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The advertisement above is a cool way of using photoshop to create an advertisement. The idea of the furniture coming out from the iconic blue Ikea bag with the text on top saying “New wonders can come out of the blue” which is made to look cooler with the cat on the chair and the glass on the bedside table having liquid floating as well. Each of the furniture elements were probably photographed on their own, using strings probably, and then put together in photoshop. They probably could’ve included the price for the bedding set that is coming out from the bag but there was probably some reason they didn’t.

While I know that this poster was most likely not created in Illustrator, I’m pretty sure it would be possible to create something similar to this in the app. As for the design itself, I really like the use of the 3 different colors to represent 3 different layers to the poster. Cooler colors for one side, warmer colors for the other side and an off white for the portal itself. Also, the half-tone dots to either illustrate depth or to make the viewer focus on something else is a great use of the pattern.

I think this is something that would be made in InDesign but im not fully sure. It’s a pretty simple brochure showcasing some of the classes in the school of continuing and professional studies at DePaul. I like the diagonal cut on the picture with the bigger text also being tilted with the frame. The rest of the text is in the DePaul blue color. Other than that there isnt really much to the brochure.