fabrication

Let me tell you how cool my job is.

I have spent the past two hours of my work day creating two images of books from several sources.

In the photo below, you can see four distinct pieces:

• The cover of the book
• The back cover of the book
• The pages inside the book
• The coil binding

The cover:

This cover came to us as a flat piece of material. It was then photographed and placed in this Photoshop document for manipulation.

The back cover:

The back cover of the book is a duplicate layer of the front cover. I then placed the layer behind the front cover layer.

The pages inside the book:

I did not have a photograph of the inside pages, so I created a white square box, then added an Inner Shadow effect to provide a sense of depth.

The coil binding:

The coil binding was taken from another product. The client had requested that this product have the same plastic coil binding as the other product. The white you see is the original product. I am in the process now of very carefully removing the white of the original product to reveal the new product below (using the Eraser tool). 

50th anniversary party invitation card

This is a party invitation card I made at work.

front of invitation (folds above the artwork)

inside

front of calling card

back of calling card

50th anniversary collage

Last week, I had the opportunity to design a surprise 50th Anniversary collage for a friend's grandparents. I worked on the collage on my hour long lunch break at work, which was really convenient. I'm really happy with the results. I used two textures in the background, a sort of simple gold brush stroke texture and a white bokeh texture.

summer internship | sun graphics

One requirement for my Commercial Graphics degree is to complete an internship. The internship must include 320 hours of work in a graphics or printing setting. I have had the privilege this summer to work at Sun Graphics in Parsons, Kansas for my internship.

Right now, it's about halfway through the summer, meaning I'm about halfway through my internship. Today is an important day for another reason, though - this morning my very first professional job went through the press...with no errors! I feel like a proud mother!

The job is for Cornerstone Memorials in Independence, Kansas and includes a trifold brochure, bifold brochure, price list, business card, letterhead, and envelope. Last Friday, the final proofs were approved by the customer, so this week is press week!

I've included some photos in this post of the trifold and bifold brochures going through the press in a ganged, work and tumble layout. The other pieces of this job will be printed digitally because of the smaller quantities.

I will post again when all the pieces are all printed and folded.

paper going into the press

press sheets coming out of the press

checking for color and registration

checking for color and registration

checking for color and registration