What I've Learned

I've leaned this semester in this class, that it helped I took a later class in the day so it wasnt so early in the morning. I also learned to complete all the work in advance

Final Project

The images were each set in duotone.

Each of the images in the project were taken by me.

microsoft tag

A Microsoft Tag is a way to drawl people into the product. The tag creates a way for people interact with your brand and to view material straight from their phones.

When you type your URL or text and fill in the blanks on the Microsoft Tag generater online it will create a way for people to interact and scan it on their mobile devices. The tag generates by having a white border so it is readable and

Use a Microsoft Tag so you can track who goes to your website. Also Microsoft Tags allow you to create start and end dates for promotional or seasonal purposes. They are vector so you can scale to as large as you want.

This is an example of my custom tag I made:

Billboard and Magazine ad

I made a magazine ad based on the ad specifications that would be in the magazine called Imbibe. The ad specifications for this magazine is as follows:

Trim Size	7 7/8" x 10 1/2"
Bleed Allowance	1/8" (.125")
Safety Margin	3/16" (.1875")

Full Page

with a bleed

8 1/8 x 10 3/4

Thumbnails:

Rough:

Traget Audience: Beer lovers and collectors

Call to Action: To visit the website to order and look at selections of beer steins

This is my magazine publication ad it's specifications are as follows:

Trim size: 7.875" x 10.5"

Bleed: .125"

Margin: .1875"

Before Editing:

Final outcome for magazine:

Final outcome for billboard:

Newspaper ad

This project was a newspaper ad for the collegio newspaper. I first had to figure out what  size the collegio's column inches were.

According to the collegio newspaper the column widths are:

1 = 1.83"

2 = 3.79"

3 = 5.75"

4 = 7.71"

6 = 11.63"

5 = 9.67"

Thumbnails:

Requirements for the project are as follows

    -       No bleeds 

    -       Minimum of .125 margins

    -       Black & White only (No color)

    -       Size according to your Budget: maximum $197

     -    Bitmap format

My specifications for the ad was:

5 col x 9" = 45    45 x $4 = $180

5 column inches = 9.67 inches

my final dimensions was 9.67" x 9"

My target audience is all the Pittstate Students and the community.

My call to action was to visit the website for more information and promotion through a coupon.

Direct Mail

Thumbnail and roughs of my direct mail piece:

Specifications for the direct mail piece:

• 4 color | 2 sides
• Trim size | 7x5 inches
• Bleed | .125 inches on all sides
• Margins | .25 inches
• Paper stock: 12 pt or 80# coated cover weight | White
• Quantity to print (for price quote only) 500 total (250 for each audience)

Target audience:
photojournalists at the college and writters at the college

Call to action:
Get the audience to walk-in to apply

The cost it will take to produce 250 of each postcard for the different target audiences will be $70.25 for each set of 250. With a total of 500 prints made the total cost with variable data included in cost will be $140.50 .

 

Copyright Statement. Images were downloaded from freepick.com and fromdesginers.com. 

Notepad Project

Thumbnail sketches of the notepad:

QR code I created and manipulated showing that the code will take you to this blog if you scan it.

The notepad project will be 5"x7" black and white. I will be printing off 50 sheets with a clipboard back.

What the notepad looks like thus far before on screen critiques 

This is how the notepad printed off