Take a look at the classes I’ve taken at Mercyhurst that have taught me about Cyber Security, Computer Science, and more.
ART 321 – Intro to Website Design
This course was taught by Professor Stadtmueller. In this class, I bought the domain you are on right now, and I learned HTML5 and CSS3 and how to use them in Adobe’s Dreamweaver. Take a look below at the websites I created during this class.
90’s Themed Site
This was the first website I made, we were learning HTML and CSS and made a basic website that you would’ve seen in the 90’s.
Biome Site
This website was a bit of a deeper dive into HTML and CSS, introducing containers and rows.
MailChimp Site
This website was an introduction to MailChimp to add email subscription services to my websites.
Astronomy Site
This website was a challenge to put together a sit using the skills we have learned so far.
Old Portfolio Site
This website is the final project of Intro to Web, and is the old version of this site.
ART 325 – Intermediate Website Design
This course was taught by Professor Stadtmueller. In this class, I expanded my capabilities of creating websites by including Bootstrap 5 into my websites. Take a look below at the websites I created during this class.
Rip Current Site
This website was an introduction to Bootstrap with help from skills we already knew.
Apple Farm Site
This website was a mockup of the actual Davenport Farm’s website that was a challenge to put our skills more to use.
Dinosaur Site
This website introduced us to more modules from Bootstrap and challenged our skills more.
Bowling Site
This website is the final project of Intermediate Web and was another challenge to test our skills using Bootstrap.
ART 326 – Advanced Website Design
This course was taught by Professor Stadtmueller. In this class, I started to use Word Press, which is what this website was made on. The first half of this class was a study to familiarize myself with Word Press and all it has to offer, and the second half was spent making a couple of websites. Take a look below at the websites I created during this class. By the way, there is a secret hidden on every website, see if you can find each of them!
WooCommerce Site
This website was the first one I made using WordPress, it was mostly used as a learning experience, but also introduced me to E-Commerce and Child Themes on Word Press (Please do not try to buy anything on here the purchases will go through).
This Site
This website is the current website you’re on and is the final project of this class.
ART 221 – Digital Imagery
This course was taught by Professor Stadtmueller. This class expanded in Photoshop image creation and manipulation. Emphasis, in this term, is proper file creation, learning and utilizing specialized tools, applying proper design theories to computer generated art, and tutorials for special effects. Projects focused on various kinds of photo collage and retouching as it relates to a variety of clients.
Below are some of the works I did during the class.
Activism Poster
This Poster was made after watching a film about activism.
Geometric Yosemite
This project was to learn geometric styles of graphic design, my project focused on Yosemite National Park.
IoW 2
This project was part of a bi-weekly competition between the class we called Image of the Week, the challenge was to take an image and do whatever you want to it in Photoshop, this was the result of my second IoW.
Surreal Self-Portrait
This was the last project I did in this class and was to put my Photoshop skills to the test by creating a surrealistic setting with myself in it.
ART 220 – Typographic Foundations
This course was taught by Professor Hopper. This class introduced me to basic design theories and skills. I created a variety of exercises and a portfolio of professional works to better understand design. Theoretical exercises, typography projects, readings, and client projects introduced me to lifelong design issues and tasks. Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, and Dimension were utilized in this course.
Below are some of the works I did during the class.
T-Shirt Branding
This project was a competition between the class to make T-shirts for the school.
Quote
This project was to put a quote over a video with music and was mainly done to learn how to use Adobe’s After Effects.
6 Word Memoir
This project was to create a 6 word memoir image that caused the viewer to wonder what happened, this project was mainly done to learn how to use Adobe’s Dimension.
ART 100 – Drawing
This course was taught by Professor Stinely. This class was a Studio Experience designed to develop perception, skill and creativity. Includes demonstrations, practice, and projects in various techniques from gesture to final form renderings.
Below are some of the works I did during the class.
Planar Analysis
This was the first drawing I did for this class and it focused on planar analysis and sighting and measuring correctly.
Reductive Drawing
This drawing used a reductive technique where we covered the paper in charcoal and took away value.
Still Life
This drawing was a still life that I drew to focus on shading correctly.
Self Portrait
This was the last project I did in this class and it was a self portrait drawn looking in a mirror with a light pointed at me.