1. What did you learn?
   • I got to really utilize my photoshop skills. I got a lot more comfortable with the mask tool for this project.
2. What was easy?
   • Getting my idea together was easy for me. Once I knew I wanted to do the “heart of a lion” metaphor I was locked in on a sports theme with it and it came easy to me to create.
3. What was challenging?
   • Figuring out the mask tool was a bit rough at points. I got into a cycle ad couldn’t find why some things weren’t working. Once I figured it out it went smoothly!
4. How could your submission be improved?
   • I wish I used some sort of pattern in this project a bit. I love the way it came out and I used juxtaposition, I just wish I made it a bit more interesting as far as the background.
5. How could the professor improve the assignment for the next class?
   • I would love to learn this through figma in addition to photoshop.
6. How might you apply your knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios?
   • Masking and using tools like that I will definitely take away from this.
7. How did a specific reading or video inspire or help you?
   • The other com/dma student blogs helped me a lot as far as inspiration for this project.

What was easy? Shooting the video. It was really easy as I have shot lots of videos before in the past.

What was challenging? Figuring out overlaying was a bit difficult. There were times I was switching my overlay and video and it wouldn’t work when I checked the prototype.

How could your submission be improved? I could improve my submission by adding more variety and statistics maybe.

How could I improve this for next class? The timing was a bit challenging but I would say offering more time and almost more examples in class. Not to like hold our hands through it but this was a really fun project and I wish I was able to work with the style more.

How may I apply this in future assignments? I will take my prototyping and troubleshooting knowledge into further assignments and other works.

My main inspiration was from class and then the app “Pokemon Go” which uses that kind of style.

What was easy? The design work was pretty easy. Once I started going on my idea things made sense and I could put the vision in my head right on the frames!

What was challenging? Figuring out how to nest my designs correctly was challenging. Also just finishing the project was a challenge at some points.

How could your submission be improved? I think I could use different colors to improve my submission. I love the color style but now when I see it it is almost very Halloween type designed.

How could I improve this assignment for next class? I would say maybe offer more time for it, it was a pretty stressful assignment. There are a lot of layers to it that one doesn’t think of when just glancing at it.

How might you apply your knowledge in future assignments? Definitly the figma prototyping I will apply. The level of prototyping needed for this assignment forced me to get really comfortable with figma as a whole.

Influence? I looked a lot at carplay which I have in my own car and use everyday!

I greatly enjoyed this project on web design. I learned a lot about using figma and had a great time using this service. Mainly using the prototype tool to add hyperlinks and make it so my pages can be reached through my header. That was a lot of fun figuring out and learning how to do that. This project was pretty easy for me as a whole, just because I had done 2 projects like this in high school. Those projects gave me a good fundamental understanding of this project but I still learned a lot. The most challenging thing was formatting my images in some scenarios and then just picking my color scheme. I wanted my colors to work well with each other and for my images to make sense. I think the one thing I would change about my submission would just be my logo from lab 3. I wish it looked cleaner and would relate more to my website as a whole stylistically. The professor could improve just by adding more class time for this project for questions. There were a few classes where I would’ve appreciated even just a 10-minute period of time to just ask some formatting questions. Websites are a great tool so I think I will be using the skills learned in this project for years to come. Whether it is making websites for work or just trying to create my portfolio through this. I read an article posted by HubSpot(Linked below) for some inspiration and a guide for my homepage. I have experience using HubSpot for SEO work so I clicked on this link since I know somewhat about the organization.

https://designers.hubspot.com/blog/15-examples-of-homepage-design

1. I learned a lot about masking and how to use the ruler lines to help me create the barriers in my work space.
2. This project was pretty easy with my past digital graphics experiences(2 years of digital graphics courses).
3. The most challenging thing I faced was losing my entire first draft. I adapted well and came up with an even better project despite that challenge!
4. I think my submission could be improved by picking 2 leprechauns that look more identical. There are subtle differences that could pose potential problems to consumers.
5. Maybe go slower through some of the steps, some that I wanted more clarity on felt a little rushed at points.
6. Masking is a tool I will use in further assignments as it is very useful. But working under pressure like I had to do this time around will definitely help in future work.
7. I looked at the 7 beginner mistakes blog to make sure I did not make the mentioned mistakes!