After dipping my feet back into Photoshop, I used it for my next project. Crime Scene Investigations Unit had a new opening and needed an updated hiring flyer to post. I went through the most recent photos taken of the team to showcase what the job entails. Brittney showed me a group of photos she took of the team. She had them stage a fake crime scene so she could take action shots of them. Using some clipping techniques I learned last year, I made the photos into shapes I wanted and placed them around the flyer. I met with the captain of the unit to understand what information they needed on the flyer, then submitted it to them after finished. Being able to communicate with whom the design is for is a necessary skill to have for this career. This helps understand what is needed for the design to be executed how the client wants it.

Next, Brittney asked me to design a simple shirt for her to wear when taking photos at events. She wanted to make sure that the shirt said her department but also said “Sheriff” on it. Designing this shirt was my first design solely with typography. The design helped me to understand how important branding is and to keep it consistent. I maintained the font style that the organization uses for branding. Then, I took the star logo and made it all black while I also drew a flag design to go on the other shoulder. One complication I had during this project was that I did not save an un-rasterized version of the shirt design. When I needed to change the color to all white, I was not able to edit since rasterizing the vector turns them into un-editable images. To get around this, I reached out to Sarah and asked her for help. She taught me a way to recolor the image using a tool in the Edit section of Adobe Illustrator. This tool was extremely useful for this situation, and I know it will come in handy later.