My second week in class was was exciting. We learned about basic graphic design elements on Tuesday. I enjoyed learning the basic elements that would be included in many of our projects throughout the rest of the semester. I never knew there was so many things to consider when doing graphic design. I think learning about the basics will help me keep in mind what to do when designing.
On Thursday Croom taught us the ins and outs of typographty. We learned how choosing the right font can effect the mood and overall goal of a graphic design piece. Learning about the history of typography was fascinating. Learning all the key terms that go with typography I think will be helpful when considering what font to use and how to properly space words/letters. At the end of class we played different typography games. These games were fun and helped me improve my attention to detail and the difference between serif and sans serif. This week interesting and I think will be very helpful for my future designs!
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Hi, my name is Amanda, and I am from right outside of Houston, Texas. I have lived in a suburb called Cypress my whole life. I am a sophomore, and I am majoring in PR (obviously) and minoring in Nonprofit. What excites and interests me about Public Relations is there are so many different elements to it. It isn't just writing PR releases, but it's also designing business cards and so much more. I like that not every day will be the same and that I have the opportunity to interact with many different types of people. I think my favorite things about PR is the many options I can choose from for what field I would like to go into or, even work at a PR firm and deal with different types of clients all the time. What motivates me is my love for writing and making people happy from it. Writing is in my everyday life whether it's for a class or even journaling. Writing is a way I can help relieve stress and reflect on my day. I am so excited to improve my writing skills and learn more about PR in this class! This past week was my first week back from Christmas break. I went into the class PR Pubs with no idea what to expect or even what PR Publications was. I was excited to see what this class was all about and get a feel for how the rest of the semester would go. My first day of class my teacher, Croom had everyone go around the room and introduce themselves and if they had any experience with Adobe applications. I soon learned many of my classmates had little experience with anything Adobe and that we would all be jumping into this class with little prior knowledge or skills. I liked that we introduced ourselves and the level of experience we had with Adobe because it helped me feel more comfortable with my little experience. Croom told us that this class was going to help us become familiar and work with Adobe applications and that he was invested in helping us create our best work. Croom then instructed the class to write about their favorite spot on campus. I thought this was a fun way to get some practice in on blogging and get to learn more about everyone in the class. Our only homework assignment was to watch the movie "Inside Out" if we hadn't seen it which sounded interesting and easy enough. The second day of class I came in having watched the the movie "Inside Out," and we then watched a video about how the story and plot was created. All of the class wrote down anything they thought contributed to creating the story during the video. After watching the video, we split up into groups of four and did and activity where you divided sticky notes (with key points on how the story was created from video) and put them into five categories. The five categories were empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. These 5 categories will be used throughout the entire semester when we are creating and brainstorming our projects/assignments. Croom taught us that these five categories when brainstorming and creating are almost never used in a linear order, but more of a circle and that you can jump from category to category, For example, you could have a prototype ready on what you think is a good project but then jump back to the empathize category because your project could be lacking something. Overall, this week was interesting and a smooth way to ease back into school after the long break. The video we watched and activity we did helped make learning about the five categories for creating more interesting and applicable. I think using these 5 categories when I am creating a project will help me tremendously and a great tool to look back on. I am excited to see what the rest of the semester will be like! |
Amanda HuseI am a recent graduate from the University of Oklahoma. I majored in Public Relations with a minor in Nonprofit. I am an authentic, philanthropic and proficient person who has technological and communications skills that will help me efficiently communicate with different publics. Archives
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