Ad Final

 Before going into the project I had used the notes app on my phone to brainstorm ideas, originally focusing the brainstorm on the E-sports idea I had and the advertisement for my own design services- Afterward I took to Pinterest to gather even more inspiration to help build onto these ideas and have them be more fleshed out, this definitively helped me build better layouts, using older videogame marketing as key inspiration and then going into old military posters to build on a Call of Duty theme. For my non-profit I took to a website called Great Non-Profits, which is a .Org website that displays various local charities, their mission, reviews of the non-profit, and ways to donate, in the end I chose a non-profit located in Chiefland, Florida, that supports minimizing stray cats and keeping cats out of kill shelters.

 Screenshot of the brainstorming page on my notes app, here I do rough sketches that just get a base idea down and add notes where ever I may need to remember a special detail, while they look illegible, it helps me build ideas and get the process going. 

These are some of the images I saw on Pinterest that helped me make my cat based advert- using these I was able to figure a font and layout of my project. Next time I would go for a less cluttered look in my ad, to make the text easier to read, and additionally make the text a little more streamlined to take in. The QR code was created for free, and the photos were used from Istock.

Final:

For my next advertisement, the full page, I decided to go with the Keiser Esports team, as it gives a lot of creative freedom to design and represents my school, I knew from my brainstorm session I wanted it to be very Call of Duty based as it's one of the more popular and recognizable games from today, though I wasn't exactly sure what direction I wanted to go with until I found photos that struck my creative process quite well, I ended up making my own version of these, with the reflections being someone holding a glowing controller. 

 

Final:

For my final advert was my own design services, I knew straight from my brainstorming process how I wanted to lay it out (see top of post) with a handful of my favorite works stacked to fill up the left half of the page and then using clean and bold letters to mark my name at the top, information about my work in the middle, and then ending it with my main forms of contact. I was sure to pick works that showed my experience with color and rendering.

Final: