Our Wedding Invitation – 2018
One of the greatest benefits of being a graphic designer is getting to make things for people you love, like design your own wedding invitation! In brief, this is a love letter to my wife, Hannah. I started with her favorite color, green, picking a light tint to match both her whimsy and the delicate, refined nature of a wedding. I filled in the text with a script font and a thin san-serif for the content. Then, I drew 4 daisies, her favorite flower, on card stock and asked a friend of mine to photograph them. I then plopped those photos in Photoshop and added a gentle gradient map to match the green used everywhere else. The back is a straightforward photo from our engagement shoot, plus our names and the date, functioning as a great reminder to put on a fridge without overwhelming with info up front. Flowers drawn in graphite, edited with Photoshop, and full invitation put together in InDesign.
Knights Athletics Association Bifold – 2025
A bifold to stakeholders about the recreation of the Knights Athletics Association (KAA), the center of fundraising for MGA’s athletics programs. While the inside is mostly informational with a slight athletics flair, the front & back of the outside was the real challenge. We needed something unique to the KAA so it stood out, but still falling within the MGA brand and Knight motif. I ended up repurposing an unused report cover that focused on a brushed metal texture with purple highlights. We added in some black to closer match the athletics logo and it was quickly approved! Textures and text created in Adobe Photoshop; final bifold file created in Adobe Illustrator.
Duke Dollars Postcard – 2023
A postcard to MGA applicants who had not yet completed their Financial Aid paperwork. The idea for this came very quickly in the process, but the technical side took some time. I started with a scan of a US dollar bill, but then had to manipulate it in Photoshop quite a bit to properly fit the postcard’s size. Then it was a matter of finding a good dollar-esque font, matching the colors and style, and putting in as many 2023 easter eggs as I reasonably could. Designed in Adobe Photoshop.
Student Holiday Card 2019
A postcard sent to current MGA students during the holiday season of 2019. I started with this great stock photo of the wreath, but it took a fair bit of work in Photoshop to create this final look. I used a gradient map to make it monochrome while pushing the contrast a bit further and a 2nd gradient map with a mask to color the bulbs. I also recreated a large portion of the lower half, complete with re-painted shadows, to remove a bow that didn’t match the tone I wanted. Finally, the MGA flame logo was added with a blend mode to apply the background’s texture. Image made in Photoshop, final card made in InDesign.
No Fee November Postcard 2023
A postcard advertising No Fee November to prospective students in Fall of 2023. This was created to coincide with recent updates to Admissions collateral, mirroring the fonts, colors, and overall style. Background image made in Photoshop, other content made in Illustrator.
Unused President’s Holiday Card 2024
One of several possible designed created for the President’s Holiday Card sent to university stakeholders in 2024. While it wasn’t used, I’m still proud of the work I put into the design; planning the spaces for the ornaments and snowflakes and learning how to use Illustrator’s Smooth tool to clean up rough curves. I’m especially proud of the center snowflake composed of the MGA flame, though I created that several years prior for another holiday project. Created in Illustrator.
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A holiday card sent from the University to current students. I found this great stock photo of the snowglobe, then carefully edited out the previous contents and replaced it with MGA’s flame. It was a bit tricky getting the lighting right, but I like how it turned out. Image created in Photoshop, other copy placed with Illustrator.
Applied AI Postcard – 2025
The front design for a postcard advertising MGA’s Bachelor’s Degree in Applied AI, sent out to prospective students in 2025. I started with the centered “AI” in a circle, then outlined the text and altered the letter shapes to be more exciting; making that A’s crossbar a curve that leads to the circle inside the I. The colored lines represent what AI is best at: making sense and order of large, disparate sets of data. I then added background texture from a generic ‘techy’ stock image and added a slight glow to most elements to add a bit of flair. It was a nice change of pace to make something that wasn’t just purple……though this image was later repurposed and made purple for several social media posts.
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