Student Portfolio Exhibit #2 - Student Choice

Anna Sadler:
​Ashlee Kirby:
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​B Chau:
What feels good about this design? 
  • B, pretty much everything feels good about this design. Good use of contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity.
  • Good job on your portfolio description.
​What problems do I see in the design?
  • The Helvetica font and Santana font are sans serif, but you've made the Santana font very bold, contrasted to the Helvetic. However, for the date and time, I would suggest using the Santana font there too, to be consistent with the very bold text. As it is now, the two bold but similar fonts are conflicting.
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​B Wilson:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Excellent photo. I'd like to see the image before you took it into camera raw.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • ​In your portfolio, show the "before" image as well, so people can see what you started with.
  • I'd bring up the text a bit more in contrast with the water.
  • Your portfolio descriptions could use more work, B. Have a look at my example portfolio.
​Bonnie Schenk-Darrington:
Bryan Christensen:
Brynne Peak:
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Caleb Barton:
What feels good about this design? 
  • This design works well. Good work, Caleb.
  • There's a strong diagonal line to the photo that you've taken advantage of.
​​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • No problems spotted in this design. It will make a good portfolio exhibit.
  • Your portfolio description could use more work. Talk specifically about how you've considered alignment, proximity, color choice, etc.
  • Perhaps removing the green back at the top would make the design work better.
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Caleigh Hales:
What feels good about this design? ​
  • No major problems spotted in this design. It will make a good portfolio exhibit.
  • Nice font choice. The warped "Haunted House" goes very well with the image you've chosen.
  • Harmonious color choice.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • Give your text at the bottom a bit more margin - breathing room from the edge.
  • Work on alignment
  • I don't have a portfolio link from you yet, Caleigh.
​Cameron Draper:
​What feels good about this design? 
  • You achieved the feeling you were seeking with this photo of your daughter. Well done.

​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • No problems spotted, really. The ~ gets pretty close to her head. You could remove them without affecting the design.
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​Chelsea Gunther:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Nice photo choice. I've seen this one before.
  • Good job on your portfolio exhibit and description.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • It's always hard to think about text placement. The top priority is readability, which you've worked on.
  • I would suggest not breaking up the background boxes, but to unify them together, which will help with your message by using proximity.
  • Work on alignment - a strong left or right alignment is good.
​Dani Lawrence:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Lovely birthday invitation, Dani! Well done!
  • Excellent work on your portfolio exhibit, too.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • I suggest eliminating the transparency on the "3" and invite information background. Less visual noise that way, and your message will stand out more.
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What feels good about this design? 
  • Powerful photo and text, Eric.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • I think in this case, color serves no purpose. Go black and white!
  • Crop in just a touch to focus on the girl.
  • Move the text out of her head, so nothing distracts from that powerful face. I took the image into camera raw and went to the FX panel and did the post crop vignetting to darken the edges, which helps to focus on the face.
  • Use a strong alignment.
  • I don't see this in your online portfolio yet, Eric.
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​Erin Amundsen:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Beautiful image of a hedgehog. I like the Shakespeare quote, too.
  • Good work on your portfolio description.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • Since the hedgehog is the star of this show, crop in closer to her. Put her on a rule of thirds line instead of in the center.
  • Don't let the background compete with your text. I used the rounded rectangle shape tool to create a box for the text. I found a font called Torta Ornamentals that looks a bit Shakespearean. 
  • Erin, you just submitted a jpg image. I need the Photoshop file. Would you submit that to me?
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​Holly Hudson:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Nice work on using a clipping mask!
  • Good alignment
  • Good job on your portfolio description
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • The black space is heavy. Perhaps a harmonious color scheme would work better.
  • I think you could increase the size of the elk and Montana elements to balance it out a bit more.
  • I would accentuate the contrast between the green words and state with the background.
​Justina Adams:
  • I could tell this was a work of love for you. Well done.
  • ​Justina, your portfolio description could use more detail on your design considerations. For example, you've learned about kerning and leading.
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​Kaitlyn Faraone:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Interesting photo that captures the attention
  • Good font choices and color scheme
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • ​Rather than break up the text in to lots of little boxes, just make it one box. Less visual noise that way.
  • Kaitlyn, you just submitted a jpg image. I need the Photoshop file. Would you submit that to me?
  • You've got a good portfolio description going, Kaitlyn. Just add more about how you've considered contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity, font choice, color choice, etc.
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​Kate Sargent:
What feels good about this design? 
  • The graphic design for this is great. I have no issues at all. Good job, Kate!
  • Nice job on your portfolio description.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • The dog has some pink color in his fur. I thought you might like to know how to get rid of that. Here's a quick video tutorial.
  • You'll want to correct the spelling of "Exhibit" at the top of your portfolio page.
Kate Stefanakos:
​Katy Dollahite:
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​Kaylee Rowley:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Beautiful photo of Multnomah Falls in Oregon! I spent most of my elementary school years just a short distance from there.
  • Great job removing people from the original photo
  • Good job on your portfolio description.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • It's hard to see your Oregon outline. I suggest making it smaller, and put it down in a corner so as not to interfere with the beautiful photo. Make it contrast with its background.
  • Take the photo into camera raw and use the dehaze slider on it to bring out the falls more. Perhaps a bit more vibrance, too.
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​​Keslie Packer:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Beautiful image, Keslie!
  • Good work on your portfolio description.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • I think the message needs clarification. I'm guessing from the image, my mindset should be gentle and calm.
  • I'd pick a font that that gives a sense of "calm." In my example, I used Montserrat Thin. To bring out the text more, I created a layer just underneath the text, and painted it with a deep blue I pulled from the waves.
​Kole Nielsen:
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​Landon Peay:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Great idea Landon
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • Since your message is "play" - focus in on that.  I cropped out the background noise that had nothing to do with play. I used Photoshop's crop tool to extend the right side so the tennis ball is in the crosshairs of a rule of thirds line. I used content-aware fill to match the extension with the rest of the playing field. I created a short video for Liz on how to do that - have a look.
  • Landon, I don't see a portfolio exhibit for this image in your portfolio. Am I missing it somehow?
​Lei Mobley:
  • On your portfolio description, go into more detail on the design. How have you used contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity, font choice, color choice, etc.? Briefly describe how you cut out each person and pulled them into the image at the bottom.
​Lesya Feinstein:
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​Lisa Balling:
What feels good about this design? 
  • ​What a beautiful photo! Your family? I'd love to hear the story behind it.
​What problems do I see in the design?
  • ​I think if you're going to use one spot of color, you should probably stick with it in your text. I'd also move the text out of her face.
​Lisa Hopkins:
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​Liz Pickrell:
What feels good about this design? 
  • You've had a lot of fun with the art history brush and other Photoshop tools you've learned so far. Good job!
​What problems do I see in the design? ​
  • Liz, in your portfolio exhibit, show a before image so your viewers can see what you started with.
  • You can use the crop tool to add more canvas on the left side, and then use the content-aware fill to add more of the painting in that extended area. Here's a short video to show you how to do that.
​Luke Barton: ​​
  • Luke, in your portfolio, show a before image so viewers can see what you started with.
​Megan Garn:

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​Melissa Johnson:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Great job on your portfolio exhibit and description.
  • Nice combination of Celtic design resources.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • No problems or issues with your design.
  • It would be fun to try out other color combinations using what you've learned about complimentary, analogous, split complimentary, and other color schemes!
Mynth Carter
What feels good about this design? 

​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
​Sabrina Satterthwaite:
​​Sophia May:
​Sydney Chapman:
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​Tanner Castro:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Good portfolio description.  You might want to create a separate page for each of your exhibits. That way they'll not compete with each other for attention.
  • Nice photo. The angle makes it look like a spontaneous selfie image.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • You had a lot of adjustment layers that weren't being used. I deleted them. I kept the black & white adjustment layer and played with the individual color sliders to bring up the contrast in the image. Then I added a levels adjustment layer with the settings shown in the image above to bring back in the blacks.
​Tia Kime:
​Tori Strong​:
What feels good about this design? 

​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
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​Whitney Drollette​:
What feels good about this design? 
  • Excellent portfolio exhibit and description.
  • The colors coordinate well. 
  • The child and basket are slightly off-center to the right, which helps to balance the balloons in the upper left.
​What problems do I see in the design? ​​
  • The text feels a bit out of place to me. I extended your image using the crop tool, filled the background with a gradient on a new layer underneath the photo. I added a drop shadow layer FX to the photo. Then I added the text using the color from the turquoise balloon, and then used free transform to turn it sideways. The font is DK Cool Crayon.
  • I brightened the image a bit in camera raw, so his face looked brighter.
​Zak Osgood: