Blog 20: Three Column Chart First Draft

3 Column Chart

Senior Project and ESLRs

1. I believe that the ESLR that I have excelled most throughout my senior project is being an effective learner.
2. I believe that this is where I've improved the most because throughout my 3 years of iPoly, I've never really assumed responsibility for my own learning and that is reflected on my past grades. However, this year, I've taken the responsibility and control over my grades. I believe the reason that I've been doing so is because I've been able to correlate my work to art because of my senior project. I've been able to express myself more through art this year more than any other in my past 3 years here and I believe that this made an impact on my ability to be an effective learner.
3. This could be supported by my independent component blog post where I posted pictures of my artwork. I believe that this reflects on my ability of assuming responsibility for my own learning because I took the initiative to try and apply myself to try to get into a good school and at the same time, expressing my creativity.

• See Independent Component Blog Post

2 Hour Meeting Answer #3

1. What is most important in creating a graphic design for an advertisement to persuade teens to make a purchase?
2. In order persuade teens to make a purchase, a graphic designer must know what relevant to the design.
3. A. While working on my independent component with Paul, he showed an example of a room and pointing out irrelevant things that were in a graphic design and he scaled them "eye sores." He covered each of  with strips of paper and basically cropped them out and it made such an improvement on the design.
    B. In the article What Designers Need to Know by Sharon Helmer, she said "Designers think about visual forms and how they are put together to convey meaning." So everything that a designer adds into a design has a meaning and is relevant to the advertisement.
    C. In the article 13 Signs You're a Bad Graphic Designer by Jacob Cass, he had examples of using irrelevant thing such as drop shadows, helvetica in everything you write, boxes behind text and other unnecessary things. He says that adding only things that are relevant to a design will make it much stronger and more aesthetically appealing. 
4. "15 Signs You’re A Bad Graphic Designer." JUST Creative. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. <http://justcreative.com/2007/12/06/bad-graphic-design/>.

"What Designers Need to Know." AIGA. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. <http://www.aiga.org/guide-designersneedknow/>.

Independent component meeting with Paul 

5. Next, I'm planning on researching more on understanding what is relevant and what isn't in a design and trying to apply it to my own design.

Blog 16: 2 Hour Meeting Answer #2

1. What is your essential question?

• What is most important in creating a graphic design for an advertisement to persuade teens to make a purchase?

2. What is your second answer to your essential question?

• The most important thing in creating a graphic design for an advertisement to persuade teens to make a purchase is understanding the group of teens that the product is being sold to.

3. What are the details to support or justify your second answer?

• According to "How to Market to Teens: Keep It Real and Simple.", understanding the audience that you are advertising to is an important part in persuading a teen to make a purchase.
• Karmaloop aim towards teens because everyone who works there is relatively young so they understand what teens like
• Gaia is another online site that uses the same strategy

4.What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?

• "How to Market to Teens: Keep It Real and Simple." How to Market to Teens: Keep It Real and Simple. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Feb. 2013. <http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/news/trends/article.php/3699986/How-to-Market-to-Teens-Keep-It-Real-and-Simple.htm>.

5.What do you plan to study next with your second answer and why?

• I plan to continue my study of answer 2 by doing more research and finding articles focused on this answer.

Blog 10: Senior Project Update

1. For my independent component, I am putting together a portfolio that will also be submitted to art schools. I am going to have Paul give critique my work so that I have a guidance.

2. A significant piece of research that I've recently reviewed is the book What is Graphic Design? by Quentin Newark. 

What is Graphic Design? by Quentin Newark

3. One of the sketches that I've recently worked on:

Marilyn Monroe

Working EQ and Possible Answers

1. What was the working EQ you used during your presentation?

• What is the best way to ensure a high quality outcome when creating an image?

2. Did you decide to change your working EQ after your presentation?

• I am not going to revise my EQ at this time.

3. What are possible answers to your current working EQ?

• Attention to details is a huge factor when trying to create an image with quality.
• The type of software being used could impact the outcome of an image's quality.
• Ambition is a characteristic that could result in a high quality outcome of an image.

Blog 2: Topic Choice

1. What is your topic and why? 

• Graphic Design is the topic that I will pursue as my senior project. I have a great interest in both art and computer (mainly editing pictures) so since that is generally what graphic designing consists of, I thought it would be a great topic to pursue. I also believe that since I know people who are familiar with programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. (tools that graphic designers use), I would have a great advantage when it comes to figuring out how to use those tools.  

2. What do you hope to accomplish this year with this topic (connecting your answer to each of the 4 ESLRs)

• iPoly Citizen: I plan to use graphic design to be an iPoly citizen by creating positive and inspirational messages through my art. 
• Effective Communicator: I plan to welcome customers and greet them to make them feel comfortable. I also want to be able to discuss with them, and go into depth, about what they would like their product to look like. This will make me an effective communicator because I will be able to produce the best final outcome of the product.
• Effective Learner: I plan to learn how to look at images and, in my mind, visualize how to put the images together to create a new image. This will make me an effective learner because it will open my mind and help me learn to visualize things through a different perspective. 
• Effective User of Technology: I plan to learn how to use all the tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Etc.) to the best of my ability. This will make me more effective as a user of technology because I will be able to make better quality artwork.