Type Design with Self Assessment

Self Assessment

1. Are you happy/satisfied with your design? What are some of the features that make it so successful? If you are not satisfied, what would you have done differently to make it more successful? I feel quite satisfied with my design. One feature that I feel I used very well was the color scheme. While at first I was not sure how it would turn out, when I had all the color swatches in the background, I feel as though it works very well. The use of three analogous colors and a complementary suit my design very well in this case, in terms of the letters being able to blend in to the background, and still be able to be seen.

2. List some of the tools that you learned and used in this assignment. Which ones did you find the most helpful and in what ways? Some tools I used in this assignment were the opacity tool and the fill tool. The tool I found most helpful was the opacity tool. I was able to use it to create unique layering, and it also added some new colors to my design. I will definitely use the opacity tool more often in the future, as it added many new elements to my work.

3. With what areas/aspects of Photoshop do you have questions? What activities would help you better understand basic design concepts, along with more Photoshop tools, tips, and tricks? One aspect of Photoshop I have a question about is how to be more efficient. Even though my design came out well, I felt as though I could have been finished quicker. Above all, efficiency is the area I feel like I could improve on in Photoshop, for now. One way to learn basic design concepts or Photoshop tools/tips/tricks is perhaps once a week, allow us class time to ask clarifying questions and just play around on the program. Doing this in class would also allow us to be helped by our classmates, which can also be very useful.