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The Final Products of GRO Banners

alice — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:59:49 +0000

Last week, I was asked to make vertical banners for the GRO booth at DeafNation Expo in Las Vegas and the GRO director sent me the pictures:

Those banners in the final products look amazing! Also, the products will be useful for GRO’s needs in the future.

GRO’s Vision Banner

alice — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:38:08 +0000

I was asked to make the brief mission statement of Global Reach Out Initiative banner, so the GRO can run the banner on their website:

This banner can be found in the slideshow feature at Global Reach Out Initiative Website:

The final product of the banner for GRO Booth:

Tools: Illustrator | Photoshop

GRO’s Banners

alice — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:44:22 +0000

Global Reach Out asked me to produce new banners to publicize their upcoming workshop and announcements for their website and newsletter.

The workshop presentation was arranged by a staff, Lizzie Sorkin hosts a commission presentation at 50th Biennial National Association of the Deaf Conference in Philadelphia, PA. The staff inspired me to use a picture of her because of her cheerful personality. I made a simple talking balloon on the banner:

However the staff felt uncomfortable with her face on the banner and asked me to re-design the banner. Then I was contemplating the banner for a short time. The word ‘Philadelphia’ straightaway made me imagine the Liberty Bell. I put the Liberty Bell image under the opacity yellow-orange and I made a part of U.S.A. map to show where is Philadelphia. I added two logos of NAD and GRO on the banner:

GRO will set their own booth at DeafNation World Deaf Expo 2010 in Las Vegas. I adjusted to warm and diminish contrast in the image that shows feelings of nostalgia. I chose a font style to fit “Las Vegas” and I used gradient and effects on the font type:

GRO needs a new permanent banner to promote their brief mission statement:

Tools: Illustrator | Photoshop

Silent Voice Mock-Up Logo

alice — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:00:03 +0000

The American Sign Language (ASL) sign of “I Love You”:

The Joyful Kid icon:

More details…

Tools: Illustrator

Silent Voice Mock-Up Logo

alice — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:50:25 +0000

With my leisure time, I wanted to try and give the Silent Voice’s logo a makeover.

The original logo reminded me of hypnosis.

I brainstormed with sketches:

I decided to choose the American Sign Language (ASL) sign of “I Love You” blending with the “V” in “voice.” I turned the sketch of the hand signed “I Love You” into a graphic in Illustrator. Here is the result:

I asked friends for their opinion about the first design. They mentioned that the “I Love You” sign language looks like a joyful kid. I didn’t realize that part and contemplated the “I Love You” icon. I re-adjusted the icon to the outline image of the joyful kid.

I have a hard time to pick which one I really like… How about you? Why?

a book mock-up of…

alice — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:30:02 +0000

…Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass!

I want to thank my brother, Tessar for teaching me how to distort the image on the mock-up book. You can check out Tessar’s book mock-up.

Kenya 2010 Banner

alice — Mon, 17 May 2010 23:10:05 +0000

I was requested to make an announcement banner about GRO’s delegation, Kenya 2010 for their website.

I experimented to use letterpress effects on jumpers and a shape of Africa but the first one is chosen.

GRO Website displays the banner in the slideshow feature on the front page.

Tools: Illustrator | Photoshop

GRO Open House Poster

alice — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:57:13 +0000

Global Reach Out Initiative (GRO) asked me to make a poster for their open house last month in Washington D.C. I designed this simple poster to emphasize information and graphics.

The final product for GRO Booth:

Tools: Illustrator

OAD mock-up logo

alice — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:37:43 +0000

The old logo of Ontario Association of the Deaf (OAD) was a bit dated when I visited OAD website. I rolled my sleeves to renovate and turned it into…

and the maple leaf outline with drop shadow effects.

More details…

Tools: Illustrator | Photoshop

alice’s adventures in wonderland

alice — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:33:44 +0000

I read a classic story, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass” in the past months and it inspired to make mock-up book covers for this book. You can check out my working process.

Tools: Illustrator | Photoshop