For now, this area will contain different projects I've done at ASU that I deem really 'cool'. Cool meaning I was able to learn alot through the project and also managed to have a little fun at the same time.

• Website Demos
  • Following customer requirement to great a website design.
• Commemorative Pin Mailer
  • Return mailer to collect information for a free gift.
• Poster for Print
  • Themed poster created to follow print specifications.
• Magazine Design - Photoshop Project
  • Photoshop project designing a magazine cover.
• Rich Media PDF
  • PDF with different types of embedded media.
• Typography and Color (PDF of an Indesign Project)
  • Informational "sell sheet" demonstrating different typography tools and color tools learned in Indesign.
• ASU CTAS Pincard
  • Mulit-purpose Informational card.
• Merchandise
  • Designs and Photography for Merchandise.
• Catalog Sheet (Photography)
  • Create a catalog sheet for a ficticious company.
• Product Photography
• Design a set for some 'products' and to set up lighting for the set.
• Art Display Project
  • A creative design project.
• 2-Color Notepad
  • Simple 2 color project, that helped to introduce us to a press.

Website Demos

These are some examples of a website that were completed while working at PrimeView. Demos are created before the site is designed to give the customer a couple choice in look and feel of a site.

Creating these website demos required use of stock photography, photogagraphy from the customer, as well as being able to create design elements. These demos also had to follow customer requirements (shopping cart elements, fun/inviting, and user friendly).

DEMO COMPLETED: 3/2006

DEMO 3 (click for PDF)

The first demo was chosen for the site and for some affiliate sites. PROJECT COMPLETED: 12/05

DEMO 1 (click for PDF)	DEMO2 (click for PDF)

Commemorative Pin Mailer:

This was a project for my student employment position in the College of Technology and Applied Sciences Dean's Office. The purpose of the mailer was to send information to alumni and allow them to detach a card which could be returned. The returned card served as a way to to compile almuni contact information and to allow the alumni to collect a commemorative pin. The campus is in the process of a name change, so this also served to announce the new Polytechnic campus name to the college alumni.

This project was created in Indesign and went to preflight (checked for CMYK accuracy, file linking, and fonts) to ensure printing accuracy. Communcation with the printer was essential to know the requirement needed for a successful print.

PROJECT COMPLETED: 12/05

Poster for Print :

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This is was in InDesign project. The project purpose was to create a themed university affiliated poster for print.

The Engineering Fraternity called Theta Tau, which has a chapter at ASU was chosen. Theta Tau has a semester recruiting week to attract new members. The purpose of this poster was to create a poster that could be reused or used for multiple semesters.

Stock photography was used to create the inner images. Some of the elements were created in illustrator to create vector graphics for improved printing performance. All images, graphics, and colors were specified for CMYK.

PROJECT COMPLETED: 11/23/05

Magazine Design - Photoshop Project :

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This was a design project to redesign an existing magazine. This was completed in Photoshop.

The magazine chosen was for Theta Tau. The magazine is sent out every semester. The original cover was all dark red with gold text on it. This was my take on updating the magazine.

Stock photography was sus

A project like this should really be completed in a design program like InDesign, but since this was for a Photoshop course, we were required to use that program. All pre-flighting, and color checking for RGB to CMYK conversion were requirements for this project.

PROJECT COMPLETED: 11/05/05

Rich Media PDF:

This is a PDF project that contains different types of media elements which was created for my Digital Media Workflow course. Meaning that embedded in the PDF are different sounds, links to websites, and even a video. I had lots of fun making this, and problably went overboard.

The purpose of the project was to create an informational PDF. The information could be real or fictional. Since I helped to make some products for my favorite band, The Chadwicks, I decided to use the calendars as my promotional and informational pieces.

I used an Indesign project from a previous class (Typography & Color) for a different project to create the base PDF, then added different media elements.

HIGHLY suggest downloading and then opening, as the PDF contains a video.

FILE: hastings3.pdf ( short video 9 MB)
FILE: hastings3-full.pdf ( full video 28.5 MB)

(Right-Click and Save As)

PROJECT COMPLETED: 3/23/05

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Typography & Color:

This is a PDF of an Indesign project for my Indesign course. The purpose of the project was to use our beginning knowledge of different tools we've learned in our class so far that deal with Typography and Color. The main idea was to create a "sell sheet" for a product, which could be ficitional or real. If the project were to be printed, it would be a one page two-sided slick.

I chose to promote some Chadwicks calendars I made for 2005. The calendars contain photos that I've taken over the last few years. They are sold through a company called CafePress.com, but I designed the different image areas for each month.

I posted the project here because it was fun to make and I was able to use a 'product' that I made for my musician friends.

FILE: hastingsA_3.pdf ( 300 kb)

PROJECT COMPLETED: 3/23/05

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ASU CTAS PinCard:

This was not a school project, this was for my student employment position in the Dean's Office in the College of Technology and Applied Sciences (CTAS). I had to create and design a multi-purpose 'pincard' of information about the CTAS. It's a pretty simple card, but it allowed me to use all the pre-press skills I've learned in class. Also, helped me to work with the on campus printing department. This card can be used as a hand out, a holder for ASU label pins, or a postcard mailer.

PROJECT COMPLETED: 3/01/05

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Merchandise:

These projects were for The Chadwicks, a local AZ cover band. Graphics and images were created for merchandise. All graphics and designs were taken or created for each project. The actual logo was recreated in Illustrator so that it could be used as a vector graphic, to keep all reproductions crisp and clean.

PROJECT COMPLETED: Throughout 2004/2005

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Catalog Sheet (Photography):

This was the final project for my Commercial Photography course. The project purpose was to create a Catalog Sheet. We had to create a company that sold some sort of product. My team chose a collectibles theme. For this project, I helped to create the main company/projectidea. Also, helped to formulate ideas on the background set and helped to create the set. I helped to set up lighting and also helped take the images. The actual layout of the page was created in InDesign, which at that point in time I did not know how to use. So, I mainly voiced my opinions when it came to the final page layout.

• My team member was:
  • John Radavich

PROJECT COMPLETED: 12/04

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Product Photography :

This project was for my Commercial Photography course. The purpose was to create a set of "products" to photography. For this project the set, and the lighting of the set was important. After shooting, we turned the images into CMYK and they were at 300 DPI. The image below is of course a low-res image of the final.

PROJECT COMPLETED: 11/04

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Art Display Project:

For my Creative Design course, our team was directed to come up with a creative solution for displaying art. The Graphical Information Technology club has an art show every semester, where art from students are displayed. Our team was to figure out an aesthetically pleasing, economical, mobile structure. The project was mainly to come up with a plan, but my lovely team went one step farther than that and came up with an actual prototype.

• My team members were:
  • Jaret Lynch
  • Micheal Zaletel

PROJECT COMPLETED: 12/04

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2-color notepad :

This is a simple notepad project completed in my Printing Technology course. We were required to create a 2 Color notepad. The purpose of this project was to gain experience in creating a simple design, but also to check for bleed, file format, and to gain experience in pre-flighting a project. Then we were able to print the project on a Heidelberg Quickmaster.

PROJECT COMPLETED: 10/04

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Rave Manual :

This is a sample just to show how long I've come. I used to work for a software company, and I worked on one of their software manuals. Now that I think back on this project...WOW....I've learned so much! This is mainly to demonstrate where I started from.

FILE: The file can still be found here: Rave Manual, Version B ( PDF)

PROJECT COMPLETED: 2002

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