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My name is Adrian Gonzalez I am a recent graduate from California State University, Dominguez Hills and earned a Bachelor of Ar t s in Ar t, concentration in Graphic Design with a Minor in Motion Graphics. I originally majored in art education but once he transferred out from Long Beach City College I realized that I wanted to pursue a bachelor’s degree in graphic design instead. I enjoy the aspect of visual communication through the use of type, space, and image.
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Selected as 1 of 12 students for the 2015 Communication Arts Annual Student Showcase
Five of my designs were published in Communication Arts March/Aprill 2015 issue. The work that was published consisted of posters and photography.
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Renew Dry Eye kit is intended for people who suffer from chronic dry eye disease.
Packaging design for a class project consisting of a kit designed for people who suffer from chronic dry eye disease. The color palette for this kit is a selection of cool colors that provide a sort of relief. The Renew dry eye kit consist of lubricant eye drops, allergy eye drops, omega-3 supplements, night ointment, uv sunglasses, and a warm eye compress. The also has a infographic to give the give the user a better understanding of the causes, preventions and treatments of dry eye syndrome. The kit was designed to be able to carried and taken anywhere inside it’s custom designed carry bag.
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Postcard design was for the 2015 annual senior exhibition at Cal State University Dominguez Hills.
Postcard design for a 2015 exhibition. The dimensions of the postcard are 4x6 in and color palette is blue, pink, burgundy and orange. The front of the postcard was designed by taking the title of the exhibition and re-creating it in a conceptual design. The back of the postcard has a unique design consisting of the information for the exhibition. 3000 copies were distributed throughout the community. This project was intended for the anyone who is interested in arts or in the art and design program at CSUDH.
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Custom book cover design for the Life of Pi novel.
Conceptual book cover design for a wellknown novel. The cover design was accomplish by only using photography. The color palette for this project is blue and yellow. The color palette was chosen to create high contrast. This book cover design was intended for people enjoy reading and are intrigue by unque book covers.
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Series of theatre posters from plays that occurred in the mid 1900’s.
Poster series consisting of three different plays that were popular during the mid 1900’s. Each poster design was approach in a conceptual way and making it more attractive today’s viewers. The series color palette are blue, red, and yellow. Each image in the posters photographs that were taken to create a dramatic poster. This poster series is inteded to advertise current plays.
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Variety of logo designs for clients, projects, and companies.
Several logo designs for different organizations. Each logo was designed to specifically represent the organization it was designed for. The color palette used for each logo is based on the choice of the organization.
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Green Vets / A logo design for a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California
Art and Design Department / A logo design for the Art and Design Department at CSUDH
Loker Student Union / A logo design for a campus competition in Carson, California
Carrillo Strategies / A logo design for a client in Los Angeles, California
Renew dry eyekit / A logo design for a school project used for packaging design
Youth Design Club / A logo design for the Boy and Girls Club of Carson, California
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Logo design selected as the new logo for the Loker Student Union at CSUDH and will also be used for the rebranding of the building.
Logo design for the Loker Student Union. The color palette used for the logo design are the same colors that are use to represent CSUDH. The basic mock-up stationary includes an envelope, business card, t-shirt, notebook, pencils and a interactive app. The stationary was created to show how the logo would appear in different items.
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2015 spring calendar of events for Toro Productions at Cal State University Dominguez Hills.
Calendar design for Toro Productions includes information about upcoming events in campus. Each month has a consist of a different illustration that pertains to the specific month. The illustrations were created by altering text and making sure there is some sort of hierarchy between the words displayed in each illustration. The color palette for this project consist of black and khaki. This calendar design was intended for current and incoming students who are interested in participate in campus activities.
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Magazine including studetnts design work from Carson High School.
Magazine including high school student’s design work. There are six participants that had their work included inside the magazine. Each student was able to established their own identity by attending a series of design workshops. The outcome of the workshop was a magazine that was used to expose how design need taught in high schools. The magazine was printed and distributed to the community in hope to bring more exposer to graphic design.
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Variety of poster designs for a numerous of campus events.
Poster designs that were produce while working as a graphic designer at Loker Student Union. Each poster was designed for a specific event in campus or outside of campus. The advertisement poster design were inspired by online posters. The photography seen in the posters are not my own photography they are images provided by google images. I was only able to design the placement of the images and text.
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Photography series for the Don Quixote photo exhibition at Cal State University Dominguez Hills.
Second place winner of the Don Quixote exhibition at CSUDH. The exhibition includes aspects of the world famous Don Quixote novel. The image on the left pertains to manipulation the top middle image pertains to gender . The middle center image pertains to violence, the bottom center image pertains to madness. The image on the right pertains to race. Each image was taken by using daylight and using a white construction paper as the background. The images are a conceptual approach to the novel.
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Stop go animation for a class project.
Screen shots of stop go animation that was made for a motion graphics course. The animation was made by taking over 900 photos. the scenes in the animation are all unique and do not repeat, There are four different color backdrops which were created by using different color construction paper. The letters are 3D cardboard letters. The letters were painted different colors to appear different throughout the animation. ,
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