E-Communication Graphic
Design Reflection
I learned how to use Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator more in
depth this year. Last year in grade nine I only had a quarter in Graphic design
and so I didn’t have enough experience with both. I also learned how to use
Adobe InDesign. In all programs I learned how to use tools and how to
manipulate the colors in order to get them the shade just right. I also learned
how to make a magazine and poster in Adobe Illustrator. First I would scale it
to the right size. Then, I would take away the color from the poster, so I
could put in the color I wanted. After I finished adjusting the color, I would
import the image into InDesign in order to get rid of all the pixels and clean
it all up. After I fix it I exported it into the server to send it off to
print.
I learned how to use all Adobe programs from my fellow peers
and Google. As Lofquist always said, “Before you ask me, ask your peers. If
that doesn’t work, ask Google. If that still doesn’t work, ask Google again.”
Google gave me the answers when my peers couldn’t. Sometimes Lofquist did help
and it was helpful, but I always made sure to ask Google before Lofquist. An
example would be when I had to ask my peers and Google was when we had to do
our own packaging. My group and I wanted to make a skateboard ramp kind of
package. I wanted to two handles on both ends of the package and I didn’t know
how to do it. I asked my peers and they tried helping me but they couldn’t
figure it out either. I ended up asking Google and it gave me the answers I
needed in order to finish my package. I’ve been learning a lot of technical skills.
Reasons why learning the Adobe programs were important were
so they can contribute to the rest of my projects. They improved my projects by
load and made them look more professional and made my clients more satisfied.
My strengths in this class are collaboration and communication.
I love to work with people and share our ideas together. We all contribute and
end up making our dream into a reality. Communication
is also one of my main strengths. In order to collaborate, I have to have great
communication skills. If the group
doesn’t agree on something, we have to work it out professionally and in a
mature way. By communicating, we
worked out our problems and ended up being satisfied with one another. My weaknesses are project management and leadership.
I mostly need help from my peers in order to get the job done and when they
need my help, I will help them as much as I can but I will only contribute only
a little, so I lack leadership. Project
management is also pone of my weaknesses because I will try to finish my
projects in time but since there is so many ideas going on in my head, I end up
going a bit too excited and not getting my work done on time though it is
always done on time.
I improved this year by a lot. I learned how to use the
tools and how to manipulate them to the best of my ability. I improved with
also working with my peers. Before this year, I was more shy and I didn’t talk to
that many people. As the year went on, I got out of my shell and I was able to
communicate more with my peers and teacher.
I’m going to contribute what I learned this year by applying
it to my video class next year. I can make cool logos for the theme song. I can
also use my technical skills if I need something for class project.
Things I would change this year if I could work with more
people. Get to know more people would’ve been great so I could’ve learned more
from them. So I could’ve heard their ideas and help make their ideas turn into
a reality.
In the end, I think I deserve an “A” in this class. I had a
lot of fun doing each project and I enjoyed sharing my ideas with Lofquist. She
helped me when I needed it. Even though some of my projects were late, I still
ended up doing more for my client. Each project satisfied my client and they
loved my project. My logo looked nice and they liked the movie poster I did for
them. With my peers, I helped as much as I could and collaborated greatly with
them.
