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MeganBouwkamp

Graphic and Web Designer

A young graphic and web designer's short story

Hi! As you have already figured out my name is Megan Bouwkamp. It's pronounced Bocamp in case you were curious. I am a graphic and web designer based in the upstate of beautiful South Carolina. I have a degree in Graphic and Web design from Greenville Technical College.

My journey to the graphics world really started when Myspace was a thing. I was so intrigued with designing my own theme that I taught myself some very basic html code. From there I found I loved more of the graphic design side when I took three years of a graphic communications class at my high school. Which then lead me to Greenville Technical College and their amazing staff.

I really enjoy a very clean, minimalistic style. I also love a combination of organic and geometric style. I try to grow my skill everyday and enjoy learning new things as much as I can. Goodness knows that isn't hard right now seeing as I'm still a young and eager designer.

Projects I can offer

Ideas

Brainstorming is the heart of any design process, so I like to spend time on that.

Web Design

I'm able to read and understand CSS and HTML5.

Image Restoration

I absolutly love restoring old photos and seeing the happy faces of customers.

Print Media

I can do a single page ad, mulit-page cd booklet and anyting in between.

Resume

My Qualifications...

- Education -

  • Greenville Technical College

    Assoicates of Arts

    2010-2013

    I studied many different eras of art and graphic design history, along side taking some fine art classes that helped improve how I view design. I also studied general education classes.

  • Greenville Technical College

    Graphic and Web Design Certificates

    2010-2015

    I learned about layers, layer mask, duotones, photo resotration, curves, optimizing photos for the web, prepress flight, type design, package design, multi-page layouts, html hand coding, css, and responsive site design.

  • BJ Skelton Career Center

    Graphic Communications

    2007-2010

    Here I learned about color seperation, how to burn, clean and coat screens, how to screen print on clothing, how to run and print full color on a simple one color printing press, and we also touched based on some video editing.

  • Easley High School

    Diploma

    2006-2010

- Employment -

  • Southeastern Products Inc

    Design Technician

    September 2015 - Present

    I help with the maintenance and running of the durstrho800hs. I also run the vinyl plotters; I weed, mask and lay vinyl. I set up files for the press and the plotters when needed.

  • Servpro Of Pickens and South Greenville County

    Media, Marketing and Admin Support

    May 2015 - September 2015

    I manage all the different social media profiles and the websites. I helped redsign a flooring website and flooring business cards. I also help answer the phones, fill out paper and anything else that the office needs.

  • Ravx

    Cylindrical Screenprinter

    July 2014-August 2014

    I flamed and rubbed down the bottles. I burned, cleaned and coated screens. I ran the cylindra press for the bottles.

  • Pickens County Career Center

    Long-term Graphic Communications Sub

    January 2014- March 2014

    I taught the third quater of this class for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. I was given a general outline of where the students should be and I was to make lesson plans around that using my knowledge of the graphics world.

  • QuikTrip

    Assistant Manager

    July 2013-May 2015

    I rang up customers in a fast and friendly manner, I helped keep the store clean through out the shift, helped finish tasks for that shift and helped manage and train clerks.

  • Fratellis

    Waitress/Hostest

    Jan 2012-Dec 2013

    I took customers orders, helped make the salads, served them their food, bread, and drinks. I also helped with seating the customers, cleaning the store front, the kitchen, and rolled the silverware.

  • Ingles

    Cashier/Gas Station Clerk

    April 2009-July 2013

    I worked at the cash register checking people out, I ran the u-scan and helped with some customer service issues. I also was resposonsible for attending to the gas station and keeping the inventory in there up to date.

Portfolio

A taste of my works

The Departed Movie Poster
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The Departed Poster

I designed this poster in Adobe Photoshop. I added a soft outter glow to the title so it wouldn't seem so harsh on the grunge background. I pulled the yellow from the background of the image so it would unify the title and image. I chose GillSansMT for the quote font because I felt it complimented Impact Regular, which was used for the title.

Photo Restoration

Photo Resotration

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Photo Restoration

I did a few photos for this family. The mother came to me wanting to know if I could remove this yellow tint a student photographer put on her images. She loved everything but the tint. I went into Adobe Photoshop to use the color balance in image adjustments.

Photo Restoration

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Photo Restoration

I was challanged by a teacher to find a very damaged photo, repair and colorize it. So I tore one of my photos of my grandmother, taped it back together and scanned it in at 600 ppi. I then used a combination of layers, layer masks, clone stamp, and spot healing tool to repair it. I then used multiple layers to colorize the photo.

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Hand Drawn Type Design

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Hand Drawn Type

We were given the task to choose four expression from a long list. Then we needed to create fonts that reflected the expression. I used a combination of a black pen, markers and color pencils.

So Fine White Wine

So Fine White Wine

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So Fine White Wine

I was told to try to imagin my type deigns on a package and what would they be for. I looked at the words "So Fine" and thought that would make for a great wine name. I created this using Illustrator and Photoshop. I scanned the type design in at 600 ppi and then traced it in Iullustrator. I then brought the traced font into Photoshop and used the transfor tool too make it fit the bottle. I used the transform tool on all of the text images as well. I kept the design clean and simple to have a modern look.

Double Trouble Board Game

Double Trouble Board Game

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Double Trouble Board Game

I was told to try to imagin my type deigns on a package and what would they be for. I always thought of the daring games me and my brother would play with our friends when I read the words "Double Trouble". So I figured what a fun sounding game this could be. I created it using Illustrator and Photoshop. After scanning in the type design image at 600 ppi, I traced it in Illustrator and brought it over into Photoshop. I chose to use pink and blue to show that boys and girls can vs off as teams. I wanted to have two martini glasses on there to reiterate the double trouble aspect of the game and to also show that it is meant for 21 and over. Like most games, I also added how many player can play, about how long it will take, and what age range can play.

Shock Pop Billboard Mock Up

Shock Pop Mock Billboard

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Shock Pop Mock Billboard

I was given the task of inventing a new iceream and drawing up a billboard for it. I invetned Shock Pop as Pet's new flavor. It is a cola flavored icream with pop rocks in it. My brother, our friends, and I would always do this as kids. So I figured kids haven't changed that much and would still love it but now in icecream. The colors rocks flying off the icecream help show that it is the same as when you drink cola and eat pop rocks. Since most drivers only have 6 seconds to look at a billboard I wanted to keep the words under 6 and keep the large. The bright colors will attract attention of both parents and childern while the warm background will make them think of summer days.

Shock Pop Billboard Mock Up

Shock Pop Billboard

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Shock Pop Billboard

I was given the task of inventing a new iceream and drawing up a billboard for it. I invetned Shock Pop as Pet's new flavor. It is a cola flavored icream with pop rocks in it. My brother, our friends, and I would always do this as kids. So I figured kids haven't changed that much and would still love it but now in icecream. The colors rocks flying off the icecream help show that it is the same as when you drink cola and eat pop rocks. Since most drivers only have 6 seconds to look at a billboard I wanted to keep the words under 6 and keep the large. The bright colors will attract attention of both parents and childern while the warm background will make them think of summer days. I scanned the image in at 600 ppi and traced it Illustrator. I then brought it into Photoshop to place onto the billboard.

Soap Box Design Layout for Camper

Camper Soap Box Design

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Camper Soap Box Design

We were tasked with inventing a new soap and how the package would appear. I was inspired by my brother and his friends to create Camper. The soap that repels bugs while keeping you clean without smelling like bug spray. I created this using a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator. I layed out the die cut in Illustrator. I then cut each piece and placed it into Photoshop to make the images confrom to a box shape. I also added the word camper to the bar of soap and made sure the reflections were the same as what was on the box. I chose green as the box color since most people relate a deep green to woods and outdoor activites. I pulled an orange from the fire in the picture to use on the words so that it all tied in together. The font I chose, campbel, just reminded of something you would see on a campgrounds sign so I felt it was fitting.

One Page Bank Ad

One Page Bank Ad

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One Page Bank Ad

The idea behind this one page ad was to get people to come into the bank. Most people switch banks, credit cards, etc for the fact of either a higher intrest rate for return or a lower interest rate for paying. This bank was offering a deal of double the interest rate on returns. The two glasses play on the old addage is the glass half empty or half full. Well this bank offers you a full glass so you don't have to see it in any other way. The headline plays on that as well saying to Fill the Need for Greed. Come fill up your half full glass, the glass being the greed that every person is proned to feeling. I kept the font very serious and clean along with black and white theme bc banks are a very serious place of business.

Two Page iPhone Ad

Two Page iPhone Ad

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Two Page iPhone Ad

The objective was to make a two page magazine spread for an iPhone ad. I wanted to keep with the design that Apple usually uses, which is clean. moderen and simple. The left side is a bit caotic, representing our thoughts as they come and go, and how we can feel overwhelmed by them. They are questions that we will ask frequently or statements we make to oursleves a lot. The right side is simple and clean to emphaize what the tagline says "Organize your life". Showing that the iPhone 6 can do all these things and then some, therefore helping us with our daily lives.

Zoo Brochure

Greenville Zoo Mock Brochure

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Greenville Zoo Mock Brochure

The objective here was to make a zoo brochure direct mail for the Greenville Zoo's new safari adventure.  The front cover expalins itself, making the animals relatable, the bright green snake is to excite the children that may see and the adventure pass was to entice the parents. The next image shows it open.

Open Zoo Brochure

Greenville Zoo Mock Brochure Open

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Greenivlle Zoo Mock Brochure Open

As you open it, it has a lot of information the parents would like to know. The animals shown are to entice the kids more but even adults like to look as many of the animals as well. They also help with leading the eye and adding color.

Family Forawrd Project Logo

Family Forward Project Logo

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Family Forward Project Logo

This was sister project to Grandparents' Right Assoication.

Grandparents Right of South Carolina Logo

Grandparents' Rights Association Logo

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Grandparents' Rights Association Logo

This was an organziation a member of my church was founding. He told me that in the law there was no way for grandparents, aunts, uncles etc, to adopt their grandchild, niece, or newphew if they were taken away from the biological parents. The kids would just be placed into foster care and the family memebers would have to try hard to just see the kids. He started a movement to change the law, while doing that movment he asked me to create a logo that repersented what he was trying to do. I chose the picture for obvious reason; an elderly person holding the hand of a young child to show that even grandparents can take care of thier grandkids. The cirlce is to imply the idea of staying within the family circle so the kids don't feel so alone or lost during a tough time. The red and blue is for America and changing the laws. He was successful and asked for logos for all fifty states and a nation wide one.

Grandparents Right of South Carolina Logo

Blue Moon Flooring Solutions Logo

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Blue Moon Flooring Solutions Logo

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Dozo Sushi and Hibachi Website

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Dozo Sushi and Hibachi Website

Dozo Sushi and Hibachi is a family own Japanese resturant. I've known the owner for a few years; when they opened their second store they requested that I help the build a website for people to contact them and see their menu. They realized a lot of people now a days are on their phones so they also needed it to be mobile friendly. They provided me the images and told me to go with a red and gold them.

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Grandparents' Rights Association Website

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Grandparents' Rights Assoication of SC Mock Website

In one of my classes we had to pick a nonprofit organization to rebuild their website. This organization is trying to help pass laws that allows kids to be places with grandparents, aunts, uncles etc instead of going into foster care. The ogranization has gone nation wide. The request was something that would hold a lot of information but would be easy for older people to use. I started with a very basic outline that Dreamweaver provids and from there I built the rest of the site.

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Fratelli's Mock Website

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Fratelli's Mock Website

This website used a number of my skills. I had to use my knowledge of photography of to take all the pictures you see in the website. I then when into Photoshop to make slight adjustments to the tone, color and contrast. I used Dreamweaver to create the site. I bought and modified a template to fit the resturants needs. To make the mock up image you see here, I use Photoshop again. I hope you enjoy the site as your browse through it.

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Self Portarit in Charcoal

Self Portrait

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Self Portrait

This was done with charcoal.

Cucumbers Drawn in Charcoal and Prisma

Cucumbers Still Life

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Cucumber Still Life

This was my first charcoal drawing. I later added some green primsa pencil to the cucumbers.

8 Different Textures Drawn in Charcoal and crayon

Multi-Texture Study

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Multi-Texture Study

This study was suppose to be about different texture and using different medias with charcoal. I have some conte crayon and primsa pencil mixed in with the charcoal.

Self Portarit in Charcoal

Line Quality Study

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Line Quality Study

This study was about line quality and being ble to draw with white charcoal pencil. I really enjoyed drawing the bamboo.

Positive Negative Photogram of My Hair

Inverse Photograms

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Inverse Photogram

When we first started to learn how manual photography worked, our teacher wanted us to just take photograms. I layed my hair on a piece of photo paper and then make a postive of it. I lvoe how it appears almost like ink in water.

Inside of a Truck with a Pinhole Camera

Pinhole of a Truck

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Pinhole of a Truck

We had to build our own pinhole cameras during this class to take photos with. I chose this photo because it had the best balance between highlights, midtones and shadows. The detail in is also better than many of the other pinhole images I took.

Stop Motion Muay Thai Teep

Muay Thai Teep Stop Motion

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Muay Thai Teep Stop Motion

This is by far my favorite stop motion image I took. My brother practices Muay Thai, and I find the teep kick to be very elegant. I'm very glad this candid shot came out so well. Manual 35mm black and white developed in the darkroom.

Self Portarit in Charcoal

Speed Bag Stop Motion

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Speed Bag Stop Motion

Manual 35mm black and white developed in the darkroom.

Stop Motion of Matthew Jump Roping

Jump Rope Stop Motion

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Jump Rope Stop Motion

Manual 35mm black and white developed in the darkroom.

Self Portarit in Charcoal

Water Fountain Stop Motion

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Water Fountain Stop Motion

Manual 35mm black and white developed in the darkroom.

In Motion Hurdle Jump

Hurdle Jump In Motion

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Hurdle Jump In Motion

Manual 35mm black and white developed in the darkroom.

In Motion of an Ultimate Frisbe

Ultimate Frisbe Pan Action

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Ultamite Frisbe Pan Action

Manual 35mm black and white developed in the darkroom.

Selective Focus of a Solar Lamp

Solar Lamp Seletive Focus

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Solar Lamp Selective Focus

Manual 35mm black and white developed in the darkroom.

Light and Shadow of a swing

Light and Shadow Study

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Light and Shadow Study

Manual 35mm black and white developed in the darkroom.

Metaphor Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side

Metaphor Grass Is Always Greener

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Metaphor Grass is Always Greener

Manual 35mm black and white developed in the darkroom.

Metaphor I have an Idea

Metaphor I Have an Idea

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Metaphor I Have an Idea

Manual 35mm black and white developed in the darkroom.

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