Abbey
Kurmel
This is me
I have always had a love for Design. It started out when I was on my high school's yearbook staff. I decided to major in Graphic Design because it is one of my passions to create things and it doesn't feel like work. I enjoy sitting and coming up with ideas for any project.

Skills
I have experience in many Adobe applications including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Indesign. I also have experience in Figma and Canva.
Experience
Digital Imaging
In this class I learned to utilize Adobe Photoshop to create aesthetic content in the production, manipulation, and presentation of digital images.
Advanced Typography and Animation
In this class I learned to utilize Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, and Photoshop. This course required creating typefaces, size and composition. It also helped me learn the importance of combining type with illustration, animation, and video to create a meaningful composite.
Graphic Design 1
In this class I learned to utilize Adobe Illustrator. It emphasized the importance of using color, form, and composition to aid in message-design strategies.
App Design and Prototyping
In this class I learned to utilize Figma and Adobe After Effects. It focused on the importance of design concepts, principles, and processes of graphic design in the designing and prototyping of apps.
Graphic Design 2
In this class I learned to utilize Adobe InDesign. It emphasized the integration of effective and established design principles in layout design.
Media Design Applications
In this class we used many Adobe applications. I learned to create animations, 3D effects, video composites and audio.
Applications I have knowledge in:
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Character Animator
Adobe Illustrator
Figma
Procreate
Adobe After Effects
Canva
Adobe Lightroom