Ad Design Portfolio By Gabe Crain
Photoshop work Objec&ve: To create a nursery rhyme in a style not usually associated with it.
Solu&on: I chose to create the London Bridge is Falling Down nursery rhyme in a grunge style in Photoshop with the use of layers. I found a great background image and cut the bridge apart to give it the “falling down” effect. Also using opacity of different objects in the work.
Nursery rhyme
Magazine Re-Ad
Objec&ve: To duplicate a magazine adver&sement to show my mad skills.
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Re-Ad
Solu&on: I used Photoshop to re-‐create the peacock and turtle mix at the top, found the car in the ad, and used filler text at the boNom in an aNempt to make the two look the same.
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Objec&ve: To make a poster for The Pixels using Saul Bass’ minimalist techniques
Solu&on: I used his very common ver&go style and added a wrinkled texture to the poster for more effect.
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Objec&ve: To use the masking tool to make a mutant animal of at least 4 other animals.
Solu&on: I used the masking tool to create the chalionhorshark out of images of a chameleon, lion, horse, and shark
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Objec&ve: To make my face in Illustrator
Solu&on: I took an image of myself and put layers on top of it in order to make my face an illustra&on
Illustrator My face project
mixed media project Objec&ve: To make, using mixed media, a giR for my Granny. As you can see, I used John Wayne for my design because she is a huge fan of him.
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Solu&on: I designed this in illustrator by taking a picture of the Duke and doing a live trace of it, then I printed it on a t-‐shirt for my Grandmother’s Christmas giR.
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Objec&ve: To make a sea monster in illustrator by following step by step instruc&ons.
Solu&on: We used the gradient tool, shape tool, and others to create a sea monster.
PowerPoint work Objec&ve: To show what I did over the holiday break from school. Obviously, I saw a werewolf, went streaking, and witnessed an old man flying on an adult tricycle. True story.
Solu&on: I simply made photos black and white and accurately depicted what happened over my break.
Holiday memory project
Product pitch PowerPoint Objec&ve: To create the introduc&on slide to my group’s product pitch.
Solu&on: I used a starburst image to grab the viewer’s eye and put our company’s logo very large and in the center to show who was presen&ng.
Zombie walk project Objec&ve: To create a poster for the Zombie Walk fundraiser.
Solu&on: I downloaded a zombie-‐like font, found a creepy background, and added some zombies approaching.
The End Gabe Crain