Christmas Eve Sunset - Final Exam

Here is my final exam. I used the snowflake tutorial to create a snowflake pattern then used the symbol sprayer to create more of a falling snow effect. I've also included the portion of the snowflake that was used to make the snowflake pattern. I also used the Christmas tree tutorial to create the tree in the foreground. My quote was made using the type on path tool and the pen tool to make the wind lines. Most elements were made using the pen tool and several use gradients as well. The sunset background was made using a rectangle and a gradient. Merry Christmas!

Crunchy Chicken Logo and Pattern

Here's my logo and pattern from my company: Crunchy Chicken. We make really crunchy chicken.
The logo is made from a chicken on several colored circles. The colors were chosen to indicate warmth and tastiness. The pattern is made from the word "crunchy" and a chicken, thereby making Crunchy Chicken.

Floral Pattern

 

This is my pattern. I used the pattern design provided by Mrs. Klein and then rotated it to create a pattern swatch. Then I applied it to a rectangle, scaled it, and rotated it.

Business Card

 

Here's the business card for my company, Penguin Design Company. The top picture is the front and the bottom picture is the back. I used a linear gradient for the background and the pen tool to make an iceberg. There are also some traced penguins on the iceberg :)

CATE Logo

Here's my CATE logo. I used traced keyboard keys and then outlined text to put on the keys. There are several ovals with Gaussian blurs to provide some shine and some shadow.

Personal Logo

Here's my logo. The company name really has no interesting story or anything... I like penguins :) I stuck with a simple black and white design and used a traced penguin for the I.

Personal Expression

Here's my personal expressions picture. There are stars and rectangles in the background, the stars signifying the apparent randomness of my personality, and the squares signifying that even though I have a random lifestyle, I don't change much, providing a bit of rigidity to my life. The gradient also changes from the top right corner to the bottom right, representing my change over time. Purple and blue are two of my favorite colors, so I decided to use them as my main color scheme, and also, they are cool colors, which fits my laid back personality. The opacity of a specific word represents the importance of that trait in my life. For example, "artist", is more opaque than "nerd", showing it's lesser significance. There are also several elements of design in my expression. The traced picture of me looking awesome provides a vertical line, which draws the eye to the word "awesome" which is one of the main focuses of the picture. The bold words in the impact font also draw the eye further down the page to "Camille", which takes you back to the picture of me and then back up to the top. I threw in a couple of small drawings such as the light bulb over "intelligent" and the music note at the top for added emphasis on those words. Certain words are also kerned to fit their meaning, like "reserved". It is kerned very tightly. This was overall pretty fun to make! And if you missed it, the word "sneaky..." is right above "astronomer" :)