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Alaiza Washington During the duration of this course, Julia and I have collaborated on various projects, and I found these collaborations particularly enriching. What stands out the most to me is our dynamic of mutual support and creative synergy. Whenever one of us feels burnt out or stuck, the other steps in seamlessly, keeping theContinue reading “March! Alaiza’s Reflections and Collaborations: VCAD”

Myra Brooks The project I had to work on was multiple banner designs for the office of admissions. I collaborated with Ms. Odell and she made the overcomplicated designs I made and made them more cohesive. The client requested a lot of things at once. It got complicated at times but I was able toContinue reading “March! Myra’s Reflections and Collaborations: VCAD”

Julia Taylor For the ACE logo, I worked with Alazia. The director of ACE wants to “rebrand” with a logo which would extend to further deliverables in the future. To start out, she wants a logo for the center. She noted that she is not a fan of the lowercase lettering and spacing of theContinue reading “March! Julia’s Reflections and Collaborations: VCAD”

Mikala Hicks I remember last semester, Andrea Kinneman and I were the only two design managers for the VCAD lab, therefore we had a lot of different projects with clients that we worked on together as well as internal design projects we had to collaborate on. One project I remember we collaborated on together wasContinue reading “March! Mikala’s Reflections and Collaborations: VCAD”

Ignatius Friend This month I designed a logo for the writing center. It was difficult to come up with multiple designs, especially with the restrictions of not using a pen. I toiled then I had an Idea when I was just drawing symbols of the things I associate with writing. So I sketched a lightContinue reading “March! Iggy’s Reflections and Collaborations: VCAD”

Ignatius Friend Recently, I was commissioned to take headshots for a client. I’ve known the client for a while, but we only recently started working together. The client specified that the images be taken in a studio. I don’t do much studio photography, so I had to brush up on my lighting knowledge to getContinue reading “VCAD: Iggy’s January Reflection Blog”

Alaiza Washington During the past fall semester, I took my required internship course. In July of 2023, I received the opportunity to work with a consulting firm in Texas on creating a brand identity for a former coach at the university. While working with the owner, I was extremely intrigued by her. She was aContinue reading “VCAD: Alaiza’s January Reflection Blog”

Julia Taylor The most recent project that I had was a logo for the 2024 Virginia Black Dance Festival for Professor Raines, my agency supervisor for my internship with Sankofa Dance Theatre. I was assigned Sankofa Dance Theatre by Professor O’Dell for my internship. The client’s request for this project was a logo for theContinue reading “VCAD: Julia’s January Reflection Blog”

Mikala Hicks I can vividly remember a moment when I faced a challenge while working on a project with a client. During the final stages of my internship, one of my last project tasks was to create an informational, short slide show talking about the internship’s membership program. My boss expressed to me concerns aboutContinue reading “VCAD: Mikala’s January Reflection Blog”

Myra Brooks This project has been ongoing and I’m really enjoying it a lot. I’ve been uncertain if my work would be good enough in the final result of the project, but I will continue to challenge myself despite that. I am learning a lot as I go and I sort of can’t wait untilContinue reading “VCAD: Myra’s January Reflection Blog”