Monday, April 19, 2010

The Goal of this assignment was to practive writinga resume for future employers. By doing this assingment it gave me an idea of what is needed and what types of skills are needed to do such an internship in the future. I was also able to get everything i've done thus for down on paper to look at. I really enjoyed being able to be creative with a resume instead of having it just be black and white. I think by being creative it really makes a difference, but in the future i think i would pay a little more attention to detail and perfect my skills in cutting and pasting in In Design.




Monday, April 12, 2010

Logo


The task of this assignment was to create our own logo, that reflects who we are and what we do in an appealing matter. The easiest way to start was to brainstorm ideas of jot down words that mean something to me or design. My brainstorming incuded mostly words around, Bainbridge island or seattle which included the space needle, rain, "the rock," as well as design aspects, like contrast in color, residential design, "Paige Design," Island design, ect. Next, we sketched ideas of different logo's using these ideas we had just created. I did incorperate, lots of these words into other logo ideas, however, it was this logo that really stood out to me the most. With this assignment I realized how effective simplicity can be. contrasting colors with a simple layout can get a point across just as easily as if you were to throw a bunch of words out to try and say something. I also was able to use a new program, Adobe Illustrator. I was able to learn a whole new variety of possiblitys within layout desing through this program like clipping, selecting, and vector images. I do like my finished logo, however, if i were to do another logo I would probably change the name of the logo because "paige design" sounds like webpage deisgn instead of residential design. The house was supposed to get that idea of residentail across.