Visual Communication Teaching Portfolio Visual Communication Teaching Portfolio from Devon Foster Visual Communication Teaching Portfolio A compilation of design projects created under my tutelage by the BA students of Raffles Design Institute, Department of Visual Communication. “Thematic” Color Wheels A bold and creative spin on the classic color wheel. A visual theme is chosen and rendered using primary, secondary & tertiary colors with tints and shades thereof. Acrylic paint on board. ©2012 Shalaka Shah, Aditya Parikh, Akanksha Negi. Letterform Abstraction. An introduction to letterform anatomy where students examine forms, counterforms and use Gestalt figure/ground theory to achieve balance between positive and negative space. Adobe Illustrator. ©2013 Shalaka Shah, Avrit Golani. Signage: graphic icons created for door display to identify Fashion Design department and Mac computer lab using the universal language of pictograms, Adobe Illustrator. ©2011 Kush Shah. “Tangled” Font - Physical Typography. Exploring letterform in the built environment using found objects. Polyester twine, shot with digital camera and converted to vectors in Adobe Illustrator. ©2012 Shaily Bajaria. “Bangles” Font - Physical Typography. Exploring letterform in the built environment using found objects. Bangle bracelets, digital camera. ©2012 Akanksha Negi. “Curtains” Font - Physical Typography. Exploring letterform in the built environment using found objects. Curtain arranged into letters, digital camera. ©2012 Vivek Thakker. Color Expression Self Portraits. Digital camera, Photoshop. ©2012 Vivek Thakker, Shaily Bajaria. . “Shailvetica” typeface- Creating new letterforms from existing ones. Helvetica typeface manipulated in Adobe Photoshop. ©2013 Shaily Bajaria. “Ripple” typeface- Creating new letterforms from existing ones. Adobe Illustrator. ©2014 Shalaka Shah. “Play Your Type” - Typographic Objects. Manipulation of typeface and font to create unique images of everyday objects. Adobe Illustrator. ©2012 Akanksha Negi, Vivek Thakker. “Play Your Type” - Typographic Self Portraits. Manipulation of typefaces and fonts to create unique portraits. Adobe Illustrator. ©Vivek Thakker, Shalaka Shah. “Play Your Type” - Typographic Monuments. Manipulation of typefaces and fonts to create unique images of famous monuments. Adobe Illustrator. ©2012 Shaily Bajaria. The Simpsons 5-DVD Box Set. A packaging design concept to market all 24 seasons of The Simpsons animated television series. Digital print on card stock. ©2014 Vivek Thakker “Picturesque” Wine Packaging. A sustainable packaging concept comprised of individual, interlocking panels designed to be repurposed as wall art, thus reducing waste. Wood, digital prints on canvas. ©2013 Shalaka Shah. “Propaganda” Poster. A Graphic Design and Culture project meant to coldly inform the viewer of a shocking statistic, and incite them to act. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, digital print. ©2013 Akanksha Negi. “Propaganda” Poster. A Graphic Design and Culture project which throws down the gauntlet on the way women are viewed in India, and how women are taking a stand against it. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, digital print. ©Akanksha Negi 2013. “Propaganda” Poster. A Graphic Design and Culture project meant to persuade the viewer to ask themselves “what is truly important in life?”. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, digital print. ©2013 Pooja Bajaj. gLike Visual Communication Teaching Portfolio A compilation of design projects created under my tutelage by the BA students of Raffles Design Institute, Department of Visual Communication. Graphic Design Visual Design Share R 7 n Available Full-time Devon Foster Designer-Maker and Educator New York, NY Follow Contact