Semester 1 Summary

Some Projects I Have Done In Semester ;

This project is a graphic I put together in class 

that involves 10 images combined to make one 

cool graphic. This project took about 3 days to 

finish. Some problems I faced when creating this 

was how to make it all look like it could be real.
 I 

learned how to over lay images and how to make 

a specific image have color with one not having 

color. 
I got a lot of great feedback from this project, 

and some said it was epic. If I could make some 

changes to this I would add more mythical creatures

 to it.


This project is a Poster I made for the drum majors 

at my school. It was made to be a surprise, and to 

be signed by the entire band. 
This project took me 

at least a Month to finish because I had to create it 

in my spare time, and well I didn't have much of that. 

Although I didn't have much time, I made it work. 
A 

challenge I faced when making this, was making it 

look cool and different, but having enough space for 

people to sign it. Also finding images of the drum 

majors to make a slower of them. This project has 

taught me that if I put my mind to it I can concur 

any project thrown my way, and I can have fun with 

it too. Everyone said that they loved the project, and

 the drum majors cried when they got it. It made me 

so happy. If I could make one change to this design 

I would add more band stuff to it. I love this graphic 

and I hope everyone who sees it likes it too. I am 

very happy withal the graphics I have made so far 

this year.

How I Used My Time In Class

To stay productive in class I would turn on my 

music to block to everything going on around me

 and start working. This Ade it so I didn't get 

distracted as easily as I usually do. I used extra 

time outside of class all the time because I'm a 

perfectionist, and I love my work. There was one 

day I spend's 4 hours working after school. I liked 

to research others in the class to see if I have all 

the qualifications I needed for the project I was 

doing. When I stay after 
I work in Mr coopers 

room, sitting there for hours making sure I'm 

happy with the project I present I class.

What My Strengths Are As An Employee Or Graphic Design Student


My strengths as an employee my strength is
that I will listen to what you want and try to
show what you want in the work I cretics for
you. Also I work with all I've got to make
sure it's exactly what you where asking for and
to make sure it doesn't look like a student did it.
As a graphic design student my strengths are
my hard work, and coming up with new, bright
 ides to use for graphics or infographics. I don't
just do a project for a grade, I do a project as a
chance to express myself, and to tell stories.

What I Could Improve

 Now even though I spend a lot of time on these
 projects I could improve in some area. Sometimes
 I have a hard time in class with time manage meant,
and I can get distracted easily. To improve this I am
 going to make myself a schedule and try to block
everything out so I don't get distracted.

Summary

a. What did you love the most about this semester?

-I love all the connections I have made in class.
b. What would you change or do differently?
-I would try and manage m time better, and I would
try and focus more. 

c. Overall take-away or learning from this semester? 

-To always try your best no matter what is thrown
your way.
d. One goal you would like to set for next semester, or next year? 

-I would like to put even more effort to my projects.
e. Closing thoughts… 

-I am happy about this class and I hope that we all
do great next semester.

Pop Art

 What I Did

For my Pop art project i took pictures of my friend, and
edited them to create my own image of pop art. I made
two different projects, one is more of a happy light
colored project, and the other pop art project I made
with dark colors and a little more realistic type than pop
art. I am happy wit bot of the outcomes of Pop art.

The Process Of The First Project

 To start the first project i found a picture of my friend
standing there. Then I made a mask over her and put a
blue background behind her. I added filters to her, and
edited the shadows on her face till I was satisfied. Then
I added different blue shapes to the picture.

The Process Of The Second Project

To start this photo I took a picture of my friend behind
 a tree and made a mask so that that was the only thing
left from the origonal image. Then I drew a line over the
 tree to make it have more of a pop art effect. After I did
that I went in and edited all the details of her face to get
the perfect outcome. Then I made a new layor with just
her and not the tree so I could lower the opasity of the
tree. Once that was done I went and found images of the
 woods to put behind the picture as the background. The
 next thing I did was draw in loose strands of her hair
over the background to make it more natural. When I
searched for the background I also found an image to put
 behind the tree to make it look more purpley than brown.
The last thing I did was find an image of a cool galaxy
 facepaint and made it look like her face was falling apart
into the galaxy. I am very proud of the outcome.

photoshop lessons part 2

Bottle

for the bottle design we learned how to take

 a logo and put it on a bottle or whatever the

 paging/product is. After that we learned how

 to take the bottle with the logo and put it an

 image. Then we made it look like it was

 supposed to be there with light and shadows.

Sign

With the sign we learned how to take a graphic

 advertisement and put it on a billboard. We 

learn this so if one day when we have clients, 

they can look and see what it would look like 

on a billboard. 

Program

for the program we took 3 different sides of 

a program we made and put it on a program

 we already made. We learn this so if customers 

want to see it as if it was real they can. This 

project was easiest out of the 3 projects.

Challenge Excepted

What is this?

This project is  challenge that my graphic design

 teacher. The challenge was to take the photo, posted

 below, and use all the skills we learned about

 photoshop to make the photo into something new.

The process

the first thing I did was created a concept to make this 

photo different that what it already was. I decided that 

my concept was going to be ice because when I looked

 at the man in the photo, I thought of the mountains. 

The second thing I did was turn the shirt into 

something to match the ice concept.

the third thing I did was turn his face and skin into

something that would be in cold weather. I asodied his 

hair blue to make it tie int the shirt. 

The last thing I did was outline every detail of him and put 

a background behind it. this process took a long time. I 

also went threw several different background concepts 

before finding the right one. 

I am really proud of my finished product, and I hope you guys enjoy.

basic editing tutorials

Process

In this project their were a few different processes that
happened within it. The first one was to edit objects that
are not supposed to be in images out of them. It took a
little while but it was fun in the end and I learned a lot.
The second process had me take 3 images and combine
them to make one big image. That was fun, even though
it did take a while. All f the processes have taught e how
to do this in the future if I ever need to.

Tools

-The main tools used were;

• Lasso Tool
• Quick Selection Tool
• Spot Healing Tool
• Patch Tool
• Clone Stamp Tool
• Command J (Create new layer)

What I Learned

In this project I have learned how to edit stuff in and out
of pictures. I learned how to use all the tools listed above.
The process of learning all f this was a few days. Now if
I ever need to crop something out of a photo, I know how
to do it. Also now I know how to add stuff into photos. This
will be useful for Graphic Design, because I will be able to
add logos I made to images of the product to show a
customer what it would look like.

What I Think

I personally think that this project was fun. I learned so much
and I can't wait to apply all this knoll age to project and jobs
 I have in the future. If I could learn anything more I would
learn how to edit stuff to make someone smile in a project
because it would be fun to learn that.

Finished products (2 of many projects I did);

Before edit;

this image is a series of photos combined to make one picture;

Quarter 4 Reflection

Smart Glove by Smartech

What Is The Project

My fourth quarter team consisted of Samantha Romero-Benitez,
Berik Solis, Alex Tolman, and I. What our project was, was we
had to make a product and use everything we have learned in
e-Comm to try and advertise it. Our group came up with a
company called Smartech, and our product was Smart Glove.
This project took us weeks to do. In all that time we faced
several challenges. One of those challenges was trying to do the
animations and commercial without the graphic design. Another
challenge was trying to get a concept for a video, because we all
had our own ideas on it. We learned to have patients, and to keep
trying even when it seems hard and you want to give up. Some
of the feedback we got was that we all needed to work on our
script for our presentation. So I worked really hard and made a
full script and gave it to everyone three days before so we could
memorize the script. My overall opinion of our work is that I like
how it turned out but I wish that it would look more professional
and that the graphics would match our product better.

 What Is The Product 

Smart Glove by Smartech;

The glove comes with features that will allow you to text, call,  
play games, and also comes with a fully functional GPS. The 

GPS system shows you exactly where you need to go with a 3D 

map. This way you will know where you are going, what the 

building looks like, and what is on the way.

Smart glove is a full tech environmentally safe product. The 

glove is solar paneled and will save its energy, so you won't have

to plug it in and it does not put toxic waste in the air.

The glove has special technology to fit anyone who puts it on, as 

well as a special DNA scanner to unlock it so no one you don't want 

in your glove can get in. If you don't want to use the DNA scanner,

you also have the option to use a number passcode.

And, the most significant part of our glove is the holographs it 

comes with, the image will be right in front of you in 3D. NO more 

looking down and hurting your eyes, with this product you just have 

to look right in front of you.

How I Used My Time

The activities I worked on in class was I made the box Design, 

I turned the animations into animations, I was the director and 

actor in the commercial, I worked with Alex on the graphic 

design, and I made one of the pages on the website. In the 

times I was finished with  what I was doing I would come up 

with ideas of what our graphics could be, and I would work 

on our script for our presentation. I also researched ways that 

we could improve what we already had, like our box design, 

or our commercial. Outside the classroom I keep making 

designs for our graphic design, and I look up many ways to improve what It looks like. I also research how to make the commercial connect with the person watching it. We chose to use sympathy to connect with the audience and make them remember it. 

Areas of Strength and Areas needing Improvement

As an e-Comm student, and future employee of companies my strengths

 include coming up with new ideas for everything, and thinking as

 outside the box as I can. Whenever I have a new idea I right it down 

and work on it. Some weaknesses I need to Improve on is trying to

 remember how to make a website. I can go on and make it look pretty, 

and make it the best I can, but sometimes it's really hard for me to create 

and do the coding for website. But with hard work and effort, I will push 

threw this and get better. I will improve.

Summary Of This Quarter. 

This quarter my group started out in animation. In there we 

worked on our environment, box design, and banner. We 

where in there for about a week and a half. After that we went 

down to the video portion of our project. We where in there for 

about a week and a half as well. We made a commercial and 

edited it to fit our project. Then my group went to graphic 

design and worked on our website, graphic, word mark, coupon, 

and adds. We where in there for the rest of the time. After all 

that we had our shark-tank presentation. I loved all of it but the 

website. If I could go back and change something, I would 

change the way our logo looks because I personally don't think 

it matches our company as much as I would like it too. The overall

 thing that I have learned is that working with other is an important part of a team, and if they don't help and put effort into it that you should communicate with them so they do help and make it a team work.

Carp Design Web Design

Image 1; Before.

 Carp Design Web Design

The Process Of Making It            

This project took about 2 or 3 days to make. I had to open up Dream Weaver to start. I took the web page that they gave me to begin (image 1), and completely changed it to look more professional. I changed the color, founts, I made there a link so you could see before and afterwards, and I changed the arrangements of the whole web design.

 What I Have Learned

 This project has taught me how to change the color of the background, and the words by using the image as a color pallet. I learned how to change the fount, and arrangement of the whole paper. I also learned more of how to make links in my paper. But the best thing I learned was to be patient with Dream Weaver. I had a hard time trying to figure it all out, but now I know how to do much more.

Image 2; After.

What I Think Of It

I enjoyed making this project. I am thankful for all the stuff that I have learned. I am very happy that I have learned more of patients. I now know how to take a bad designed website and turn it into something perceptional. Even though it took a while, it was worth learning. That is what I think of this project.