Logo Draft

For this project, I decided to make a logo displaying Alpha Chi Omega’s philanthropy. Our philanthropy is domestic violence awareness. I thought it would be perfect to bring it to life for this project because October is domestic violence awareness month. I really love our philanthropy because domestic violence is a very large issue in our society today and it is something that does need attention brought to it. The design influence that inspired me was one of the illustrator tutorials we did last week. I liked the idea of having a circle involved because I feel it brings more attention to the main point I am trying to bring attention to in my logo. I also wanted to include the chapter name, Alpha Chi Omega, because that is the house that provides this philanthropy. The significance of the elements in my design are the words Domestic Violence Awareness, Alpha Chi Omega, and the color purple within everything because that is the color that represents domestic violence awareness. My design process began with me using the type tool on illustrator to write out Domestic Violence Awareness. The font I used for it was Ballpark Weiner, which I had gotten from doing the varsity lettering tutorial we did last week. I made the fill color a dark purple because since it is the words I wanted the most attention drawn to it. Then, I used the elipse tool to create the first oval around it. I made the stroke a bright purple color. Next, I copied the oval and made three bigger ones out of it. I filled the second one with a light purple for the background, so it could be the background of two of the circles. On the second oval, I held down the type button, then clicked the type on a path tool to write Alpha Chi Omega. I wanted the Alpha Chi Omega part on the side and smaller because I did not want as much attention for that aspect of it. I struggled with this a little bit in placing it in the correct spot I wanted it in. I just kept clicking in different areas of the circle until I finally found where I wanted it to go. I used the brush script MT italic font, then I made that the same purple as domestic violence awareness. I made the stroke points larger on the middle circle, then smaller and smaller for the outer circle to kind of give it an ombre effect. I really enjoy using illustrator and am happy with the outcome of my logo.

Logo Sketch

My logo sketch is our philanthropy. Our philanthropy is domestic violence awareness, and since it is domestic violence awareness month I thought it would be fitting to make this next project be about our philanthropy. I am going to make it have variations of purple because that is the color for domestic violence awareness.

Graphic Design Project

For my project, I decided to make an event poster. My event poster showcased what every sorority has to do to add new members: recruitment. I thought this would be fitting for my first project because recruitment is the very week that put me where I am now. Recruitment is a very special event that helps girls find where they would fit best and feel most comfortable throughout their crazy experience of college. We started practicing for it last semester, then came back to school two weeks early for what is called “work week,” and then actual recruitment week. When I went through it as a potential new member my freshman year, I truly had no idea how much was put into it. All of the work that does go into it makes the girls that are trying to find their new homes not realize all the behind the scenes stuff. What I have shown in my project is a day of work week and two different days of actual recruitment week. For recruitment, the whole house comes together and works extremely hard to make sure that the next member class of girls is even better than the last. My design process was intended to show how it brought us all together in order to meet a goal, which was to find all new members who we could see leading the house. The elements I used to create my poster were photos that I would take with my friends each day. I found what I used for my background by looking up “cute background free for use creative commons” on Google. Some tools I used were stroke, drop shadow, and inner glow. I used stroke to frame each photo to make them pop, then I used drop shadow to make them pop even more. I also used inner glow to make the photos look like they were higher quality (they were all taken on my iPhone). I also put a stroke on the pictures into a lavender color, then put the opacity to 80, so you could slightly see the background through the stroke. I also put stroke and drop shadow to outline the letters of the words. For the background, I knew it was alright to use it because on the website it says, “Download free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos.” The website was called The Creative Exchange and here is the link to it if you want to check it out: https://unsplash.com/photos/d2zvqp3fpro. I really enjoyed doing this project because I was able to reflect on my self-growth throughout recruitment and all throughout this past year I have been a part of Alpha Chi Omega.

Draft Graphic Design Project

For my project, I decided to make an event poster. My event poster showcased what every sorority has to do to add new members: recruitment. I thought this would be fitting for my first project because recruitment is the very week that put me where I am now. Recruitment is a very special event that helps girls find where they would fit best and feel most comfortable throughout their crazy experience of college. We started practicing for it last semester, then came back to school two weeks early for what is called “work week,” and then actual recruitment week. When I went through it as a potential new member my freshman year, I truly had no idea how much was put into it. All of the work that does go into it makes the girls that are trying to find their new homes not realize all the behind the scenes stuff. What I have shown in my project is a day of work week and two different days of actual recruitment week. For recruitment, the whole house comes together and works extremely hard to make sure that the next member class of girls is even better than the last. My design process was intended to show how it brought us all together in order to meet a goal, which was to find all new members who we could see leading the house. The elements I used to create my poster were photos that I would take with my friends each day. I found what I used for my background by looking up “cute background free for use creative commons” on Google. Some tools I used were stroke, drop shadow, and inner glow. I used stroke to frame each photo to make them pop, then I used drop shadow to make them pop even more. I also used inner glow to make the photos look like they were higher quality (they were all taken on my iPhone). For the background, I knew it was alright to use it because on the website it says, “Download free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos.” The website was called The Creative Exchange and here is the link to it if you want to check it out: https://unsplash.com/photos/d2zvqp3fpro. I really enjoyed doing this project because I was able to reflect on my self-growth throughout recruitment and all throughout this past year I have been a part of Alpha Chi Omega.

My Journey as an Alpha Chi

My topic is on Greek Life here at WSU. In all honesty, I never saw myself as someone who would be in a sorority. I have always had my group of girl friends growing up, but I never saw myself being a part of something like this. I am from California. I mainly went through recruitment with the thought that if I did not join a house; I would get to know other girls during the process. I was so nervous about not knowing anyone here and recruitment was definitely pretty intimidating, but it was all worth it. I can genuinely say that if I did not join Alpha Chi Omega, I would have gone home and not come back this year. No matter how much I missed my home, the weather, my family, and friends, the girls in my house are what got me through it and made me want to be here. At first, I joined the house because I wanted to have that home away from home type of a feeling up here in Pullman. Alpha Chi Omega has offered me so much more than that, and that is why I decided that I wanted to share about my experience here in the sorority. It has helped me become the person I am now, pushed me out of my comfort zone, and makes me strive to be better every day. I genuinely feel like I am a part of something that is greater than myself. Because of the stigma around being in a sorority or fraternity, a lot of people do not realize how much actually goes on when you are a part of Greek life. You have weekly chapter meetings, community service hours, throw philanthropic events, recruitment, and attend programing events. I am really passionate about our philanthropy, community service, and recruitment process, so in some of my next postings I will post more about that. I plan to share photos and videos from these types of events to showcase how much impact they have had on my life and the others surrounding me. All of these different factors of being an Alpha Chi Omega have molded me into the woman I am now, and the person I continue to strive to be. I am excited to share more about my time I have had here and the journey I am continuing to take. Stay tuned for more 🙂

https://alphachiomegablog.org

I chose this as one of my inspiration blogs because I feel like it really captures all of the wonderful things our organization does countrywide, which I want to be able to share with you all too. 

http://wsuaxo.blogspot.com

I chose this as another inspiration blog because it is specific to my chapter of Alpha Chi Omega and how special it is and all of the cool things we get to do being a part of it. 

https://www.wsusororities.com/alpha-chi-omega

Lastly, I chose this blog because it also showcases how special the Omega chapter is here at WSU.

My First Blog Post

About ME!

Hi there! My name is Stephanie Hilliard, but I go by Steph. I am a second year college student at Washington State University and I am majoring in Communications. I am a part of a sorority here on campus, Alpha Chi Omega. When I am not doing my schoolwork, doing things for the house is what typically takes up the rest of my time. The reason why I am starting this blog is to post the media content I am going to be creating for a course I am taking this semester, COM 210. I am excited to be taking this class and be recording it all in a blog, so then in the end I can look back and see all of the hard work I have put into this course throughout the semester. A little bit more about myself, some hobbies and interests I have revolve around health and wellness, as well as music. I love exercising, yoga, and eating right. I try to exercise every day because it always makes me feel good after. I am taking yoga this semester, which I am excited about because normally when I am up at school I do not have much time to do it, but now I will get the chance to twice a week! I also always try to eat healthy because when I am healthy I am happy â˜ș. The kind of music that I love is EDM (electric dance music). I love going to festivals with my friends, those are my favorite kinds of weekends. So there is a little bit about me, stay tuned for more!


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