Event Posters

For this project, we had to chose 3 annual Winnipeg events and create posters for them. The first one I did was Fringe Fest. This one was really easy, because Fringe Fest is very unique. So there is pretty much no guidelines for what you can do with the poster. It could really be anything. I chose a picture of one of last years performers, and used the Fringe Fest logo. I also wanted to highlight the Kid's Fringe, because it's a great free way to spend time with your family. The second one I did was The New Music Festival. The theme for this year is earth. So I wanted to find a picture that related to it. Once I got the picture in, I started getting colours that would go well with it. I used lower case on the title, so that I could use upper case on all the other type, to make it look more noticeable. After it was all done, I added in some squiggly green lines, to give it that extra something. The last poster I did was Thin Air. I wanted to put books into this poster somehow because it is a writers festival. So I made a row of books like they are stacked on a shelf. I also wrote the the 100 reasons for the Thin Air festival ending with "awaits for arrival" and the date of the festival. I used a light background to bring it all together. I mostly used InDesign for all of these, but also used Photoshop for some of the pictures.

Team Blais T-Shirt

For this project, we had to design a shirt for a team. The theme was "Sparta". On the front he wanted to have the Rome style arena, so I used the coliseum. One the back, he wanted to have a sparta either praying, or standing and holding a helmet. I chose to do him praying. I did most of the designs using Illustrator, and then put my designs on shirts using Photoshop.

KEC Logo

Next, our teacher wanted us to design a new logo for our school. I started thinking about this, and looking at other school logos, and found out that most schools like to put their mascot in their logo. So I drew a reiver (which is a man on a horse who fights in the 1800s) and I used his weapon to incorporate the type. I made the end of his weapon longer, and added 'KEC' above it. And then below it 'REIVERS' fit in perfectly. I also added a vertical line going along the 'K' to make it all come together nicely. I made this using Illustrator.

ASCD Logo

This was our first of many logo projects this year. A company called ASCD wanted a new logo. They asked our teacher if she could get her students to make a new one. They wanted the same font for the letters 'ASCD' and they also wanted the word 'Manitoba' put on their logo. ASCD is a company that makes curriculums for schools and other things. So my first thought was to put a book or binder into the logo. By putting the book into the logo, it symbolizes that ASCD is all about learning, but it also symbolizes that there are lots of opportunities to be opened with ASCD. I made this logo using Illustrator. 

Bud Spud and Steak

For this project, we were asked to design a ticket for the KEC Football team's Bud Spud and Steak fundraiser. They gave us all the information we needed to put on it, and told us to come up with whatever we could think of. I wanted to make my ticket look fun, but also have a football look. I used big, bold fonts and made the word 'STEAK' stick out a lot. I also made the '&' symbol coming off the bottom half so the ticket had more depth to it. I put on a picture of a guy playing football to bring it all together. I made this using Illustrator.

Information Handbook

For our first project of Grade 12, we have to design a new look for next years KEC Student Handbook. It took me a while to think of what I wanted to do. I had lots of ideas, but I didn't really like any of them. One day, when I was looking at clothes, I saw an argyle sweater and got an idea. I made the background argyle and added in some smaller argyle patterns in the corners to bring it all together. In one middle diamond I put a picture of a statue in front of our school, that all the grad kids sign. Then I added some text, and picked colours that would blend nicely. I did this using InDesign and Photoshop.

Kite

This was my favorite project. I told my teacher I wanted to do something outside, so we could enjoy the warm weather. She came up with this. We made kites! We had to follow instructions, making a kite out of paper, and then draw a picture on our kite. I choose to draw an evil octopus. After we drew the picture, we had to get dowels and set tape the on to the back to make our kite more kite-like. Then we had to attach tails. After we finished making our kites, we took them outside to see if they could fly! Mine did!