Course+Reflections

The first thing I thought was that this course was going to be the hardest course that I have taken so far. I was intimidated just by the name. I knew nothing about digital graphics or web design. My attitude towards digital graphics and web design has totally changed, now that I have done it! It’s not so bad, and I would even go as far as to say that I enjoy doing it. I thought the flow of what and how we learned was flawless. I learned from Robin Williams, “Don’t be a wimp, do it with strength, make them different” (slide 7). This gave me the confidence to design with style, my style. I had fun designing and using all of the C.R.A.P. elements. The logo design was a new concept; in a nutshell branding yourself. I liked the reflective process of brainstorming who you are. As L. Alcantera put it, “branding can get as extreme or as subtle as you want.” The idea of having the freedom to make your brand as playful or as serious as you want is genius. Working with the graphics was a little frustrating because I had an idea in my head of what I wanted. I wasn’t able to use the information I had to design what I wanted. The web design was intimidating, but once again as I started the process it was painless. I learn best by doing – so I jumped in and picked it right up. Keeping in mind all the previous things I had learned, “ if you constantly question and nitpick the details of your design work, good design habits will form and you’ll no longer have to //think// about if your padding is off or elements aren’t aligned, you’ll just //do it// correctly from the start.” (Rundle, 2006). This course was well designed and I learned even though it might sound challenging, you might find it to be fun! I will continue to use the tools from this course in my e-portfolio and in my classroom website that I just designed using the tools from this course.