The following are a few specialty projects that I have designed. These were projects that involved unique equipment that is not a staple for every graphics lab. I am happy I was able to get the experience of learning these technologies. In order to create these, I used Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. The programs used for each project are stated in parentheses.
My high school had a UV–flatbed printer in the graphics lab. I designed this for canvas squares, shown is one part of the full design. When placed altogether, it creates a full sunflower. The light blue color on the image was printed using clear particles. It gave the flower an embossed look. (Photoshop, Illustrator)
My high school had an embroidery machine in the graphics lab. I first created the design on the computer then transferred it into a stitching software, that was then communicated to the embroidery machine itself. The lettering was getting stitched onto a grey baseball hat. While on the machine, I was able to choose the different colors for the lettering. (Photoshop)
This was created for ITEC 251: Print Media Systems. The purpose was to design a 3x3x1 box for any given product. I chose to design mine based off an exhibit from Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA. All the images were taken and edited by me. This project was printed using a wide format printer, then cut using a plotter table. (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
I was introduced to infrared photography in ITEC 351: Digital Imaging. In order to produce this infrared image, I had to use a special camera that had an infrared lens. This image was taken of a farm in Lancaster, PA. The final image was edited by removing the color data to leave the black and white values. These were also manipulated to provide more contrast between tones. (Photoshop)