Kornelle A.  Kirke

1 - My successes this semester come from what I have learned in Adobe programs.  I knew a little about Photoshop from digital Imaging, but not much beyond that.  This really came through in my projects because I was able to explore them programs on my own with direction and use all kinds of tools to create the looks I was going for with them.

2- A weakness I had this semester was in creating original ideas.  All of my projects have a similar feel to them and are very structural and urban feeling.  I like this, but I wish I could have come up with some more creative ways to very this design.

3- As said above, my biggest area of growth was in Illustrator.  I had a little knowledge of it before from digital imaging, but not enough to create something that looked nice.  Following the tutorials really helped me create something using a different technique than just using simple shapes and other basic ideas.

4- There is still so much to learn when it comes to Adobe programs and I would love to learn more about those and some of the more complicated tools it has to offer.  I would also like to keep working on varying my themes and creating a broader range of ideas when I'm brainstorming.

5- I think the most effective things I learned this semester was in how I condense my ideas into something simple like we had to do with the plushie project. Between the three of us, we had a lot of ideas that we all wanted to translate into out design and through sketching so many different designs, we were able to come up with something that everyone liked and was proud of.