Portfolio

        When creating the portfolio we used the application Adobe Acrobat Pro. I would say this was a fun and interesting project because we never used the application Adobe Acrobat Pro. As our final project I think it was a great project to end this semester. After so much hard work an completing lab after lab and projects after projects, we were finally able to put all our work in a portfolio. It was interesting because we did not create our portfolio by printing our work but by doing it interactively. I feel like for a day working on this project, I created a decent portfolio.  I know I could have improved by adding descriptions to my portfolio. When I have the time I know I should add the descriptions because I know it will allow me to see my labs/ projects as well as the reflection journals I made for every assignment I did. When creating my portfolio I tried customizing it as much as I could. I did not want a solid background. Therefore, I used a cookie monster background because as a child I always liked cookie monster. Thus, creating a portfolio allowed me to see the progress I have made this year. I never expected myself to do labs/projects in application I have never used before. I was never able to see what I was capable of doing until now. I know in the future I am going to obtain more skills and broaden my knowledge. I cannot wait for junior year.

Project 10- Yearbook

           For this project we used the application Adobe Indesign and Adobe Photoshop CS6. This project required us to use our visual skills and creativity. In this project we worked in groups of 5. I was placed as there leader and it was the first time I was placed as leader. This project was stressful but fun at the same time. We made a plan before hand but we still had difficulty completing to on time. On my behalf I would say it was sort of difficult for me because one of my members did not do anything. I know as a leader, you should  encourage your members and create a positive atmosphere. I kept trying to encourage him to get involved with us and help us come up with ideas but he did not make an effort to contribute some of his ideas. As a group we were having difficulty deciding a theme we all agreed upon. As a result, we decided to have Family as our theme. We felt that this was a perfect theme because the web design academy is a family. With Family as our theme, we are able to find more inspiration to create our yearbook.
          In this project, one may think its easy to complete it because there are 5 members in a group. However, I believe its harder to work in a group because everyone must contribute and agree as a group on which features to add. When someone does not contribute it makes it quite hard. Although, it was hard to work in groups it is a good idea to experience working in groups because you get to learn how to work in teams. It strengthens your communication skills. I really liked this project because we were able to see all the memories we shared together through the pictures we used in our yearbook. This project made us realize how much the class means to us. Its not the same as any other class because in our web design class we create joyful memories full of laughter that no other academy experiences. We all get along and work together. We're family and we're are proud to say we are part of the web design academy. Once finishing our yearbook, I was proud of the work we have done, we may have been able to improve it but we were running out of time. I really liked how we played out our yearbook and how the cover of our yearbook looked like. I know we should have used ore consistency throughout our yearbook. In this project I learned that we must always make a plan and go with the plan instead of procrastinating. I believe we took a long time and had difficulty completing our project because we got distracted  taking pictures of each other while doing work. Overall, I loved doing this project because everyone was able to bond with one another.

Project 8 Museum of Natural History

    Prior to completing this project, we went to the Museum of Natural History. The purpose of this project was to go to the museum in order to get pictures/inspiration to create an advertisement for the museum. The main application we used fro this project was Adobe Indesign. I also used Adobe photoshop to create the collage of my project. I decided to base my advertisement specifically on the Butterfly exhibition instead of the museum overall. I felt that since butterflies can symbolize many deep meanings, I believed that analyzing butterflies at a deeper meaning will allow me to gather enough inspiration. With this project I wanted to incorporate some of the skills I learned on my previous labs/projects. Therefore, I decided to create a collage by making a mask in photoshop. I tried being creative by making my mask a butterfly and then adding all the pictures I took of the butterfly exhibition inside my butterfly collage mask. I decided to do this because the target audience I was aiming towards was children. Therefore, I tried incorporating the pictures I took in a creative manner to make it look intriguing, interesting and fun. In addition, I played around with the fonts trying to find a playful but easy to read font. I tried to but emphasis on the words by making some words bigger and some slanted. I made the words I believed were important bigger than the rest. 

    This lab requires us to use our visual skills. For instance, we had to demonstrate our advertisement in a easy but interesting manner. We had to do this by making our design appealing to the audience eye. I liked my final result. However, I believe I could have added more features to my advertisement because I feel like I have a lot of white space. This project was not so hard. The only difficulty in this project was probably how you presented the advertisement visually. You have to find colors that contrast with one another.