The Road so Far...

            For this Summary of Learning project we had to look back and reflect on our old blog posts and think about all we have learned this semester. Over the past couple of months I have learned a lot about creative thinking and using the different computer programs to express these thoughts. It all started with the creative process and story telling. I think this is my favorite part of the copy and layout class as well as where I have grown the most. I have really learned to walk the fine line of accepting and working through a project and knowing when to walk away.

Along side the creative process, I have learned a lot about the tools used to bring those thoughts to life. We first learned how to make basic print ads and visual esthetics with Adobe InDesign. I made worked through some cool print ads with a company of our choice.

We also learned some really awesome logo design applications in Illustrator over a restaurant on campus corner.

And lastly was one of my favorite projects with the web designs that we used. I really enjoyed designing the temple for a website. I am thinking this is what I want to use to show everything I learned because it incorporates everything. I want to create a website or travel blog for myself. I hope to actually create one for myself to document my travels. I plan to thru-hike the AT, PCT, & CDT equaling over 7,000 miles of hiking through our beautiful country, to be an elite group know as a “triple-crowner”. 

 

When it rains... It Pours...

As we are starting to wrap up this semester, things are really starting to hit up all at once. This is that wonderful time of year where all the projects, papers, and past procrastinations all come barreling down on you all at once!

 

(accurate description of me trying to make it out of this semester)

            As far as Copy and Layout class goes, things have been going really pretty great. The new kits and programs we were introduced to, are really cool and make designing mockup websites a lot easier.  I also got to play around with Photoshop some and add in my own logos to already existing menus and such. I really enjoyed designing websites this way rather than with code. I have taken a couple website coding classes in the past, and although it is a really fun and interesting way of making an interactive website it is very technical and can be very tricky to get right.

 

My other classes have not been going as smoothly however… I am really going to have to “batten down the hatches” so I don’t completely drown in the storm of work I have to do! My only oasis away from the homework can be found down in OKC, as I was scheduled for white water rafting trips all weekend. The thrill of the roaring water, thundering down the channel in a chaotic dance of fluidity… there is really nothing in the world like it.