Aviation Ad – JAMES Magazine 2023
A full-page ad for JAMES Magazine that ran in 2023. A follow-up to the other “The Sky’s The Limit” ad, this included more information about the aviation programs offered. Each photo represents one of the three primary branches of the MGA’s Aviation program: Flight, Air Traffic Control, and Maintenance. Designed in Adobe Illustrator.
Grad Certificates – Macon Magazine 2023
A half page advertisement for MGA’s Graduate Certificates that ran in Macon Magazine in 2023. The brief didn’t have a hook, so I pitched this idea of a running image with the included text using different weights for emphasis. It was more emotion-focused than the typical higher-ed ad, but the higher-ups liked it enough to try something new. Photo editing done in Photoshop, full ad created in Illustrator.
Movie Parody Posters
A series of parody movie posters used on social media in the summer of 2021. Since summer is usually a slow period for higher education, MarComm thought we’d have some fun with our mascot and opened ideas to the office. I pitched the idea of parodying movie posters from summer blockbusters of yesteryear and it was approved! We started with a very long list of possibilities, narrowed it down by feasibility and if I could find a scan of the poster online, then decided on our final selections. I came up with each concept, content and all, and worked for about a week to produce these posters parodying, in order: Alien, Men in Black, Pretty in Pink, Rocky, and The Titanic. It was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to flex some Photoshop editing skills. Designed in Photoshop.
MGAKnights5K
An emblem and shirt design for the MGA Knights 5K, part of the 2022 Cherry Blossom Festival. Our office wasn’t notified that MGA was hosting this event until 4 days before the event itself, at which point we were asked to produce an event logo and T-shirt design. Our office scrambled to find a vendor that could fill a rush order while I was given a few hours to come up with something. I’m not so much proud of the design itself as much as I am proud that we were able to produce something and cover the event so quickly. Designed in Illustrator.
Cyclocross Poster – 2021
A poster for a Cyclocross event held at MGA’s Georgia Premier Cross Country Course. Cyclocross is a mix of racing and mountain biking, often on a short course with obstacles like mud hills and barriers that may require athletes to jump off of and carry their bikes to overcome. In research, I found that most posters didn’t actually go for the gritty, dirt-splash look that I expected, opting instead for stylized cycling illustrations and imagery. To match this, I took a simple illustration of a Cyclocross-style bike, broke it into sections, and limited my palette to vibrant hues of the primary colors. Those colors were then used to separate the info below into easily discernible sections for readability. Designed in Illustrator.
Baseball Banner
A huge 8ft x 4ft banner to be displayed at a local high school’s baseball field to promote MGA athletics. I started with the giant baseball from a stock image and used a combination of Photoshop filters to achieve a gritty, outlined effect. I then cut out the 8 players from separate action shots, arranged them around the ball, and created the dirt/mist effects with a few custom Photoshop Brushes. The final touches were adding the background image with a gradient map and placing the logos. Designed in Photoshop. Baseball athlete photos by Jason Vorhees (@midgakillrfotog).
Bibb County Robotics Support 2023
Another partnership with Bibb County Robotics to support a local team, again with a cardboard-cutout and shirt design. This year’s theme was Charged Up and the team specifically requested their mascot be mixed with the Energizer Bunny. Designed in Illustrator.
Bibb County Robotics Support – 2020
A partnership with Bibb County Robotics to support a local team heading to the FIRST Robotics competition. My role included designing the team’s mascot for a life-size cardboard cutout and a shirt design. Per tradition, the team wanted their personal robot mascot to be mixed with the year’s theme, Infinite Recharge. Since FIRST was partnering with Star Wars that year, an obvious choice was to put the mascot’s head and claw hands on an illustration of C3P0’s body. The shirt added a slew of misc. technical drawings and faux-scientific readings and charts, plus an infinite battery meter to match the theme and a couple of easter eggs. Designed in Illustrator.
Math Rack Card 2020
A 4in x 6in Rack Card advertising the Bachelor’s degree in Math. Math is a bit tough to sell visually since there’s not much imagery associated with it other than graphs. However, I remembered that there was a relationship between math and the pattern of some flowers’ bud patterns. So, I did some research, fell into a rabbit hole concerning the relationship between math and nature, and ended up with plenty of formulas and graphs to put on a picture of a flower. Designed in Illustrator.
Breakfast with the Provost evite
An evite for Breakfast with the Provost. Just a fun little project where I finally got use colors other than MGA purple. It was also a good teaching tool for image sizing and email marketing. Designed in Illustrator.
Museum of Technology Floor Banner
A banner for MGA’s Museum of Technology. While the original plan was to include a mosaic of illustrations from the Museum’s current exhibits, the project was put on hold for almost a full year. During that time, I decided to expand the scope, doing exhaustive research into tech history to find pieces to add that were visually interesting, historically significant, or just plain weird. This final product contains ~110 illustrations and includes things like the first mouse prototype made from wood, the first GUI icons used by early Macs, an Atari 2600, and a Y2Kit: a backup bundle of pencils and paper just in case your computer blew up at the turn of the millenium. Designed in Illustrator.
Aviation Legislative Flyer 2025
A 2-sided handout designed to inform current GA legislators about MGA’s Aviation program. This was originally designed in 2022, but updated every 6 months with current numbers. Individual graphics were also reused in various powerpoints, social posts, and emails. Designed in Illustrator.
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