Year: 2019 Description: These are the print ads and web/digital advertisements I built while working at Dothan Eagle (newspaper) in 2019.
Graphic Design
Includes any design that would qualify as graphic design, mostly in a professional context; signs, posters, pamphlets, flyers, tickets, CD and album covers, inserts, newpapers, periodicals, magazine layout, websites, stickers, logo design, etc.
Design Journal: Designing a new logo for St. Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church (SEMBC)
Last night I began teaching myself InkScape (again). This is the best and most well-known free and open-source alternative to Adobe Illustrator. I’ve tried to learn InkScape before, but the tutorials never seem to work, or are incomplete — not step by step for an absolute newbie — and often don’t include the very fundamental […]
First Advert Design as Graphic Artist for the Dothan Eagle
It’s official: I’m a professional GRAPHIC DESIGNER! My first newspaper advertisement I designed as the news Graphic Artist at the Dothan Eagle, in Dothan, Alabama was published on Friday, August 23, 2019. Here is a screenshot I took from the E-Edition:
Evolus Pencil Quick Tip: How to Group Items (Especially Sketchy GUI)
What is Evolus Pencil? Evolus Pencil (not to be confused with Apple Pencil, Pencil Sketch, or Pencil Code) is a great open source mockup and design application for Windows. It is has an easy to use drag-and-drop interface and it’s closest competitors are probably Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides, and charting applications like draw.io and LucidChart. […]
Developer Journal: Redesigning my MailChimp Blog Updater Email Campaign
Earlier this month I spent quite a bit of time researching, redesigining, and tweaking my MailChimp email autoresponder campaign. This campaign updates users automatically in their email whenever I post something on my blog. I wanted to learn how to design a better MailChimp campaign email. I went from something that looked like the Before […]
New Raw Life Wizard doTERRA Business Card Designs!
Hey Folks! Hope your summer is warm and full of relaxation. so far! I designed some new business cards for my doTERRA herbs n’ oils site. You can get some really good deals on mega-powerful essential oils through my site. These are so potent, one drop of a doTERRA brand oil is like 10 drops […]