Gabriela Dorado

I am an Editorial & Web Designer from Argentina, currently looking for a position as part of a team in these creative fields. Some of my design skills include: logos, brand identity, packaging, brochures, posters, invitations, magazine/book designs and originals for print as well as HTML5, CSS3, PHP, MySQL, Javascript & Wordpress. For my work I mostly use Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign & Sublime Text. This is an online portfolio to showcase part of my work.

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Zack Snyder’s Justice League

A group of dedicated DC & Snyder fans organized a fan poster event with film director Zack Snyder as judge of all the pieces submitted and inspired by his original cut for the Justice League movie. 

This is my poster, one among the +1000 sent by fans from all over the world.

All original submissions can be found on the official Vero and Twitter accounts

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UI DESIGN: SIGN UP form

I subscribed to the Daily UI Challenge this week and this is the first design challenge I receive via email. If you don’t know what it is about and you feel like you need to practice your design skills this is the perfect oportunity: after subscribing you’ll receive each day via email a new design challenge which you should post either on Dribble or Twitter with the hashtag #dailyui. It’s a 100 day challenge so every day you get a new design category, ie: landing page, poster, ckeck out credit card, etc

You can also view my original Dribbble post here

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PERSONAL PROJECT: Game Of Thrones magazine spread.

As a personal project (and practice) I designed a 2 page-spread for one of my favorite film/tv magazines, La Cosa Cine, inspired by their editorial design style and choosing one of their online articles about the last episode of Game Of Thrones season 7 for the content.

I added some extra text of my own where needed and images of S07E07 from different online sources.

No copyright infringement intended. All images, characters and text belong to their rightful owners. The magazine that inspired this design can be found here: www.lacosacine.com

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DC COMICS: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHARACTERS - REDESIGN

As I previously posted here, I designed several pages of an encyclopedia for a class project a few years ago and even though at the time I liked it and did the best I could I believe there is always room for improvement and learning so I decided to redesign the interior of the book as a personal project and will keep updating it as often as I can, not because of the importance of content and text itself but because of the opportunity to practice and improve my skills while designing for a subject I really enjoy.

Como previamente había publicado aquí, diseñé varias páginas de una enciclopedia para mi clase de Base Editorial cuando estudiaba hace unos años y aunque en ese momento me gustó el resultado e hice lo mejor que podía creo que siempre se puede mejorar y aprender más, así que decidí re-diseñar el interior del libro como proyecto personal y continuaré actualizándolo tanto como pueda, no por la importancia del contenido en sí mismo sino por la oportunidad que me presenta para practicar y mejorar mis habilidades diseñando sobre un tema que conozco y del cual disfruto.

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WEB DESIGN: nahuelpucheta.com

The web design was built using the following languages:

HTML5

CSS3

MySQL

PHP

Javascript

And the tools for its development were: Sublime Text, Xampp & a couple of free javascript libraries that were adapted according to the design.

This online photography portfolio is a responsive design and can be seen here:

www.nahuelpucheta.com

* The site is still under construction since there will be a few more sections to be added (personal photos, blog & photo books).

NOTE: the website’s home page has now been modified by the owner of the site (27 Jan.2017)

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Someday Never Maybe: logo design

This was a small project for a friend who wanted to turn his blog posts, about his motorcycle trip through the continent, into a book as a guide companion and/or inspiration book for others wanting to venture into traveling on their own. When he mentioned that maybe the title could be made into a logo for the cover I started thinking about designs related to traveling & vintage motorcycle badges and these are some of the ideas I came up with considering that perhaps in the future he might use the logo on merchandise too. PS: in the end our joint project didn't happen but he was able to get his book printed through a company that offers online editorial printing services.

Este fue un pequeño proyecto para un amigo que quería convertir su blog, sobre su viaje en motocicleta a través del continente, en un libro como acompañante o libro de inspiración para otras personas que quisieran aventurarse en un viaje por su cuenta. Cuando él mencionó que tal vez el titulo podría convertirse en un logo para la tapa pensé en diseños relacionados con viajes y las insignias vintage de motos, y éstas fueron algunas de las ideas que surgieron considerando que tal vez en el futuro él pudiera utilizar el logo en merchandising también.

PD: finalmente nuestro proyecto en conjunto no se realizó aunque él tuvo oportunidad de hacer imprimir su libro a través de una empresa online que ofrece servicios de impresión editorial.

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WEB DESIGN: Vikings - class project

This was my project for a Professional Webmaster course, designed in HTML5, CSS3, MySQL, PHP and JAVASCRIPT languages. The subject for the site was of the students’s choice, I decided on a site for a TV show so that I would have text, video and photo material to include. The site is not optimized for responsive design since it was not required for the final presentation of the project.

The site can be viewed here: http://vikingoslatam.esy.es

And also here: http://www.gabydorado.comuv.com 

Este fue el proyecto para el curso intensivo de Professional Webmaster, diseñado utilizando los lenguajes HTML5, CSS3, MySQL, PHP y JAVASCRIPT. El tema del sitio era a elección de cada estudiante, en mi caso decidí que fuese sobre la serie de TV “Vikingos” para tener suficiente material de texto, imágenes y video que incluir. El sitio no está optimizado para diseño responsive ya que no era requerido para la entrega final.

El sitio puede verse en: http://vikingoslatam.esy.es o también en este enlace: https://gabydorado.000webhostapp.com

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PERSONAL PROJECT: Flyer Design - Vote For Harley!

Personal Project: made in Adobe Photoshop. Having presidential elections in my country in a few days I thought it would be funny to have Harley Quinn as a candidate for President, so I decided to make a campaign poster.

All images, logos & characters belong to their rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended. Made for entertainment purposes only.

Proyecto personal: hecho en Adobe Photoshop. Con las elecciones presidenciales de mi país a un paso, se me ocurrió que sería gracioso tener a Harley Quinn como candidata a Presidente, así que decidí diseñar un poster con estilo de campaña.

Todas las imágenes, logos y personajes pertenecen a sus propietarios. Hecho sólo por entretenimiento, sin intenciones de violar copyright.

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PERSONAL PROJECTS: blendings  and drawing effect in Photoshop

Over the years I learned different techniques in Adobe Photoshop. I first started learning on my own figuring out the use of tools, filters, etc until I found online tutorials on how to achieve different effects or make use of textures. This is one of my favourites: turning real photographs into sketch-like wallpapers using filters, brushes, blending images and textures.

A lo largo de los años fui aprendiendo diferentes técnicas en Adobe Photoshop. Comencé aprendiendo por mi cuenta, descubriendo la utilidad de herramientas, filtros, etc, hasta que encontré tutoriales online sobre como lograr varios efectos o utilizar texturas. Este es uno de mis favoritos: convertir fotos reales en imágenes que parecen dibujos para utilizarlos en fondos de pantalla (por ejemplo), usando filtros, pinceles, fusionando imágenes y texturas.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Batman and Superman

When I first designed the DC Comics Encyclopedia of Characters as a final project for one of my classes, I didn't have as much time as I would've liked to have for a really thoughtful, careful and professional design; so months after I finished my studies I decided to redesign it, starting with the infographic. This is my 2.0 version of my DC Comics Infographic comparing info about Superman and Batman.

Cuando diseñé por primera vez mi Enciclopedia de Personajes de DC Comics como proyecto final para una de mis clases, no tuve tanto tiempo disponible para realizarla de manera bien pensada y profesional como me hubiese gustado; así que meses después de finalizar mis estudios decidí re-diseñarla, comenzando con la infografía. Esta es mi versión 2.0 de la Infografía de DC Comics comparando información sobre Superman y Batman.

See my “DC Comics Encyclopedia of Characters” here!

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PERSONAL PROJECT: movie poster for Suicide Squad

As the big fan of DC Comics that I am I was really excited when the first Suicide Squad film teaser was released, so as soon as I could get screencaptures I was determined to make a poster. It is quite simple because the variety and number of images available were very limited at the time and also focused on the characters that stood out the most (for me at least): the Joker (biggest and most iconic villain in the comic book world, duh!), Harley Quinn (beautiful but quite dangerous and disturbed) and June Moone (didn’t know anything about Enchantress before the film but the images of the character were very interesting).

No copyright infringement intended, this poster was made for entertainment purposes only. All images & logos belong to their owners.

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ENCICLOPEDIA: proyecto final para la clase de Base Editorial.

This was the final project for my ‘Base Editorial’ class and consisted of designing, printing and presenting, in a hardcover binding, an encyclopedia (theme of the student's choice) of 20 pages minimum and had to include the design of cover & backcover, book-jacket and packaging. I decided on a DC Comics Encyclopedia of Characters and these are a few pictures showcasing my work. 

Este fue el proyecto final para mi clase de ‘Base Editorial’ y consistió en diseñar, imprimir y presentar, encuadernado en tapa dura, una enciclopedia (tema a elección del estudiante) de 20 páginas como mínimo y debía incluir el diseño de la tapa, contratapa, sobrecubiert y packaging.

Decidí realizar una Enciclopedia de personajes de DC Comics y estas son algunas imágenes del trabajo entregado.

All the photos belong to DC Comics, INC; as this was a student project there was no copyright infringement intended.

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LOGOTYPE DESIGN for a famous artist

Logotype -using only font- for a specific real life character assigned for a class project applying research, brainstorming, experimentation and process of sketching. The final presentation of the logotype had to include the following versions: colour, black and white, greyscale and negative. Also I was to present the emerging concepts that support the logo design and the examples of first sketches.

Logotipo -sólo utilizando tipografía- para un personaje real asignado (proyecto para clases) aplicando técnicas de investigación, brainstorming, experimentación y proceso de bocetado. La presentación final del logotipo debía incluir las siguientes versiones: color, blanco y negro, escala de grises y negativo. También fue necesario presentar los conceptos emergentes que apoyaban el diseño del logo y los ejemplos de los primeros bocetos.

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POSTER DESIGN: Surrealist Art Event

The class assignment was to design a poster for an art event about a particular Modernist artistic style, in my case it was the Surrealist movement.

Este proyecto asignado consistió en diseñar el poster para un evento artístico sobre un estilo artístico modernista en particular, en mi caso fue el movimiento Surrealista.

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PRINT DESIGN: event flyer in Photoshop and Illustrator

This class project consisted of designing a flyer (front and back) for an artistic event that complied with all the standards for offset print: from adjusting the photos in size, resolution & color format (CMYK), to setting overprint & trapping orders where needed. All marks for print would have to be present in the final work as well (although front and back of the flyer were to be printed on the same side of the page as requested by the teacher). The finished work was also delivered in .ai for evaluation.

Este proyecto para clase consistió en el diseño de un folleto (frente y dorso) para un evento artístico que cumpliera con todos los estándares necesarios para realizar la impresión del mismo en un sistema offset: desde ajustar el tamaño y formato de color (a CMYK) de las fotos hasta incluir órdenes de trapping y overprint donde correspondiesen. Todas las marcas de impresión requeridas debían estar presentes en el diseño final también (aunque el frente y dorso debían hacerse imprimir sobre la misma cara de la hoja para la entrega según lo requerido por la profesora). El trabajo final fue entregado en formato impreso así como en .ai para su evaluación.

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PACKAGING DESIGN for an e-book reader

This packaging was part of the class project consisting on designing a logo and brand identity manual for an e-book reader.

Este embalaje/packaging fue parte del proyecto de clases que consistió en diseñar un isologotipo y manual de marca para un lector de libros electrónicos.

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LOGOTYPE AND BRAND IDENTITY MANUAL - ISOLOGOTIPO Y MANUAL DE IDENTIDAD DE MARCA

This school project consisted on designing an icon logo and brand identity manual for an e-book reader. The packaging detail can be found in a different post. 

Este proyecto escolar consistió en la creación de un isologotipo y su manual de identidad de marca para un lector de e-books (libros electrónicos). Los detalles del packaging pueden encontrarse en otro post.