This is a personal portfolio by Meeti Shah, a B.design Visual Communication student at Gujarat University. It documents her creative growth from Semester 1 to Semester 5 (2023-2025), covering foundations of design, form and space, graphic design, identity, and media. The book includes sketches, photography, digital art, and reflections on her design process.
Layers & Lines is a graphic design portfolio by Meeti Shah, a B.design Visual Communication student at Gujarat University. The book covers her work from Semester 1 to Semester 5 (2023-2025), showing how her skills evolved from basic drawing to publication design. It is intended for design educators, peers, and anyone interested in a student's creative journey.
The first section, Semester 1, focuses on foundations of design. It includes observation studies of leaves and heritage structures, line and rhythm exercises, and color theory work. The student describes learning to see details in nature, control line weight, and use stippling for shading, with subjects like the Hamsa symbol.
Semester 2 covers form, space, and visual thinking. This part features product photography with a DSLR, where the student learned about ISO, shutter speed, and natural lighting. It also includes digital work in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, such as merging images and designing a poster for an art event.
Later semesters build on these basics, moving into graphic design foundations, identity and visual communication, and finally design for media and publication. The contents list mentions animation drawing, publication design, research, and cinematography, though the provided text only details the first two semesters in depth.
The portfolio ends with a reflection section, where the student looks back at how her design language evolved. Throughout, the emphasis is on process, observation, and the balance between structure and creativity, making it a personal and educational document for design students.