This’ll be structured as question-by-question, so let’s get started.
- You can click here to see the folder with the pictures of my process. I started off with a main theme: nature. I don’t know Advaitha particularly well, but being “energetic and open” was listed as one of her hobbies, so I started with that as my central theme. I added a banner and scrolled through a series of colour choices, going from a starkly contrasting black-green to a more soothing dark green. I added a smaller sub-image to the banner, but quickly deleted it, as I wanted it to be as simple as possible. I scrolled through the backgrounds, until finding a “galaxy” theme I quite liked, as it emphasised my focus on simplicity. I then layered a few more backgrounds, from papyrus to metal, to make the image less stark and more easy on the eyes.
- Here is the final product. Of all the five design principles (balance, repetition, contrast, dominance, and hierarchy), I found that hierarchy worked best, as I managed to make the rest of my image (the background) tan and soothing, making the banner itself “pop” out more, but not as loudly or disrupting as it would’ve been otherwise.
- Here is the post I made on Adam Grant of TED. I thought that in this task I was, unfortunately, a taker, though not as much as humanly possible. In fact, some times, I was even a giver. I helped in the group, of course, but I also often found myself banking on the work other people would do, instead of actively helping them. Definitely something to work on.
- Here is the client specification. Unfortunately, I’m not awfully close to Advaitha. In fact, I don’t know here very well at all. Fortunately, Veronika, who was in our group, knew Advaitha far better than Taran and I, and helped us direct our products to fit her hobbies. While it was tough, I felt that I tried my best to include, even if not explicitly, her hobbies, such as trying to make best use of contrast of the turquoise-green we had agreed upon as a colour.
- I think that I would stick with Picmonkey, as it struck the perfect middle ground between being easy to use, and complex enough to really make something cool with (such as the ability to layer multiple backgrounds).
1. I could learn how to use backgrounds that are not just photos to make my banner, I think that you could learn to be a bit more clean with your work, because it seems a bit messy at first glance.
2. I think that the client would notice your use of colour, and how much your background contrasts with the writing boxes.
3. I wish you could be a bit more clear on why you chose to not add any symbols and how leaving it like that showed who the client was as a person.
Overall all really good :))))
I think something I could learn from you after reading this post is how to use hierarchy as a component that I think about more and use because I think that I could improve on that. I believe the most important thing your client will notice is how you have incorporated something about her into your banner because it will then make it feel more like it is hers. One more detail I would have liked you to specify was how the design steps and process may have changed your mind about what you were going to do.
Thanks for taking the time to comment on my posts, Taran.