How To Reflection

1) You were required to create a structure/layout, original title/type, and a visual sequence for your "How To" Poster.  Select ONE component you feel your poster is strongest in. Explain why you feel your poster is particularly strong in that category describing at least ONE specific part of your poster.

I feel like my poster is strongest in the steps layout because it is easy to follow and easy to understand. You can easily see that you need water, ice, lemon, and sugar and put it all together and you get lemonade. So it is very easy to follow and it doesn't have any arrows or words or numbers.


2) What is ONE thing you would do differently if you had the chance to start this project over from the beginning? Explain what you do differently and how that would strengthen your poster.

If I had to do this project over again, I would spend more time on the title because I could have made it a bit more fancier, but this title that I have already took really long to draw on Gimp, so if I had to do this over again, I would probably do a different font for the title. Maybe I'll hand-draw it next time instead of drawing it straight on Gimp.

Book Cover Reflection

Explain your overall concept and how the cover might attract specific viewers.

The overall concept is that the Eliza needs to find a way to tell her parents that she’s going to go to Saudi Arabia for her journalism career. So I wanted New York, Saudi Arabia, journalism, and travel/distance to be on the cover.

What is the main focus in your design?  How were you able to create this?

            The main focus is distance. I wanted to express a long distance type of theme. I used Gimp to create the images to show a distance between New York and Saudi Arabia.

Does your font type, font size, and font colors relate to the short story or compliment your design?

            I choose the colors blue and yellow for the cover because they’re the colors on a U.S. passport. I choose black and white for the images because I thought that it worked well with the blue and pop out. Then I choose the peach color because orange is complementary to blue and I needed another color for the border and the summary.

How does the back cover relate to the short story? Are there characteristics of the front cover that carry over to the back cover?

            I wanted a simple back cover, so I didn't use any images. The colors were carried over from the front and it's just a simple summary and two quotes from the story.

What is a good book cover?

This is a book that I recently read and that I really liked. The book is about the life of Amir and how he went back to Afghanistan during a time of war to save Hassan's son. I think the book cover does capture the gloomy and sad mood of Afghanistan in times of war; however I do not think that it is a good book cover. While the book does show the bad conditions of Afghanistan, the entire book is about Amir's life and his relationship with Hassan and his regrets, but the cover did not show any of that. This is a really good book, however, the cover is not successful in portraying the story or draw people's attention.

I liked these five book covers because each one has something different about them. I have not read any of these five books, but the their cover drew me in. The first book is titled crime, but there's a huge lollipop on the cover, which made me look at it again. The Emily Dickinson book cover is very simple, but I really liked the image. I thought it was very unique and fit well with the title. The third cover was interesting because I this author's book all have the black frame which almost made the book cover look like a photo rather than a book cover, and the same goes with the last two, the arrangement of the texts were very interesting. So I guessed what caught my attention in these covers are the placement of the text, the image and their relation to the title of the book. 

Design Competition Reflection 

         The ideas behind my images are the colors black and red and the phoenix for Millennium. I first started out with the image on the left. I put all the parts/information that I wanted on the image and played around with the placement and the shade of the red background. Then I decided to make another draft – the one on the right. I spend a long time working with the color, placement, and size of the text so that it would work with the photo as the background. But when I finally finished the second image, I ended up deciding that I like the first one better because I thought the second image was too much for a planner. I liked the simpler image because I think it has all the necessary components and although it isn't very complex, I think it is better a fit for a planner cover. So that’s why I ended up picking the first image as my final design.

      

    MHS HANDBOOK DESIGN

Logo Reflection

Logo Reflection

How does your Logo design represent the after school club or activity? (Font choice, symbol, colors, layout, etc)

I wanted the logo design to be very simple and clear so I picked a font that is very simple and clear. I also made it black and white because I feel like adding color would not fit fencing because the uniform is black and white.

Which process was most helpful in creating your design? (research thumbnail sketches, concept board, 2 rough drafts, digital draft on Gimp, etc.)

Digital draft on Gimp was most helpful in creating my design because I didn't want to hand draw my logo and I made many different drafts on gimp before picking my final logo design.

What was the most challenging aspect about the logo project?

                The most challenging aspect about this project was picking a design because for me, I don’t really know if it is finished yet or if it successful in expressing the club.

Are you satisfied with your final design? Why is your logo successful?  If you not satisfied with your design, what would you like to change? 

            Yes, I am satisfied with my final design. It is very simple and clear which was what I wanted. 

TOP 13 MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF 2013

1. Celebrating Chinese New Year 2013
2. Submitting my first drawing portfolio
3. Going to my brother’s graduation
4. Taking the Spanish regents
5. Beach days during the summer
6. First day of senior year
7. Taking my last SAT/ACT
8. Filling out College Apps
9. Writing college essay and supplements
10. Receiving first college acceptance
11. Having really cold days
12. Getting my room renovated
13. Creating my first GIF