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The portfolio of a Montreal based graphic, print & web designer.

Websites

Packaging

Posters

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Identity

Books

Illustration

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T-Shirt Designs

Pasta Tutti Giorni Website West Island Community Resource Centre Website Gisele's Crafts Website Women of Hope Website The Other Download Site La Senza E-Newsletter Vinis Lifestyle Boxes Macaron Boxes Wine Bottle: Label & Booklet PDHT Exhibition Network Lunch Conferences Bullying Awareness: Bullyberry Bullying Awareness: Kids Help Phone GMO:What's in your food? Veritas Pricelist Sky Chef Items West Island Community Resource Centre Identity The Other Download Site Women of Hope Dorian Gray Book Jacket Alain Simon Fleurs Catalog Annual Report: World Bank Graffiti Calendar Booklet: TCJOI Networking Day Kia Soul Car Project AQVA Women of Hope WIAIH LPHS Europe Trip Trees are people too
Pasta Tutti Giorni WebsiteSite was coded and designed in November 2009 for a school project, using Photoshop and Dreamweaver. The objective was to redesign an existing restaurant's website, with our own styles. I decided to give the restaurant a classy, yet simple and modern twist to it by using light colors and white space.
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West Island Community Resource Centre WebsiteWebsite was created in June 2009, during a summer job at the WICRC, using Photoshop and Dreamweaver. I based this design on a simple drop-down navigation and an organized content area, for easy browsing for people of all ages.
Launch Website
Gisele's Crafts WebsiteWebsite was designed and coded in October 2009 using Photoshop and Dreamweaver, for a school project but was then completed to be used for the artist's business.
Launch Website
Women of Hope WebsiteThe Women of Hope is a non-profit group that I donate my creativity to whenever they are in need of design assistance. Over the last 2 years, I have created their logo, business cards, invitations, banners, website, and much more.
Launch Website
The Other Download SiteThis website was designed in August 2009, for The Other Download Site. This company sells reproduced music that can be downloaded for one of the lowest online prices available. The simple, clean design continues throughout the entire website, no matter what the style of music. However, the sections are differentiated through use of pictures.
Launch Website
La Senza NewsletterSite was designed for a class project in September 2009, using Photoshop and Dreamweaver. The concept was to choose a company, and create a potential newsletter page, along with a subscribe/unsubscribe page layout. The light, yet fresh colors were used to reflect the photo from the Spring 2009 collection.
Launch Website
Vinis Lifestyle PackagingIn December of 2009, I designed a span of 14 packaging boxes for a new and upcoming glass company, Vinis Lifestyle. It will soon be on the market, across Canada at Loblaws grocery stores, as well as convenience stores in the States. Photos were edited using Photoshop, and then put together in Illustrator, creating a clean and attractive packaging.
Macarons PackagingThis packaging (design and dieline) was created for a school project in November 2009, solely using Illustrator. Instead of making a typical design that blends in with endless rows of boxes found in grocery stores, I chose to use bright colors that represent the unique hues of the french pastries inside, Macarons.
Vice Caché Label & BookletThe sleek and modern design was created in February 2009, for a school project. While the rest of the students created typical country wine styled designs, I took it to the next level by adding my own style to the project, using Illustrator. The label was printed on transparent paper, which reveals the color of the Rosé inside and the matching design for the booklet was tied to the bottle with a black faux-leather strap.
PDHT Exhibition PosterThis poster was designed in Illustrator in September 2009, for a class project. The concept was to design an abstract poster (11x17) to promote the PDHT Annual Graphics Exhibition which will take place on April 13, 2010. This design has been chosen to be printed and distributed around the school to promote the event.
Network Lunch ConferencesThis poster was created in September 2009, for the West Island Community Resource Centre. It is available in both English and French, in the following formats: 11x17, 8.5x11 and 4x6. This controversial poster advertises networking conferences that discuss teenage gender issues.
Bullying Awareness: BullyberryThis poster was designed in February 2010 for a class project, using Photoshop. The objective was to create two posters, under the same subject, and aim at different audiences. This poster is 11x17, and uses the tagline "41% of students have been bullied through txt msgs. Are you one of them?". The target audience for this poster is the Y-Generation. In addition, this poster has a die-cut, so it looks like a giant Blackberry phone.
Bullying Awareness: Kids Help PhoneThis is the sister version of the Bullyberry poster. Targeted towards students in high school, the poster displays the very direct message that "An estimated 160,000 children miss school every day out of fear of attack or intimidation by other students."
GMO: What's in your Food?I created this poster in March 2009, for a contest within the program at school. The objective was to create a poster that recognizes an agricultural problem, and to increase awareness about it. Did you know that " today, 7 out of every 10 items on grocery store shelves contain ingredients that have been genetically modified"?
Veritas PricelistThese pages (8.5x11) were designed in January 2009 as part of a promotional package for a glass company named Vertias, using Photoshop and InDesign. The package was tied together through the photo of sand dunes in the background of each page, with its own personalized banner at the top, depending on the topic.
Sky Chef Ads & BrochureAll of the above have been created in the Fall of 2008, for a course called Copy Writing & Promo Materials. The objective of this class was to choose a company and design all of their promo items. Above, I am displaying 3 major items for my company of choice, Sky Chef. To the left is a brochure (front and back), in the middle is a magazine advertisement, and to the left is a black&white newspaper ad.
West Island Community Resource Centre While working at the WICRC for the summer of 2009, I had the chance to design them a double-sided poster sized Annual Report (right), a matching brochure (top left) and bookmarks (center). I was also asked to design them a new logo, which is currently waiting to be approved.
The Other Download SiteThis logo and business card were created in January 2010 for the new company. I designed a fresh and clean design for their use, on both web and print.
Women of HopeThe Women of Hope is a non-profit group where I volunteer whenever they are in need of design assistance. Over the last 2 years, I have created their logo, business cards, invitations, banners, website and much more.
Booket Jacket: Dorian GrayThis picture was drawn in November 2009, to be placed on the cover of a book for a class project. Surprisingly, I was inspired by Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" lyrics in the creation of this project. The monster's face was drawn on paper with a regular pencil, then scanned and colored with the use of Photoshop, as well as many textured layers.
Catalog: Alain Simone FleursIn November 2009, Michael Miele and I created a catalog for Alain Simon Fleurs, as a class project. We took all the photos ourselves, and were able to make 2 catalogs (summer and winter) instead of 1. The photo above was one of the photos that I took that were placed in the catalogs. I used Photoshop to edit all the photos and then InDesign to put the books together.
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Annual Report: World BankThis book was created in March 2010, for a class project. We were given the contents of the World Bank Annual Report and had to redesign it with our own measurements, fonts, colors and charts. I went with the environment vs. business theme, to keep the design fresh but corporate.
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Calendar: Graffiti 2008This calendar was created in winter 2008, for my Page Design class during the 2nd semester in PDHT. After weeks of trying to figure out what theme I was going to use for my calendar, the day before the due date I was able to pull this modern yet urban book together.
Booklet: TCJOI Networking DayThis booklet, along with many other matching pages, was created during the summer 2009 for the Table de concertation jeunesse de l'Ouest-de-l'île. They wanted a simple and clean upgrade from their former version, and this is what I was able to put together for them.
Kia Soul Car TraceThis picture was created using Illustrator and Photoshop, during the Fall of 2009. After a total of 38 hours working with mesh and gradients in Illustrator, and then touching it up in Photoshop, this life-like Kia Soul was created.
Invitation: AQVAThis invitation card was made during the summer of 2009 for L'Association Québécoise de Voile Adaptée (AQVA). This card included all the details about the raffle, and a tear-off piece to fill out and put inside a ballot box.
Invitation: Women of HopeEvery year, the Women of Hope hold a Gala to raise money that goes towards the Canadian Cancer Society. This ticket contains all the information about the event, including the menu and the prizes available for the draw. It also includes a tear-off ballot for the draw, as well as a coupon for A&W.
Thank You: WIAIHI designed a "Thank You" card for the West Island Association for the Intellectually Handicapped (WIAIH) during the summer of 2009. They provided me with all the images, and I was able to put it together to create a soft and simple card for them.
LPHS Europe Trip TeeThis T-Shirt design was created in March 2010, for the Lindsay Place High School 2010 Grad Europe Trip. Keeping in mind this is for High School Students, I had to keep the design very young and not corny like typical t-shirt designs. So, I used bright colors and images to represent each part of Europe that they will be visiting.
Trees are People tooThis was designed in the Winter of 2008 for a present to a friend, who is basically a treehugger. The design speaks for itself!

Beckii Adel

Graphic / Print / Web Designer

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Hi, I'm Beckii. I am a Montreal based designer, and I currently attend John Abbott College in Publication Design and Hypermedia Technology.

I have been creating my own designs (web&print) since I was in grade 9, about 6 years ago, but only started to do this as a profession 2 years ago. Designing is my way of showing the world a piece of me. Every new project I get, I completely immerse myself into it to create something completely unique and that is always to the clients' satisfaction.

WHAT do i CREATE?

Websites Logos T-Shirt Designs
Cover Designs (Book & CD) Business Cards Calendars
Catalogs & Annual Reports Brochures Promotional Items
Packaging Postcards Bookmarks
Photo Retouching Posters Inivitation Cards
Photography Booklets & much more

What do i use?

Adobe Photoshop CS4 HTML Microsoft Office
Adobe InDesign CS4 CSS iWork
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 PHP Basics MAC
Adobe Illustrator CS4 Javascript Basics WindowsXP & Vista
Adobe Flash CS4 Adobe Fireworks CS4  
 

Accomplishments

3x Dean's List Student (Fall 08, Fall 09 & Winter 09)
Consecutive Honor Roll Student (Fall 07-Winter 10)
"Agriculture at the Top" Contest Nominee (Winter 2009)
"Discover the Stars" Scholarship (2007)

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