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Mercy Corps Phoenix Fund Donor Trip Book Challenge: 8.5x11 published book InDesign | Photoshop
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A 32 page book documenting the trip to India and Nepal taken by Mercy Corps Phoenix Fund and its donors.
Solution: To be used as a commemorative book for trip participants, as well as a promotional piece for the Phoenix Fund. A systematic use of grids and color blocks for a cohesive feeling. Balancing beautiful photography with information while following Mercy Corps visual identity guidelines.
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OUTSMART YOURSELF
.Come to the Learning Assistance Center as soon as you have trouble, don't wait until the last minute. .We offer free tutoring in a variety of academic subjects to registered MHCC students. .We are in the AC3300 area, located on the 3rd floor directly above the library. .For specific directions, call the Learning Assistance Center at 503.491.7108 .Qualified tutors are available at scheduled hours and by appointment.
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Learning Assistance Center
Learning Assistance Center
logo, stat pack, bookmark, appointment slip Illustrator
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26000 SE Stark Street Gresham, OR 97030
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Challenge: New branding of a college tutoring center that serves students of all ages. Client wanted emphasize people, one-on-one and growth.
Solution: The stair stepping “i” represents the growth and change of an individual. The muted color combination and clean, sans serif type appeals all disciplines.
12 month Calendar 4.6in x 5.3in two sided Illustrator | InDesign
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Challenge: Feature the monthly nature writings of Dr. Wally Shriner and package to fit inside a CD case.
Solution: Organic linoleum block prints add visual interest and contrast from front to back. The two-sided format allows the calendar and writings to be showcased separately.
Garden of Eden
A NEW TWIST ON BORDERS AND BEDS
rnamental grasses come in a wide range of heights, so there’s a perfect choice for any spot from the front edge to the very back of the border. Another obvious consideration for garden design is color, and here you can use grasses to your advantage in several ways. If you need a dependable, even-toned foil behind more airy flowering plants, dense clumps of green-leaved grasses make a handsome backdrop for pale or wispy blooms, such as airy BEYOND BEAUTY white gaura (Gaura lindArtistic considerations heimeri), pale yellow aside, there are also excellent scabious (Scabiosa ochroleuca), practical reasons to consider and steeladding ornamental grasses to your blue globe borders.jWarm-season grasses wait thistles until the weather starts heating up to (Echinops put on most of their growth, so they’re ritro), ideal for filling spaces left when spring bulbs
and early-flowering perennials go dormant in early to midsummer. jSturdy grasses can help minimize staking chores because they’ll mingle with and support weaker-stemmed partners in a way that’s as alluring as it is labor-saving.j Grasses are perfect companions for covering the “bare ankles”
which can easily get lost against a less distinct background. Green grasses also work well for separating strong colors and boldly patterned blooms, such as the intense red heads of Maltese cross (Lychnis chalcedonica) and the bull’s-eye stripes of blanket flower (Gaillardia x grandiflora). Grass foliage makes its own color contribution to the border, and it’s hard not to be tempted by the surprising variety of foliage color choices, from yellow, red, and orange, to brown, blue, or even multihued. Gold, silver, copper, or bronze flower clusters and seed heads, when caught by light, cast an almost metallic sheen over the entire garden setting. Beyond color, grasses have other assets to offer beds and borders — most notably, form and texture. A fair number of traditional border denizens possess distinct upright or mounded forms, making the arching habits of many grasses a welcome transition between the two. When you consider the dramatic contrast of fine textured grasses against the bold foliage of hostas, heucheras, and cannas it’s easy to see that possibilities for outstanding combinations abound.
Organic Gardener Magazine 11in x 17in two page spread InDesign | Photoshop
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MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE
When choosing grasses for beds and borders, keep in mind their relative tendencies to creep or self-sow. There are some truly beautiful creeping grasses, but unless you’re prepared to contain them at planting time, you may rue the day you ever let them loose in your border. TO SPREAD OR TO CLUMP
Clump-formers and slow spreaders are less likely to crowd out bed and border companions, but some multiply almost as rapidly because they are overly generous with their seed production, leaving you with a dilemma: do you cut off the seed heads in fall and lose their winter show, or let them stand and deal with weeding out the unwanted seedlings the following year? In mature beds and borders, you can probably get away with the latter approach because there’s
ORNAMENTALS ARE KEY
A subtler benefit comes from a less tangible quality of most grasses. It may be the best of all the contributions grasses make to a bed or border: they
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add a softer, more natural feel to even the most precisely planned plantings, evoking the free-for-all charm of a flower-studded meadow while maintaining the tidiness and balance of a carefully cultivated border. As they mature, ornamental grasses provide exciting changes throughout the summer months just when most borders shine, but they’re interesting at unexpected times, too. The fall foliage colors of warm-season grasses, for instance, can rival some of the showiest deciduous shrubs and trees. Their winter colors are more muted, but the russets, golds, and tans are still welcome, as are the persistent seed heads that transform snow and ice into ever-changing winter sculptures. Cool-season grasses, too, shine during the colder months, bridging the gap between the last of the fall flowering perennials and the earliest spring bulbs.
Organic Gardner
April 2008
Challenge: A feature article for a Northwest Gardening magazine.
April 2008
Organic Gardner
not much bare soil for the seeds to drop into, and adding a fresh layer of mulch each spring can keep volunteers to a minimum. But in a newer landscape with lots of exposed soil, the seed heads in fall might be a better option. CONSIDER GROWING CONDITIONS
Most ornamental grasses adapt readily to the same growing conditions that typical border plants appreciate: full sun to light shade, and well-drained soil that doesn’t dry out completely. Nutrient needs, however, differ. While traditional wisdom calls for frequent applications of fertilizer to keep border perennials blooming, overly fertile soil can lead to too-lush, floppy growth in grasses. For new gardens, rather than enriching the soil in the whole bed before planting, one way to address the problem is to add soil amendments to the individual holes where you plant perennials but no fertilizer where you plant grasses. During the subsequent growing seasons, you might consider using a compost mulch in spring, with fewer or lighter feedings in summer, or no additional fertilizer at all. Of course, you could also fertilize the perennials as usual and simply stake your grasses, or shear them back in early CORALLING summer to proCREEPING GRASSES mote more compact Gardener’s garters (Phalaris regrowth; it all dearundinacea ‘Picta’) and bluegreen pends on how Lyme grass (Leymus arenaflus) are much work undeniably enticing when controlled you want to do.
at the nursery. But bring these beauties home and release them in your borders, and you’ll be sorry! The adage is all too true: “The first year, they sleep; the second year, they creep; and the third year, they leap.” To enjoy these spreaders without worry, plant them in pots or bottomless buckets, then sink the containers almost to their rim in your bed or border. Leave about 1 inch of pot rim above the soil surface to help discourage the runners from climbing over the top.
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Solution: Generous white space for a light, airy feeling. The rounded corner shapes and circular pictures play off the idea of curvy flower borders, causing the text flow into shapes that mimic garden paths and beds.
Sustain Iced Green Tea logo and packaging Photoshop | Illustrator
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Challenge: Beverage company wanted to expand into the bottled iced tea market targeting health and environmentally conscious people.
Solution: Complete execution of sustainable concept including use of recycled paper, soy inks and reusable packaging. Simple logo with branching tea leaf to symbolize health and nourishing growth.
Sustain Iced Green Tea
Three ad series promoting the unique ways to reuse the tea packaging. Photoshop | Illustrator
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Sharon Nelson 1515 SW Burnside Portland OR 97022 503.255.6775 www.sustain.com
Sharon Nelson
1515 SW Burnside Portland OR 97022 503.255.6775 www.sustain.com
Sharon Nelson 1515 SW Burnside Portland OR 97022
Sustain Iced Green Tea
Clean and minimal stationary pack supports the product line. Illustrator
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30 second Kinetic Type Video 4in x 5in Flash
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Challenge: Take the words from “Crazy Love� by Van Morrison and animate them to the music using Flash.
Solution: Simple white on black color palette, beautiful Caslon typography and touches of red bring his words and music to life.
Fabric Alphabet Book
4in x 5 in 26 page hand bound book InDesign | Photoshop
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Challenge: Showcase the 26 letters of the alphabet using found objects.
Solution: Scanned different swatches of fabric and knocked out each letter from a transparent band so that the fabric’s unique texture and pattern is the focal point.
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Architectural Design Contest Poster 11in x 17in two-sided, folded poster InDesign | Photoshop
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Challenge: Inspire participants to enter designs for vacant lots or existing buildings, while preserving the historic heritage of the area.
Solution: A collage of closely cropped images of architectural details from buildings in the contest area combined with a traditional, serif font capture the historic feeling of the area.
Sara Granberg 41036 SE Gordon Creek Road Corbett, Oregon 97019 503.695.6482 503.860.9630 sara@saragdesign.com
OBJECTIVE An entry level Graphic Design position EXPERIENCE Prepare design solutions with a strong regard for market audience Design multiple page documents using typography and style sheets Create tasteful, animated internet banners in Flash Juggle multiple projects in a timely and cost effective manner Conceptualize a product from start to finish Scan, manipulate and combine images using Photoshop Work in a team to produce an integrated media presentation SOFTWARE Adobe Creative Suite 3: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Acrobat, Flash, Dreamweaver, TypeTool 2, iMovie, GarageBand QuickTime, Microsoft Office Suite on both Mac and PC platforms EDUCATION Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, Oregon Associate of Applied Science degree in Graphic Design June 2008 The Art Institute of Portland, September 2000 to September 2001 Full time Graphic Design major
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EMPLOYMENT Graphic Artist Intern Parametrix Portland, Oregon April 2008 to Present Work closely with Senior Graphic Artist and in-house clients to create a wide range of informational designs. Graphic Design Intern PDX Magazine Portland, Oregon January 2008 to March 2008 Duties include page layout and picture modifications. Assistant Manager Naturalizer Troutdale, Oregon May 1998 to September 2005 Responsible for cash handling, opening and closing of the store, payroll, and training new employees. Gained a great deal of customer service experience and learned how to handle challenging situations.