LATEST AND ONGOING PROJECTS
Project | Paperback Updated Edition for
The Seven Sins of Memory
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This project was with HMH Books & Media. For the updated edition, I used the Quark design sample from a previous edition and re-created it in Indesign for a smaller trim size.
The original was 6 x 9 and the updated edition needed to be 5 5/16 x 8. I also designed the new section, "The Update" at the end of each chapter and set the praise.​
Project | Paperback Additions
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While working for HMH, one of my duties was to handle the composition for paperback reprints and design any additional materials: praise, a reading group guide, and an afterword or epilogue.
When designing these elements, especially the praise, I would look at how the half title and title page were positioned and mirror it whether it was center or flush left. I also like to incorporate elements from the interior into the praise.
For example, in the pdf, I've included a small triangle below "Heart Breath Mind" since it was used in the part opener and chapter opener. I've also extracted a few pages from the backmatter I designed to showcase the use of a numbered list and a hierarchy for the Q & A. These are only two of over twenty paperbacks I have worked on for HMH (and HarperCollins).
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Titles in PDF: Heart Breath Mind and Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
Project | Burnt Pine Magazine
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The magazine isn't necessarily a "project," but the work I do with Burnt Pine is continuous. With every upcoming issue, I create and design cover images and headers; I copyedit every piece and have it conform to WordPress without losing its original format; and conceptualize and create social media graphics to promote and upcoming issue and/or announce when we're open for submissions.
Canva is primarily used.
MASTER'S PROGRAM PROJECTS
Project | Book Design & Production
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For my graduate Book Design & Production class, we were tasked with designing a new version of a book of our choice. I chose Jane Eyre for my project.
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This was a trend in my class since we all seemed keen on using the Millennial Pink. I wanted to give the cover and the interior a classic yet soft and sophisticated look. Looking back on this on now, there are facets that I would definitely change or fix but overall I was so proud to have completed it, and I could show the print book off to my family and friends.
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InDesign was used to design the interior and then page the book. For the cover, the vector art was used with permission from Vecteezy. I also used Adobe Illustrator to edit the vector art.
Trim size: 6" x 9"
Fonts used: Texas Hero, Segoe UI Light, and Sitka
Project | Book Publishing Overview
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For my graduate Book Publishing Overview class, we had to create a mock book proposal, and the publisher my group chose to propose to was National Geographic.
A design for the exterior and interior was required. The design is meant to conform with Nat. Geo's format; this is in no way, a real design.
Adobe InDesign was used to create the exterior and interior.
Project | Final Project: Frida Kahlo
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For my graduate Applications in Print Publishing class, we were tasked with creating a poster and booklet depicting a hypothetical exhibit for our assigned artist. As you can see, my artist was Frida Kahlo.
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InDesign was used to create the booklet and poster, and Photoshop was used to edit the images on and in the poster and booklet.
Poster trim size: 10" x 20"
Booklet Trim size: 8" x 5"