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MICHALA WAWRO

Contact
Michala Wawro
3812 La Mancha Ln
Denton, TX 76205
940.765.4576
michalawawro@me.com
michalawawro.wordpress.com

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Table of Contents
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Photodesign

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Logo

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Brochure

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Stationery and
Buisness Card

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Flier

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Montage

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Event Ad

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Websites

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Photodesign
JOEL JUDKINS
COMMUNICATIONS 130 SECTION 06
MAY 21, 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Shoot and edit a photo and incorporate it into a design.
PROCESS:
I knew I wanted to do something with cookies. Originally I took the shoot of making cookies but I did not like the way the photos turned out. I then went to my
aunts house and took photos of my little cousin eating the cookies. I found a few
cookie quotes I really liked and finally settled on In the cookie of life friends are
the chocolate chips. I uploaded the image into Photoshop and I could not think
of how to start. I thought to push myself and decided to cut out part of the image.
I left out some of the bricks and drew in some green ones to make his eyes pop.
From there I inserted the text and kept moving it around.
PROGRAMS:
Photoshop
OBJECTIVES:
-Learn basic photography skills.
-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, then place on an 8.511 page layout.
-Use layers to design text, and repeating graphic elements in Photoshop.
-Print with full-bleed margins. Trim only 1/8 (0.125) from all four sides.

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Logo
JOEL JUDKINS
COMMUNICATIONS 130 SECTION 06
JUNE 4, 2016
DESCRIPTION:
A logo for the Dallas Zoo
PROCESS:
I started sketching some ideas in my notebook to get my brain going. I came
up with a few designs and submitted them for the draft. I realized that the color
green gives people more of a zoo theme. I went back into InDesign and tried to
simplify my design. I decided I wanted it to all connect together to keep it simple.
I drew in my notebook until I figured out what to do and then created it in InDesign.
PROGRAMS:
Adobe 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. (No Illustrator
pre-fabricated flares, symbols, etc.. No photos or live-tracing. You may use an
image or drawing as a guide to trace it with the pen/pencil, but delete the image
before submitting.)
-Refine one logo with variations for color

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Brochure
JOEL JUDKINS
COMMUNICATIONS 130 SECTION 06
JULY 9, 2016
DESCRIPTION:
A two sided folding brochure
PROCESS:
I started by coming up with my company, Classic Design Homes, and I new I
wanted to make my brochure look like a house in some way. I thought of a lot of
folds and then looked up if there was a way to fold a house in origami. I learned
the fold and started my design. I then got it critiqued and made the needed
changes.
PROGRAMS:
Adobe InDesign; Adobe 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 subheaders.
-Trim for a full bleed and print in duplex (two-sided) color.

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Stationery
JOEL JUDKINS
COMMUNICATIONS 130 SECTION 06
JUNE 11, 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Create a correlating stationery and business card
PROCESS:
I started by redesigning my logo in Illustrator. Once I complete that I started
sketching ideas in my notebook for the business cards. I took one of my ideas
and began to fiddle around with it in InDesign. Once I completed the business
cards I began working on the stationery. I correlated the stationary with the business cards.
PROGRAMS:
Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign
OBJECTIVES:
-Use the basic tools in Illustrator & InDesign.
-Create a new logo to fit a company or personal image. Do not imitate
existing logos or use previous designs. Dont use photos or live trace.
-Use the new logo to design consistent layouts for a business card and
letterhead. Photos are okay on business card and letterhead as additional design
elements. Letterhead should be 8.5 x 11, full-bleed optional, but trim only .125.
-Business card should be 3.5 x 2 and printed above center on a vertical page.
Apply typography rules, keeping small copy.
-Keep designs simple with light watermarks and drop shadows and plenty of
white space.
-Include contact information: name, address, phone, website, and email on each
piece. Use periods, bullets, or spaces in phone number; no
parentheses/ hyphens.

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Graduate

Leadership
Conference

Are you a new business graduate

unsure where to begin in the
work force?

Come to the Graduate Leadership

Conference to learn where to start.
Learn from successful
businessmen and executives
and network with others.

For more check out:

vouantcomm.com

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June 11th, 2016

Hinkley Building
11PM-3PM

Flier
JOEL JUDKINS
COMMUNICATIONS 130 SECTION 06
MAY 7, 2016

DESCRIPTION:
A flier for a Graduate Leadership Conference in black and white.
PROCESS:
I first created 4 sketches and then choose the best one. I used that design
and created in InDesign. I received critiques and feedback, and I altered it
for the better. I emphasized the word Leadership, and added more hexagons. I decreased the size of the photo and moved the logo and website to
the left corner.
PROGRAM:
Adobe InDesign
OBJECTIVE:
-Apply the design principles and use appropriate typography.
-Incorporate basic InDesign skills to improve basic flier layout.
-Retrieve image and logo from links on this page.
-Create a project folder with image, logo and InDesign document to keep
links in InDesign intact.

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Montage
JOEL JUDKINS
COMMUNICATIONS 130 SECTION 06
MAY 28, 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Multiple photos are blended together with an spiritual text.
PROCESS:
I looked through photos and really like this painting of christ reaching through
water. I got a photo of the sky and the photo of water and blended them together.
Then I added the painting in the bottom corner. Lastly, I arranged the text.

PROGRAM:
Adobe Photoshop
OBJECTIVE:
-Use the FOCUS design process with strong focal point and flow
-Unify a layout with a consistent theme and dominant spiritual message
-Learn to blend two or more images together gradually, using masks
-Demonstrate more advanced Photoshop skills for layout with
multiple elements
-Use a mask to apply a filter to one part of the image
-Apply typography principles (titles, quotes, events or scriptures,
your choice)
-Format type: Legibility; Small copy & Title with varying text size.
-Theme word(s)
-Select good quality images

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BE

THEIR

VOICE

The Burg 110 Viking Dr

Saturday, May 28
12PM-10PM

Karaoke is $5 per soloist and $7 per
duet. Come to perform, listen, and eat.

100% of karaoke earnings and 40% of all

earnings will go towards
Prevent Child Abuse America

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Event Ad
JOEL JUDKINS
COMMUNICATIONS 130 SECTION 06
MAY 14, 2016
DESCRIPTION:
A poster to raise money for Prevent Child Abuse America sponsored and located
at The Burg.
PROCESS:
I first drew some possible designs, then before deciding which design I looked at
images. I selected my photo then the design. I input the image into word and then
typed up the information about the event. I aligned the text and checked for plenty of white space.
PROGRAMS:
Microsoft Word
OBJECTIVE:
-Comprehend image sizing (how pixels and inches work together)
-Find, scan and import a high-quality image.
-Create a full-bleed design.
-Choose a color scheme and typeface(s) that work for your message
and audience.
-Learn to use only Word design features without using any Adobe programs,
including Photoshop.

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Website
JOEL JUDKINS
COMMUNICATIONS 130 SECTION 06
JUNE 25, 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Design a webpage that correlates with your logo.
PROCESS:
I started by sketching what I wanted it to look like. I then typed all the info I wanted into my html in TextWrangler. I created a stable html and then started creating
the css. With the css, I changed the colors, fonts, sizing, and columns. I used
w3.org to find all the cool codes for alterations. I added a hover to my picture
that send you to my WordPress.
PROGRAMS:
TextWrangler
OBJECTIVE:
-Size and optimize an original logo as a .png for a web page so the long side is
300 500 pixels.
-Write content to describe the process of creating your logo and how it appeals
to a target audience. (Minimum of 200 words. Include rationale for colors, appeal
to target audience, design skills, etc,)
-Acquire a working knowledge of HTML. (Include all required tags Doctype
(provided), html, head, title, meta charset (provided), body, h1, h2, p, ol or ul (with li
tags), img, br, and a link to blog)
-Acquire a working knowledge of CSS. (Customize the provided CSS provided to
format the HTML to complement the logo design. Change at least the following:
-The h1 text color & h1 background color, font colors for the paragraphs & list
items, the background color, font families and add at least one css comment.)
-Identify hex colors to match logo, using Photoshop color picker.
-Open the HTML page in a web browser and capture a quality screen shot with .5
inch margins for printing.

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