Graphic Design Projects

3-D Art Corky Template

Project Brief: Create an interactive paper craft to market the art department to prospective Emporia State University students.

3-D Art Corky Template Example, Copy Paper and Elmer's Clue. 2025

Seasonal Banners

Project Brief: Design 4 banners representing the 4 seasons. Pick an influential graphic designer, research their work, and design your banners in their style.

Illustrative banner with various winter and London scenes: father and child ice skating, the London underground/public transport, Big Ben, red telephone box, double decker bus, snowman, and different piles of snow.

Winter Banner. Adobe Illustrator, 30" x 60", 2024

Illustrative banner of various spring and Dutch scenes: hot air balloons, castles, windmills, tulips, picnic, and a child flying a kite.

Spring Banner. Adobe Illustrator, 30" x 60", 2024

Illustrative banner with various Greek and summer scenes: ocean side swing, people swimming, sand beach with towels and umbrellas, tourist taking photo of the parthenon, blue and white architecture, and a boat.

Summer Banner. Adobe Illustrator, 30" x 60", 2024

Illustrative banner of various autumn and New England scenes: train, townhomes, lighthouse, boats, man fishing, someone wearing a scarf overlooking the fall colored trees and piles of leaves.

Autumn Banner. Adobe Illustrator, 30" x 60", 2024

Degree Path Infographic

Project Brief: Create a visually interesting graphic that describes the basic degree path for students pursuing a BFA in graphic design.

Degree Plan Infographic (OUTSIDE). Adobe Illustrator, 8.5" x 14" 2025

Degree Plan Infographic (INSIDE). Adobe Illustrator, 8.5" x 14" 2025

Degree Plan Infographic Print Mockup (OUTSIDE), Adobe Photoshop. 2025

Image shows the inside of a four panel brochure. The inside of this brochure has a multicolored path with each block of color including new text or graphics describing the BFA graphic design degree plan at Emporia State University.

Degree Plan Infographic Print Mockup (INSIDE), Adobe Photoshop. 2025

Magazine Cover Story

Project Brief: Design a magazine cover story including the front cover and a 3-page spread of the cover story for Spotlight Magazine.

Hometown T-Shirt

Project Brief: Your hometown in the United States is having a festival to celebrate its anniversary. The organizers have asked you to design a T-shirt. The shirt should reflect the theme vintage, classic, and rustic. A design that is like old gas station signs, oil signs, and similar items reflect the look and feel. Think "Americana"

White t-shirt with a green design of a covered wagon moving along a hill with sun bursts. Includes text: HOme to the Riverside Park, Oswego, Kansas, established 1865.

Hometown T-Shirt Design Mockup. Adobe Illustrator, 2024

Anatomy of Type

Project Brief: Create a poster that could be used to educate a beginner about the anatomy of type.

Anatomy of Type: Now in Jell-o! Adobe Illustrator, 12" x 18" 2025

Illustrated Selfie

Project Brief: Choose a self portrait or selfie and then use the pen tool and eyedropper in Adobe Illustrator to turn the photo into an illustration.

Illustration of smiling girl eating ramen. Colorful lines fill the background. There are smiley faces and organic shapes spread out on the image. Above the girl is the text: "Braelyn". Above the bowl is the text: "ramen".

Self Portrait. Adobe Illustrator, 8.5" x 11" 2024

Portfolio Book

Project Brief: Design a 16-page, saddle stitch book in Adobe InDesign to showcase some of your design work from this semester. Use the Van de Graaf guides as a guiding force for the elements on each page. The book must be produced at the University Copy Center.