Kevin Murphy

For the final project of this 21 course curriculum that spanned over three years, I decided to create a hypothetical album and respective branding of different items for Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny. This project was a 10 week-long course that heavily revolved around professor and peer feedback.

Tool used: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

This was an online banner ad project done for the Kansas City Symphony to promote their “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” concert. Required using the media advertising specifications (3 different sizes) and complete concert information.

Tool used: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Timeline

This was an online banner ad project done for Cornerstones of Care to promote their adoption website. Required using the media advertising size and image specifications as well as complete advertisement information.

This project required a major fix for a concert poster (original, unfixed poster is the second image) being promoted by radio station, Hot 103 Jamz. The original poster had 3/4 of the performing rap artists’ names misspelled, so fixes had to be done to best match the original poster’s typeface, including the typeface itself, its color, and its gradient. All edits were performed without any knowledge of the original typeface/design used.

Tool used: Adobe Photoshop

This is an ongoing sticker label design for Illinois-based bath and body company, Berwyn Betty’s. Each sticker design is tailored to a specific bath bomb that Berwyn Betty’s produces.

Tools used: Adobe Photoshop, Cricut Maker 3

This was a label packaging design for Illinois-based bath and body company, Berwyn Bettys’ new Shower Steamer lineup. The lineup has 3 distinct scents: chamomile & lavender, rosemary & peppermint, and eucalyptus & spearmint. Each design variation contains the company logo, product name, scent, & corresponding images on the front label, and Berwyn Bettys' mission statement on the back.

Tool used: Adobe Photoshop

Corporate brochure was a work project for technology company, PostBidShip. Required using the media advertising specifications, graphic elements & marketing tagline, and varying color palettes to merge into banner advertisements.

Tools used: Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

Corporate banner ads was a work project for technology company, PostBidShip. Required using the media advertising specifications, graphic elements & marketing tagline, and varying color palettes to merge into banner advertisements.

Tool used: Adobe Photoshop

Hypothetical business logo for undergraduate marketing course. Logo was part of an overall marketing plan to make this hypothetical business successful.

Tools used: Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

Graphic design project for undergraduate graphic design course. Created a collage of simple images and put them on one artboard.  Adjusted hues, saturations and brightness to give the overall project a cool-colored, aesthetically pleasing 90s-style vibe.

Tools used: Adobe Photoshop

Retro-style diner sign that harkens back to the lore of Route 66.

Tools used: Adobe Illustrator

Created a highly legible and consistent schedule from listed game calendar for Spanish La Liga team FC Barcelona. Used only text & simplistic graphic lines and/or shapes of squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles.

Tool used: Adobe Illustrator

Consumer product packaging design project for undergraduate design course. Incorporates original logo and product box design, accurate product box dimensions for 3D deployment, and product label. Uses font to reinforce the “old west” style-branding.

Tool used: Adobe Illustrator

This concept album cover art is for The Weeknd's hypothetical 6th studio album, Beyond. The album's timeframe takes place after Dawn FM and is set in purgatory/limbo, where Abel is held temporarily until he decides where to permanently end up in the afterlife, aka "The Great Beyond". The design itself takes artistic inspiration from The Weeknd's 2015 album, Beauty Behind The Madness, while also including faint stars in the background and a worn look to let the viewer know this album is a reflection of Abel's past and future. There were two versions of this album that made the final cut. In recent-traditional Weeknd fashion, his name is not shown on either. The left album cover simply just has the title of the album, while the right cover adds "The 6th Studio Album". The red 6, being the only colored part of the album, may give a hint of where The Weeknd ends up by the album's conclusion.

Tool used: Adobe Photoshop

This concept album cover art is for Future's hypothetical album, Dirty Sprite Forever or DSF for short. For this third installment of his Dirty Sprite series, the purple color theme returns with a modern take. The blurred design idea was inspired by the euphoric yet dizzy feeling one might get while enjoying the purple beverage. Likewise, it could also be interpreted as Future going back in time to reflect on the previous two Dirty Sprite albums and his career in general. It's really up to one's own imagination. The light purple cover is for the standard version of the album, while the dark purple cover is for a potential deluxe version.

Tool used: Adobe Photoshop

Sequel to “Ratcatcher”. Mock of poster for movie release. Incorporates consumer product packaging design, prominent typeface, character photos, lighting & glow, and cityscape backdrop to strength the combination of attention, iconography, interest, appeal and style consistent with the movie’s premise.

Tools used: Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator

This mock mobile app was developed to create workflow and wireframe prototyping to simulate a street shoe purchasing website and to be used as a working interactive interface for refining the design.

Tool used: InVision

(click here to access the interactive mobile app)

Personal Project: transformation of legacy logo to new design for English Premier League team Leicester City FC. Maintained core elements, simplified and enhanced the badge. Brand Book to go along with it includes logo variations, desired font, and the color palette.

Tools used: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign

Spotify-style playlist cover used for my personal playlist. Background incorporates a mint green gradient while the front image of rappers Gunna, Fivio Foreign, and YoungBoy Never Broke Again incorporates a blue and mint green duotone effect.

Tool used: Photoshop

Two-dimensional jersey design for English Premier League team Liverpool FC. Comprises different layers for respective separate jersey parts, including collar, sleeves, torso, interior, shadowing, highlights and more.

Tool used: Adobe Photoshop

Two-dimensional jersey design for French Ligue 1 team Paris Saint-Germain FC. Comprises different layers for respective separate jersey parts, including collar, sleeves, torso, interior, shadowing, highlights and more.

Tool used: Adobe Photoshop

Created word studies with adjusted size, spacing, placement, illustration and orientation of letters & typographically enhance the meaning of sentences. Applied inner glow, outer glow and drop shadows for neon effects.

Tool used: Adobe Photoshop

Used Adobe Illustrator and an expanded imaged traced photo of Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba to create an art-like mural.

Tool used: Adobe Illustrator

Mock of poster for movie release. Incorporates consumer product packaging design, prominent typeface, character photos, and cityscape backdrop to strength the combination of attention, iconography, interest, appeal and style consistent with the movie’s premise.

Tools used: Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator