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You the Designer This is a graphic design blog that features tips and tutorials for those beginning their journey into the world of graphic design. There are jobs as well as contests displayed on the site which are great for students looking for direction into the field. The site's gallery features everything from t-shirt design to business cards.

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Outlaw Design BlogThis blog belongs to a group called the Outlaw Group who specialize in Wordpress design. The portfolio section of this blog is impressive and worth viewing. There are also helpful hints for freelancers in regard to a wide variety of topics from customer service to client selection.

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Randa Clay Design Randa Clay is a graphic designer who specializes in many different creative outlets. She does web, print, word press and brand/logo design. She has a well-rounded portfolio and her site is easy to navigate. She also manages several other sites which are listed in her blog.

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Creative Review This site intends to review advertising, design and visual culture. It is based out of the UK and it is interesting to see what people are creating globally. This site features everything from package design to television ads. Creative Review has "subscribers in over 80 countries and readers online in over 120."

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Core 77This site is a design magazine as well as a resource. I like the fact that there is student work posted on the site as it helps me to gauge myself against peers. There are also general design discussion groups and job related design forums. This is a great one stop shop for experienced designers as well as those just beginning their careers.

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Smashing Magazine This is a website dedicated to web design. I have just begun to delve into the world of web design via my Web Design one course that I am currently enrolled in. I found this site to be easy to navigate as well as informative even for a novice like myself.

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David Airey This site provides a list of the top fifty graphic design blogs. David Airey is a brand identity designer who works with clients all over the world. With his level of experience and eye for design, I think there are probably many blogs on this list worth viewing.

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The Dieline This site is the self-proclaimed world's number one packaging design website. I found it to be an interesting compilation of student and professional work. Much of the design work featured on this site is very unique and thought provoking.

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Design Muse This blog is belongs to a packaging/graphic designer who also has a passion for typography. Most of the work that is posted on this site is done by others but is intended to create inspiration for other graphic artists.

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I love typography I found this site to be extremely useful in the selection process of deciding on which typeface to use for different designs. Additionally, the site provides a history on a wide range of fonts which I found to be interesting as well as informative.

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This is another flyer for the Industrial Arts Exhibition, however this design uses only a two color process. I find this piece to be successful as well in terms of fulfilling the requirements of the assignment. I overlapped text and chose a color that I thought would stand out to emphasize the words Antiques, Collectibles, and Classics. This design was also created in Indesign and the experience of creating the three different flyer designs has added to my proficiency with the program.

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This is a flyer I created last quarter for an Industrial Arts exhibition. All of the copy was provided for us and we were instructed to use a three color process to create a design using text in a different and interesting manner. I enjoyed the process of creating this flyer and find the colors to be complementary. This design was created using Adobe Indesign and I am satisfied with the final result.

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This design was created last quarter for an environmental design project involving South University. We were asked to photograph our campus and then find way to alter/improve the aesthetics of either the building or landscape. I decided to enhance the university's signage. I created this design with a combination of the programs Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. The images of the school were taken with my IPhone so they are a little raw. Eventually I would like to retake these photographs using a better camera as I feel that this would add to the overall detail of my design.

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The design pictured on the left was created in Adobe Indesign. It is a three piece spread using grids. This project was one of my first attempts using Indesign. Although I prefer Quark to the aforementioned program, I was able to create the desired effects for this assignment. The aspect of this design I find to be most successful is the use of colors. I think the shade of green provides a nice complement to the bright pinks and purples.

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The image on the left was an assignment from a previous quarter in which we were instructed to create a flyer for the state of South Carolina. This design was created with the program Adobe Illustrator. I used different transparency masks to give the design a light airy feel and to aid to the legibility of the text. Although, this piece is one of my more amateur works, I do like the vibrant colors of the different images which I think work well together.

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This is a project for my Corporate ID and Branding course which I am currently enrolled in. The assignment was to create corporate stationary for the resort in Costa Rica that I have developed branding concepts and a logo for. Pictured on the left is a sample business card, letterhead and business envelope. The wave created above the name of the resort was done in Photoshop with the pen tool as well as the waves on the bottom of the business card. Otherwise, all of the images were created in Adobe Illustrator.

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This design was created in Photoshop and is a multi-layered compilation. I believe that I used three core images in order to build this design. Additionally, I used several different masks to create this piece. I wanted to give the impression of the leaves floating in the water. Much of the details of this image were created using the pen tool to define the leaves. I spent a good deal of time working on this project and am overall pleased with the result.

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The image on the left is entitled "Tulip" and was one of the first images I created using Photoshop. It was derived from an assignment in my Graphic Design Studio course a few quarters ago. As I was most assuredly a novice at the time, the work is a little raw but overall I think aesthetically pleasing as a whole. I altered the hue and saturation of the original image and used the pen tool to add the green detail. Also, I used different filters to create the background effects.