The easiest part of the project for me was including a myriad of gestalt principles, sometimes repeating a principle in different ways, in each respective panel. On the other hand, the direction I wanted to take in conveying my story was the challenging part, as I was constantly bouncing back and forth between ideas as the project evolved.

Furthermore, after self-analysis I do believe my submission could be improved with minor spatial adjustments. For instance, while I edited diligently to avoid any tangent lines, I feel it was hard to avoid certain edges being close together that almost touch, however I was mindful of my margins.

I personally believe this is a great first project and have nothing to give that would improve the nature of the assignment. Perhaps instead of nursery rhymes, students could take on the challenge of creating a unique story for the class to critique.

In the future, whether it be projects in this course or even internships after this course, I will be looking to create and be able to identify gestalt principles within my own work and consider being effective over being content-heavy.

The Smashing Magazine article was my main inspiration to begin this project with an adequate understanding of gestalt and its application to contemporary examples. I felt that this article summarized each principle concisely, yet comprehensively, and shortly after my first peruse, I began my initial sketches.