Semester 2 Final
One of my favorite projects was the infographic project, for the infographic project we did it based around a fictional concert and my concert was named "Jah Con" after Jahseh Onfroy. The project took around 1 week to complete. I faced challenges tracing the image for Jahseh. I learned a lot of new skills with the pen tool on illustrator. I did not receive any feedback on this project. I changed a lot when it came to the final poster and the overall style of it, I originally didn't plan on setting an image to the background of the poster. Overall I think I did a decent job on the poster, but if I took some more time on the project I could've ended up with a better result.
Another one of my favorite projects we completed this second semester is the Vector illustrated portrait. The project took around 1 week to fully complete. I faced some challenges getting the grid set up to fully pologonize the piece. I gained a lot of experience with the pen tool by completing this project. I gained some feed back on the overall style and colors of the piece, I made many changes trying to keep some contrast between certain areas of the piece. I originally planned to no do the polygon style of portrait, but I decided against it and I am satisfied with the final result.
My last favorite project we did for the 2nd semester was the logo designs branding portion. The project took around 1 week to fully sketch and draw up on illustrator. I faced some challenges incorporating several colors into my design. I learned some new skills and strategies for completing certain tasks like rounding path corners etc. I made a lot of changes to my original idea, I changed the color scheme and overall shape of the original design. I took a lot of feedback on the overall color scheme of the design and ended up with a lavender sky-blue gradient for the design. This was my favorite project this semester because we had near full creative freedom when it came to the design and route we took.
I don't think I used my time super well this semester, I wasn't able to stay super productive when I was finished in terms of graphic design, I was more focused on completing web design work because that is my current focus/passion. I do research ways to improve my technical skills on my own time so I can complete certain tasks in the future. I haven't done too much critiquing on my projects besides the logo project because my motivation has been pretty low for other projects. I spent a lot of time out of class on web related stuff and a little bit of time at home with illustrator.
My skills/strengths as an e-communication student would consist of strong skills when it came to coding/logic and as for design I would say I'm mediocre, I'm really into flat-design and that is mostly what I'm good at, I'm working on my skills to expand when it comes to what I feel comfortable completing illustrator wise. I also feel I'm very strong in video even though I'm not taking that strand this year, I complete a lot of video editing projects outside of school but using a different program.
I feel I could improve my attitude and work ethic towards certain projects I'm given in e-comm. I feel I need to improve my collaboration skills, as for innovation I'm fine, I love problem solving and finding another solution. Overall I feel pretty well rounded in the 5 guarantees.
Concluding this semester of e-comm I learned a lot this semester of graphic design and feel a lot more confident in illustrator and photoshop then I did before. An area with the most improvement would probably be the pen tool. If I were able to change a portion of this class I would change the projects that we do, not that they're not useful or help improve our skills, I think that if they were all somehow personalized or allowed more creative freedom it would allow for more motivation from the student to finish and do a good job, an example for me is the logo project, I had a lot of fun doing that because I got to choose what I wanted to do and ended up liking the final result. A final goal I would like to set for myself is to become a more rounded student when it comes to e-comm and other classes in general. Overall I think this year was crucial to my success in e-comm and I learned a lot of essential skills that can be used in many ways.
Another one of my favorite projects we completed this second semester is the Vector illustrated portrait. The project took around 1 week to fully complete. I faced some challenges getting the grid set up to fully pologonize the piece. I gained a lot of experience with the pen tool by completing this project. I gained some feed back on the overall style and colors of the piece, I made many changes trying to keep some contrast between certain areas of the piece. I originally planned to no do the polygon style of portrait, but I decided against it and I am satisfied with the final result.
My last favorite project we did for the 2nd semester was the logo designs branding portion. The project took around 1 week to fully sketch and draw up on illustrator. I faced some challenges incorporating several colors into my design. I learned some new skills and strategies for completing certain tasks like rounding path corners etc. I made a lot of changes to my original idea, I changed the color scheme and overall shape of the original design. I took a lot of feedback on the overall color scheme of the design and ended up with a lavender sky-blue gradient for the design. This was my favorite project this semester because we had near full creative freedom when it came to the design and route we took.
I don't think I used my time super well this semester, I wasn't able to stay super productive when I was finished in terms of graphic design, I was more focused on completing web design work because that is my current focus/passion. I do research ways to improve my technical skills on my own time so I can complete certain tasks in the future. I haven't done too much critiquing on my projects besides the logo project because my motivation has been pretty low for other projects. I spent a lot of time out of class on web related stuff and a little bit of time at home with illustrator.
My skills/strengths as an e-communication student would consist of strong skills when it came to coding/logic and as for design I would say I'm mediocre, I'm really into flat-design and that is mostly what I'm good at, I'm working on my skills to expand when it comes to what I feel comfortable completing illustrator wise. I also feel I'm very strong in video even though I'm not taking that strand this year, I complete a lot of video editing projects outside of school but using a different program.
I feel I could improve my attitude and work ethic towards certain projects I'm given in e-comm. I feel I need to improve my collaboration skills, as for innovation I'm fine, I love problem solving and finding another solution. Overall I feel pretty well rounded in the 5 guarantees.
Concluding this semester of e-comm I learned a lot this semester of graphic design and feel a lot more confident in illustrator and photoshop then I did before. An area with the most improvement would probably be the pen tool. If I were able to change a portion of this class I would change the projects that we do, not that they're not useful or help improve our skills, I think that if they were all somehow personalized or allowed more creative freedom it would allow for more motivation from the student to finish and do a good job, an example for me is the logo project, I had a lot of fun doing that because I got to choose what I wanted to do and ended up liking the final result. A final goal I would like to set for myself is to become a more rounded student when it comes to e-comm and other classes in general. Overall I think this year was crucial to my success in e-comm and I learned a lot of essential skills that can be used in many ways.
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