Photoshop.
Date:
May 29, 2015
Course & Instructor:
COMM 130, Section 7; Joel Judkins.
Objectives:
To show skills in Photoshop with blending to
create a montage.
Process:
Inspiration was the first thing I did, look for a sort
of quote, and as soon as I saw, the only person
stopping you is you a picture of silhouette
popped into my head. Even though a lot of my
designs show off a quirky, cute personality, I really
wanted this montage to be deep. After finding
two images that displayed the message I wanted
to portray, I took them into Photoshop and
blended them together and added the phrase.

Logo

Description:
The Pi Shoppe is a business dedicated to the
Consumption of pie. The idea for this business
came to me in high school, when I first started
making pie as a hobby.
Programs:
Illustrator.
Date:
June 6, 2015
Course & Instructor:
COMM 130, Section 7; Joel Judkins.
Objectives:
To show ability in creating simple, unique and
meaningful logos.
Process:
I created countless logos in Illustrator before I
came up with this particular design. I just messed
around how to incorporate pie and the pi symbol.
The reason for that is because on the pies I bake I
cut the vent hole into the pi symbol, so I used that
as inspiration.

the

the

pe
p
o
h
S
Pi

pe
p
o
h
S
Pi

the

pe
p
o
h
S
Pi

Web Page
Description:
In order to show off designs and information, its
good to know HTML and CSS. This web page
highlights The Pi Shoppe logo.
Programs:
Text-Wrangler, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
Date:
June 27, 2015
Course & Instructor:
COMM 130, Section 7; Joel Judkins.
Objectives:
Learn how to set up web pages using HTML and
coding.
Process:
After writing and organizing the body paragraphs,
I created the title, which incorporates the logo in
Illustrator. After using CSS to customize the page
I took photographs of a pie I made, Razzleberry,
touched them up a bit in Photoshop and created
another web page that was linked to the other.
This took a lot of trial and error and fixing little
adjustments.

Business Card

Description:
The Pi Shoppe, for this specific project on
stationery, needed a business card.
Programs:
InDesign and Illustrator.
Date:
June 14, 2015
Course & Instructor:
COMM 130, Section 7; Joel Judkins.

Objectives:
Show skill in creating a unique and interesting
business card.
Process:
Originally this wasnt a landscape business card,
but portrait. I first created the icons used on the
back side of the card in Illustrator and designed a
layout in InDesign. I decided that the edge of the
business card could follow the same curvature of
the edge of the logo and entered in information
and made
typography choices.

Letterhead

Description:
The Pi Shoppe is a small bakery dedicated to pies.
I was instructed to design stationery for one of the
logos we had created, that is the purpose of this
letterhead.
Programs:
InDesign and Illustrator.
Date:
June 14, 2015
Course & Instructor:
COMM 130, Section 7; Joel Judkins.

Objectives:
In order to show my ability in stationery, I created a
simple, monochromatic front page letterhead.
Process:
First I edited the logo a bit so I could have a
different version for the watermark and the top
piece. Then I messed around with a first options
and decided to go with a bold border look instead
and align the address and information with the
logo.

Flier

Description:
Flier created for a graduate leadership conference.
Sharing important information.
Programs:
InDesign.
Date:
May 8, 2015
Course & Instructor:
COMM 130, Section 7; Joel Judkins.
Objectives:
Using information, logo, and photographs given
to you, create a flier to inform the audience.
Process:
After sketching a few ideas, and trying to
incorporate them in InDesign. I decided to create
a bold hierarchy and put the most important
information in the center. In order to keep it
organized I put the photograph on the top and
the rest of the information on the bottom where
the logo was placed.

Graduate

Leadership Conference
Oct. 21 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Lincoln Conference Center

Do you want to have the competitive edge in business?

Come learn how at Vouant Communications annual Graduate
Leadership Conference.
Vouant Communications is devoted to helping tomorrows
leaders gain essential leadership skills in the workplace.
During this dynamic three-day seminar, attendees will meet
with top executives of Vouant Communications to discuss
breakthrough leadership techniques, while cultivating
attributes of leadership that will market to any employer.
Conference is available to graduating seniors. Space is limited.

Registration and more information available at: http://www.vouantcomm.com/leaders

Photo Design
Description:
To show off the photography I have taken I
created an ad for the Las Vegas Botanical Garden.
Programs:
Photoshop and InDesign.
Date:
May 21, 2015
Course & Instructor:
COMM 130, Section 7; Joel Judkins.
Objectives:
Learn helpful Photoshop skills to create ad.
Process:
After taking photographs I came up with this idea
to create an ad for a spring time event. After
putting the images into shapes and arranging
both the images and text I changed the color
scheme and rearranged a few things. This was a
valuable project because I learned a lot about
photography and organizing.