My intent for this design was to create a personalized business/calling card for myself that I would like enough to potentially have printed. I wanted something that could be used when at workshops and conferences to pass out for networking purposes. I found a template in Canva for business cards that I liked and thought would look nice with my logo. I added my logo and some other information that would be on the business/calling card.
Category: Graphic Design
Professional Design 1: Keyboarding Board Game
My intent for this design was to have a tool to use in class for my students while they work through a keyboarding class. They create an account at Typing.com, and while they work through the lessons, they mark off each square on the board game. It can be a little mundane to learn, so I needed something to motivate them. I created from scratch a board game style worksheet and used multiple elements to create spaces as they move through the lessons. I also added some incentives in between the lessons for the students along the way, such as free play and candy. It can be used while they work through the lessons throughout the course.
Designing a Logo
** Note to K12 Educators** Canva for Education unlocks some Pro features for both you and your students, so it might be worth checking out. I was able to download my logo as a transparent PNG in my educator’s account without any extra steps.
For my logo, I wanted to keep it simple and clean looking, and create something I could maybe use in the future. I selected my name that I am planning on eventually launching my own website. I am working on creating a webpage entitled Simply Karen Denise, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to play around with ideas for that website. I also selected one of my favorite colors, turquoise, and made it more transparent than what it was originally. I selected the paintbrush stroke element that was a good shape to match my name. Lastly I added one of my favorite things, which was a dragonfly. I thought the shape looked nice between my name. I thought the gold lettering and dragonfly was a nice contrast on the light turquoise color.