Blog 22: Senior Project Reflection

1. I am most proud of knowing my slides. In only a few hours, I was able to create a presentation from nothing and remember almost all the information on it. I am proud of this because not many people can do it.

2. a. P/P-
b. P/P+

3. A lot of things worked for me. IC1, IC2, Mentorship, Research and Interviews all worked for me.

4. (ESA did not work for me at all.) I would have calmed myself. When I present, I speak really, really fast. So much so that when I speak, I cut off about a minute every 4-5 minutes. My original time was 47 minutes for this presentation. When I presented, I believe I was around 32-35 minutes.

5. Senior project has been helpful to me by giving me a deeper understanding of graphic design and it has helped improve my design skills greatly. In the future if I do end up becoming a freelance designer on the side, I know I will always have this project to thank for giving me so many skills in white space, typography and color theory that I can apply almost everywhere.

Blog 16: Advisory Meeting #2

 What is the best way graphic design can be used to augment a yearbook?

 

Color theory, the use of color for meaning, can augment yearbooks by using color on spreads to make the main purpose stand out using a theme.

Color Palette. Valentine's Day uses a red, blue, grey and yellow color palette. This is color palette is made using color theory to determine the meaning of each color at it's specific shade. (ARTL 30)

Color Association. The Halloween spread in the yearbook has orange as its main color. This is because orange has been associated with pumpkins which is associated with Halloween. (YRBK)

Color Mixing. Using several different color without any association to its meaning in color theory. For example, using red and blue to make a spread about soccer. (YRBK)

Color theory, though not the most important part of making a yearbook, can still play a large part in its creation.

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflections

1. The thing I am most proud of in my presentation is my activity. The class seemed to have fun and they all had their own little creative ideas.

2a. P
b. All of the For "P" Consideration targets were met and I did fairly well in my presentation, keeping the audience moderately interested and engaged in the activity. I am somewhat sure I made time, but I am not completely positive.

3. Most things worked for me in Lesson 2. The activity, presentation and the like seemed fair.

4. I would have added the Elegance & Sophistication slide. I will for the Block presentations. I also would have printed out an 'answer key' for my activity.

5. I am fairly certain that answer 2 to my EQ will be "Implementing the Color Theory."