Monday, December 19, 2016

e9 Quarter 2 Reflection

     While taking graphic design, I noticed that my strength is using color. I enjoy using color to create eye-catching, visually appealing designs and logos. Color has always been something that I admire, it gives things life and energy, excitement. I noticed this while we were working on our color wheel projects and explaining why we liked our favorite colors. We learned that colors can trigger different memories and mean a variety of different things for everyone. For example, my favorite color is blue because it is very calming like the ocean.
     An area I need to improve on is simplicity. Sometimes I have so many ideas that it is hard for me to represent it all in one simplified version. Along with this comes timeless appeal. I would like to learn more on how this is accomplished and see some examples of logos and designs that have excelled in this.
     My favorite part of this quarter is learning how to use a familiar program to make basic designs and logos. I have seen and used programs like this before such as Paint and Photoshop, but this program brings it to a new level. We learned how Adobe Illustrator is the preferred program over Photoshop because it has better quality photos and photo enhancing tools. I liked seeing that this was true and it was very easy to operate.
     Later in my eCommunication career I plan to come back to my Adobe Illustrator projects from this quarter and improve them using my new skills. Since we only learned the basics of the program I think it will be interesting to see how my work can evolve. I can't wait to be able to see what this program and I are capable of and how I can create more clean, detailed, and inspiring work.
     This semester I learned how to channel my thoughts and opinions through colors and shapes. I really enjoyed the element of representation we learned to include in our work. I will continue to use these artistic skills in all of my work no matter what class I am in. I really feel that I am learning more about computers and how they can help us in our daily lives
     Next semester I hope to get into the depths of this program and how to use Adobe Illustrator to the best of my advantage. I can't wait to see what kind of work I can make with the help of my teachers, classmates, and computer.

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