landon breaux portfolio

P R I N T & W E B D E S I G N E R

I’m Landon Breaux,A graphic designer turned pilot and drummer.

(661) 212-9489 [email protected]

I’m an established and acknowledged graphic designer out of Phoenix, Arizona. I specialize in design

for print communications and user interface. I am familiar with HTML and CSS and currently study

in the web design field at Arizona State University. I am pursuing my Airline Transport Pilot rating

through ASU, and aspire to have a thriving career in aviation as well as design.

Arizona State University

Bachelors of Science

Aeronautical Management Technology

Professional Flight

January 2017

Arizona State University

Bachelors of Science

Graphic Information Technology

Web Design

January 2017

College of the Canyons

Associate in the Arts

Graphic and Multimedia Design

Graphic Design

May 2012

Graphic DesignSamples of my traditional graphic design work for print.

Personal Branding

Nerdy Girls Semester Calendar

Airline Tickets

Guardian Divers Underwater Services

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Oversized PrintSome examples of pieces created with large-format printing in mind.

Fundamentals of Design

History of Visual Communication

Aviation Timeline

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Web/User Interface Various website and application mockups created for use by developers.

U-Haul Payment Terminal Screens

D-sci-pher

Ready-To-Go-Boxes

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Photography Photography samples including

architectural, studio, and macro.

Fossil Aeroflite

Star Supplier

U-Haul Fleet Week

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PERSONAL BRANDING

The three conjoined triangles that make up my initials, LB, represent my three passions in life; aviation, music, and design.

I needed to convey that I am a print designer, so the colors cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) make up the majority of the logo since these are the four primary printing colors.

I have been working in the web design field of the industry since 2013, so in order to incorporate the web aspect into my logo, the intersections of the shapes join to create red, green, and blue (RGB), which is the colorspace of digital user interfaces.

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AIRLINE TICKETS

A speculative redesign for airline tickets, both vertical and horizontal, in order to employ an obvious and easy to follow hierarchy for the passenger to read with the most pertinent information most readily available.

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My intention

with both tickets

was to create two

distinct pieces,

the small tear

off piece, and the

main piece.

The tear off

section is meant

for the TSA or

airline ramp

agent. This

allows them to

quickly see where

the passenger

came from and

is heading to,

and also has an

identifying bar

code for quick

access of the

passenger’s

personal details.

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GUARDIAN DIVERS UNDERWATER SERVICES

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Guardian Divers is an expanding boat salvage and repair company based out of Tacoma, Washington. This project included branding the company with a logo, business stationary, business cards, and envelopes.

My idea was to incorporate a

retro diver’s helmet. I felt this

was an appropriate means of

conveying that the company

has had a lot of experience in

the industry, and are proficient

divers.

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NERDY GIRLS PRODUCTIONS

I felt the logo needed to incorporate a film strip as the best way to convey that Nerdy Girls is involved in the video production industry.

The Nerdy Girls team wanted to incorporate cat eye glasses, to symbolize class and sophistication with their editing and I was able to use them into the creation of the logo and assets design appropriately.

I used the typeface, “Insignia” for the nerdy portion of the logotype. Its bold and chunky style assimilates a “geeky” aspect, and the typeface, “Museo” was utilized for the girls portion. I felt that the typeface’s light and delicate aesthetic helped relate and echo the female aspect of the company.

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The Essentials of Typography The Basics of Layout

This is a close up of the

essentials of typography

poster. Its purpose is to

outline eight rules of

typesetting, which I feel

many designers overlook

quite often. Other general

rules and tips for correctly

setting type within a design

are included with each topic.

Below is a detailed photo of

the basics of layout poster.

This one’s purpose is to

give a brief summary of

the four main elements of

design, alignment, contrast,

repetition, and proximity.

A visual representation is

incorporated in the title of

each section.

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FUNDAMENTALSOF DESIGN

The Graphic Information Technology department at Arizona State University tasked me to create a series of posters that demonstrate industry standard design practices as well as showcase general facts and tips for graphic design students.

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HISTORY OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION

The History of Visual Communication timeline was created for the Graphic Information Technology department at Arizona State University. It covers many key advancements which have lead to visual communications as we know them today, such as, photography, social media, and advertising.

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The timeline has a finished size of 10 feet wide by 2 feet tall and was printed on a wallpaper medium. It is currently installed inside the Technology Center at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus.

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AVIATION TIMELINE

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I was able to incorporate 40 events that have contributed to aviation history and have also shaped the industry as we know it today.

Located at the top right of the timeline is Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport (KIWA). This is the airport used by ASU to provide flight training for Professional Flight students attending their Polytechnic Campus.

The illustrated Cessna 172 with the tail number of N984AV is the first plane I personally flew as part of the Professional Flight program. It holds significance for myself and also a number of students who continue to receive flight training in it to this day. I felt it was important to incorporate this in order for each and every flight student to feel a personal connection to the timeline, and this plane will likely be in service for the next 10 to 20 years at this airport.

The finished poster is 10 feet long by 4 feet tall and is displayed inside of the Polytechnic Campus’s Simulator Building located in Mesa, Arizona.

ADAA Semifinalist

This piece was a semifinalist

in the 2014 Adobe Design

Achievement Awards. I was

one of the 75 semifinalists

in the print communications

category, which had a

total of 4419 submissions

internationally.

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SEMESTER CALENDAR

This calendar was created to span the spring 2014 semester and targets the Graphic Information Technology students at ASU.

Its purpose was to be printed as a dry-erase board to allow students and faculty to write important dates or events on it throughout the semester.

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My task was to create three unique screens that a customer would see during their checkout process. These graphics are displayed on the L5300 inside most U-Haul centers throughout North America.

The text had to be translated into French for use in parts of Canada, so I had to ensure the typefaces I chose for each design had the appropriate glyphs and characters available.

U-HAUL PAYMENT TERMINAL SCREENS

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D-SCI-PHER

The School of Computing, Informatics, & Decision Systems Engineering needed visual mockups of a web application to include in a proposal.

D-sci-pher is a proposed website that will be used by college professors and students to evaluate the accuracy of scientific and academic articles.

See more pages of this project by visiting my website. landonbreaux.com/dscipher.html

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READY TO GO BOXES

Upon going public with this product, U-Haul wanted to incorporate the option to add Ready-To-Go-Boxes to a customers’ order in the shopping cart of U-Haul.com transactions. I was tasked with creating visual mockups for both U-Haul’s desktop and tablet website, as well as their mobile site.

I created all the imagery seen on both pages through compositing. I was supplied studio images against a white background, and proceeded to render out the boxes and people holding them, then laid them against a more interesting background. I felt adding context to the situations would help the customer to better grasp the applications of Ready-To-Go-Boxes.

Ready-To-Go-Boxes greatly reduce the carbon footprint of moving since they are reusable, weather resistant, and replace the need for cardboard boxes.

To see more on this project, please visit uhaul.com and begin a reservation process of a vehicle.

This work is property of

U-Haul International. The

project was completed in a

team environment, under

the direction of Melissa

Baxter, U-Haul Digital

Design Team Manager,

two thousand and fifteen.

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FOSSIL AEROFLITE

For this commercial photography project, we needed to create a themed shot for a product or service. I combined my passions of aviation and watches.

I used a Arizona VFR Aeronautical Sectional Chart for the backdrop, a few flight instruments (the infamous E6B and plotter), and the checklists from a Cessna 172 to compliment the Fossil Aeroflite watch.

After setting up the lighting source and conditions, the shot came out beautifully. The image can appeal to both aviation enthusiasts, whom will notice the various flight tools, and those whom are not familiar with aviation since the watch is still the focal point.

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STAR SUPPLIER

For this group project, we needed to come up with a fictitious company to create an advertisement for. I had the idea for a music shop called, “Star Supplier.”

I had been keeping a collection of all my broken drumsticks throughout the years and they worked perfectly for the background photo.

We were also able to utilize other photography techniques like long exposure, bokeh, and strobe effects. I staged all of the shots, and all the photos here were taken by myself with the exception of the “Music Lessons” photo, since I am the subject.

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U-HAULFLEET WEEK

Various photos taken during the annual U-Haul Fleet Week - 2014. The U-Haul Technical Center, which produces most of U-Hauls trucks, trailers, and equipment, brings some of their newest additions from the field to the U-Haul International towers in Phoenix, Arizona.

This allows corporate team members to see U-Haul’s current technology and ask questions to the mechanics and engineers who built it.

I appreciate your time and look forward to working with you in the future.

Landon Breaux Print & Web Designer

(661) 212-9489 [email protected]

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