Designs By: Chris House

Honesty. Passion. Patience.

My name is Chr i s House. My phi losophy is that

S imple is Bet ter .

Whi tespace can be very ef fect ive and br ings a bet ter

look to di f ferent p ieces .

I enjoy al l aspects and programs used in des ign ing

di f ferent p ieces .

I have exper ience wi th Adobe InDes ign, I l lus t rator and

Photoshop.

I have lots of pat ience, and wi l l a lways get the project

done to what the customer wants .

Th is is a col lect ion of my best creat ions .

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Calendar 2&3

SPRA Manual 4&5

Menu 6&7

Pocket Fo lder 8&9

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Indesign

Each month is to be one sheet .

Each month must have a di f ferent

p icture of cute, pets wi th the i r people .

D i f ferent an imals , not jus t cats and dogs .

Images need to be f ree.

Inc lude 3 coupons somewhere on

calendar for d i f ferent sponsors .

Must inc lude a di f ferent Animal Fun Fact

each month .

Des ign a logo for the Humane Society

wi th a tagl ine .

Use ef fect ive custom paper s ize .

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Indesign

The Saskatchewan Parks and

Recreat ion Associat ion had

recent ly made a new logo for

one of the i r programs.

They wanted four new manual

covers to ref lect th is new logo.

They provided me wi th four

photos f rom iS tock in which

I colour cor rected, removed

backgrounds and cropped

accord ing to the i r requests .

I prov ided them with three ideas

and they real ly l iked th is des ign .

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Indesign Th is project was to make a menu for the

Hol lywood Sandwich Shoppe.

Each menu was to inc lude the logo,

name, address and a specia l feature

of the restaurant .

I t was to be pr in ted on let ter s ize paper

and only black ink was to be used.

They d id not want anyth ing too fancy

and over ly expens ive, as they pr in t new

menus every month . There also was not

supposed to be any bleeds .

A l l text , logo and address was

provided by the cl ient , except for the

Specia l Feature in which I was to make

someth ing up and f ind a picture to match .

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Indesign

For th is project we were to develop a Promot ional K i t

for the Sand Creek Count ry Club . There was to be

a pocket fo lder , 3 staggered inser ts (Weddings,

Cur l ing and Gol f ) , and 2 di f ferent logos . Al l the

text was provided to us, but we were to f ind al l the

p ictures (color cor rect them, and des ign the 2 logos .

I went wi th a gol f course for the outs ide of the pocket

fo lder , as when most people th ink of Count ry Clubs, they

th ink of gol f .

The inser ts were to inc lude the Sand Creek Logo and

then we were requi red to f ind support ing images .

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Clubhouse Logo 12&13

Humane Society Logo 14&15

Sand Creek Logos 16&17

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Illustrator

For th is project I had to develop a logo that

I could cut out of v iny l . I was given complete

creat ive f reedom. The only requi rements that I had to

meet was that i t had to be at least two colours

and i t had to be ei ther 10' ' ta l l or 10' ' wide.

I came up wi th the idea to make a logo for an

upscale n ight c lub . I came up wi th a colour

scheme that I l iked and then began incorporat ing

support ing features . The sound bars on top

ind icated that there wi l l be mus ic in the club . The

mart in i s and the top hat could also give of f the

impress ion that the n ight c lub is more upscale than a

regular c lub .

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Illustrator

I made a logo for the Humane Society . We

could use whatever name we would l ike as wel l

as creat ive f reedom over colours and des ign .

I decided to use Rocky Mounta in Humane

Society . I used th is because I thought i t would

be n ice to incorporate mounta ins as par t of the

logo. I came up wi th a colour scheme I l iked wi th

the orange and blue, but somehow needed to

inc lude an animal s ince i t was for the Humane

Society . I put a s i lhouet te of a cat play ing wi th

the let ter R on the lef t hand s ide.

I a lso had to come up wi th a tagl ine to f i t wi th

the organizat ion and the logo.

He lp ing lost pets reach new heights seemed

l ike the perfect tagl ine as i t incorporated the pets

that the Humane Society helps as wel l as takes

in to account The Rocky Mounta ins by ment ion ing

the i r height .

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For the Sand Creek Promot ional K i t , we were to develop

2 logos . One logo was to be thei r Corporate Logo and

the other was to be thei r 100th anniversary Logo.

The corporate logo I made inc ludes the image of a

c lubhouse, that could represent the County Club Clubhouse,

and some pine t rees . I p icked the dark green to represent a

more ear thy or natura l feel .

The 100th Anniversary Logo was a image of a creek in the

background ins ide a ci rc le . Then I jus t wrote the years , and

the name.

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Above and Beyond 20&21

Watch Ad 22&23

Jersey Ad 24&25

LA Pics 26&27

Transformers Ad 28&29

Banner 30&31

Rio Olympics Ad 32&33

Sochi Ad 34&35

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UFC Ad 36&37

SADD Ad 38&39

SOA Ad 40&41

Farm Dog Adopt ion Ad 42&43

F lor i s t Ad 44&45

Squeeze Soda Ad 46&47

Beat les Ad 48$49

Patron Ad 50&51

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We were to create a movie poster for the movie

t i t led Above and Beyond. I t focuses on the

f i r s t U .S Ai rborne uni t . The poster was to inc lude

images f rom around WW2 and s ince the movie

is focused on the Ai rborne un i t , p lanes and

parachutes were recommended for images .

I t a lso was to inc lude logos f rom both movie

studios involved, and the Not Yet Rated logo.

I t was to f i t on a 8 .5 ' ' x 1 1 ' ' page.

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For th is ad, I s tar ted wi th a picture that

I had taken of th is watch . Next I

i so lated i t and then us ing Photoshop, I

made th is ad for Koni fer watches . Some of

the sk i l l s I ut i l i zed in th is ad were the use

of a gradient to blend the backgrounds .

I used layer ef fects to al ter the look

of the text . I a lso desaturated parts of

the picture to appear b lack/whi te and

colour for a di f ferent look ing ef fect .

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For th is project , I s tar ted wi th th is p icture of a

jersey that I took . I then found a picture of a spor ts

locker , desaturated i t to make the focus on the

jersey . I then used layer ef fects on the jersey to

make i t look di r t ie r . I found a picture of some mud

splat ter , I made i t in to a pat tern and then used

pat tern over lay to make the jersey di r ty . I a lso

added my own hanger in the jersey, as the hanger

in the or ig ina l jersey did not do the job.

I then, through the use of Emboss/Bevel in layer

s ty le ef fects , t r ied to make the words looks l ike they

were etched into the wood.

F ina l ly we also had to create a logo, which in th is

case I made a logo for an ath let ics company.

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For th is project we were to f ind 4 pictures of

Metropol i tan LA and c lean up the images .

We were to speci f ica l ly remove al l the

garbage and graf f i t i f rom the picture to

make i t look more appeal ing to tour i s ts .

Th is is one of the four pictures that I d id .

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For th is project I s tar ted wi th th is bas ic picture

of a downtown area. I then, through the use

of layer masks and other ef fects , made i t

look l ike the bui ld ings were damaged. I a lso

added in a d i f ferent sky in the background

for a more gloomy effect . I a lso added ra in

and specks of dust for more ef fect and to

make i t look l ike th ings were f ly ing .

I then found pictures of two t ransformers ,

i so lated them and added them to my picture .

Us ing layer s ty les , I made them look a bi t

bet ter . I then made a custom brush to make

cracks appear in the st reet and to make i t

look l ike the i r feet were crack ing through the

pavement . I a lso layer masked a crumbl ing

st reet onto the regular s t reet for a more

damaged effect .

Some cont rast , br ightness and levels

adjustments f in i shed of f th is ad.

We also were to make another logo. I came

up wi th the name of B lack Eye Product ions ,

and came up wi th a logo that is a di f ferent

concept of what a black eye could be.

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For th is project we were to develop a

banner for a company's Go Green

campaign . The banner was to represent

d i f ferent ways that people could Go Green.

Some i tems inc lude power windmi l l s , so lar

panels , and recycl ing bins .

Once we had the banner developed then we

were to f ind 3 images where our banner could

be disp layed.

Once we found the images, we had to

incorporate our banner in to the image to

look as natura l ly as poss ib le .

I chose to advert i se on the s ide of a bus, on a

bi l lboard and around a round bui ld ing .

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For th is project , I s tar ted of f wi th th is p icture of

Adam Van Koeverden kayak ing . I i so lated

him and added him to a b lue background

that I had found. Next I made a custom brush

that sa id the words "Work Hard" and "T ry" . I

appl ied di f ferent set t ings to the brush such as

scat ter ing and brush dynamics .

Next I added the sp lashes to make them look

as real as poss ib le . I found pictures of sp lashes,

i so lated them and made them whi te .

F ina l ly I found the R io 2016 Olympics logo

and appl ied a couple of layer s ty le ef fects to

make i t s tand out a bi t . I a lso did the same wi th

the i r s logan, L ive Your Pass ion .

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For th is project we were to exper iment wi th ,

hue, saturat ion and color balance. For th is

par t icu lar p icture I decided that I wanted al l

the di f ferent b lues to real ly come out . The logo

was blue and snow can typical ly be associated

wi th b lue as i t i s a cool colour . I increased the

saturat ion qui te a bi t and increased the blues in

the colour balance panel .

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For th is project we were to incorporate hue, saturat ion

and colour balance as in previous projects , but then we

were to apply them to on ly cer ta in por t ions of the poster

as opposed to the whole th ing . I changed these aspects to

the cer ta in di f ferent f ighters on an ind iv idual bas is .

I a lso used di f ferent l ight ing ef fects to make the focus

on cer ta in f ighters . I t r ied to make each pai r ing of f ighters

look the same.

I a lso wanted to div ide the top and bot tom to separate

the main event f ighters f rom the rest of the card .

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For th is project we were to incorporate everyth ing

the we had learned previous ly wi th hue,

saturat ion and colour balance, however now

we were to incorporate b lur r ing ef fects as wel l .

I decided to go wi th an ad for SADD, I used

the b lur r ing ef fect to s imulate the vis ion of

a drunk dr iver . I made sure to pay part icu lar

at tent ion to the person in the crosswalk and

make sure they were in the blur red sect ion, as to

s imulate that a drunk dr iver would not have seen

that person .

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For th is project I real ly focused on l ight ing

ef fects . Al l of the people in the ad were

separate pictures , so I used the di f ferent

l ight ing ef fects and color balance to

make i t look l ike they al l belonged in

the same picture . I a lso used a separate

l ight ing ef fect to s imulate the sun . I

l iked the look of everyth ing being black

and whi te, except the t i t le at the top. I

a lso b lur red out the h ighway background

to br ing more focus to the people . I a lso

added a shadow to the t i t le at the t ime

as an added effect to the ad.

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For th is ad we were to des ign a logo and use

a p icture that we had taken . The logo is

s imple, but gets the point across and is very easy

to unders tand. For the picture I wanted to br ing

the at tent ion to the dog, so I b lur red out

the background except for h im. I a lso changed

the colours around to make i t look more appeal ing

to the audience.

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For th is project we were to des ign a logo and use a

p icture that we had taken . For the ad I wanted to

br ing at tent ion to the f lower , so I b lur red out the

background around the f lower . I a lso used a l ight ing

ef fects to s imulate sun l ight coming through the window. I

p layed around wi th the colours to br ing the pink out

and change the overa l l colour f rom the or ig ina l p icture .

The logo is again very s imple, but has the necessary

informat ion for the audience to unders tand what is going

on and what the ad is for .

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For th is project we were to des ign a

logo and use a picture that we

had taken . I knew I wanted to make an ad for

a dr ink , so I had to iso late just the lemon and

l ime f rom the rest of the vegetables . Once I d id

that , I wanted to make the green and yel low

real ly s tand out , so I p layed around wi th the

colour saturat ion and colour balance unt i l

I was happy wi th the resu l ts . Next I added some

blur r ing ef fects to add emphas is to the water

drops on both pieces of f ru i t . I l i ke the look of

water drops in ads, and bel ieve to as important to

br ing at tent ion to them.

The logo, I th ink , i s very appropr iate for the ad. I t

uses colour samples f rom the actual f ru i t .

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and whi te s i lhouet te of The Beat les walk ing

across Abbey Road. I then inver ted the

colours so that they were black . Then I

created a custom brush that looks l ike an

ink sp lat ter . I painted the whole background

in br ight , "psychedel ic " colours to represent

the era that The Beat les were big in . I a lso

found a picture of a peace s ign, def ined i t

as a brush and painted i t in the background

as wel l . I used layer s ty le ef fects to make

them clear , l ike they are coming out of the

background.

Next , I found The Beat les logo and used

layer ef fects such as Emboss/Bevel to

make i t s tand out . I d id the same wi th the

Grooveshark logo.

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For th is project , I s tar ted of f wi th th is p icture of a Pat ron

bot t le that I took . I i so lated i t and added i t to the

background of a beach that I found. I used a gradient

wi th a layer mask to make a ref lect ion . I added a

para sa i ler in the background to give the ad a more

beach presence.

Then I added the Pat ron s logan and t r ied to make i t look

l ike i t was wr i t ten in the sand. I achieved th is by

adding layer s ty le ef fects . I f in i shed i t of f wi th a logo

that I made. I decided to make i t for a L iquor Store f rom

Pear l Ci ty .

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