Black & White graphic ad for Presbyterian Village

Again, I was sent an email and instructed that an ad had to be submitted by the following morning. I had seen an ad that had the background from a photo in the background, but the people in the picture in front of a shape. It required masking (cutting out) the people in PhotoShop, then saving the full image at 60% opacity (or so). In Illustrator I placed (imported) the background image behind the shape and the exact size masked image of the man and child in front of the shape.

I kinda like the effect.

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Full page ad sample from graphic art portfolio using PhotoShop and Illustrator

This ad was never published but I had fun creating it. I started with a licensed photo of a guy ripping open his shirt to expose a bare chest. I wanted to turn it into a super hero sort of look with the company logo on the shirt. Enter PhotoShop and Illustrator.

I created a layer over his chest, trimmed it, made it opaque, created, filtered and scaled the logo and then played with the copy.

8.5 x 11 booklet cover sample

This is the cover from a year-end meeting book. Most one page designs are created in Illustrator with the photographic images imported from PhotoShop. However, in the case of a complete booklet, the body was created in Adobe's InDesign.

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Again, feel free to contact me for almost any reason.

Samples of a graphic design ad from my portfolio

This is a graphic image from arecent project that was brought to me with a same-day deadline. Many of the projects I get may require designing ads, flyers, signage, booklets, brochures, document covers, etc. on very short notice. Luckily, I thrive on the pressure. I'd rather have more time, but if it has to get done, I get it done.

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