Anya Kaplan FMX 210-11

  On the first day of class, when we covered an introduction to coding, I was quite overwhelmed. I honestly was a bit concerned, as I thought to myself, “This isn’t what I signed up for”. The following few classes changed my mind, and I became excited and interested in what we were learning and creating. Being my first time in a digital media class, I was quite challenged by the programs we were expected to use. However, I shortly realized that once you start using the programs and playing around with them, you can catch on quickly. Throughout each project and assignment, I found it quite satisfying being able to complete the task, and do something creative that I have never done before! Creating this Final Portfolio was quite exciting! It was very cool to be able to go back through all of my works from the beginning of the semester to see how much I have improved. 

  For the Business Card project, it was a little challenging to use Adobe InDesign for the first time. It took a bit of time to figure out the process of creating the card, but I eventually got the hang of it. The first thing I had to do was set up the layout of the cards, making them realistically configured business cards. Next, I had to brainstorm my three designs, so that they could correlate with my previously created logos.  My first business card used the burgundy and sky blue colored logo. I decided to create an ocean-themed card first that included an anchor or the front of the card, and a wave design on the bottom left of the back of the card. To create the anchor, I used the pen tool to create the shapes of the bottom of the anchor, and the ellipse shape and line tool. I used the pen tool to create the waves in the corner of the back of the card.  For my second business card, I had to think of a design that would match the dark blue and purple logo. Instead of ...

 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXRT3dHu6_o The first tutorial that I came across for InDesign in Adobe was "InDesign for Beginners | FREE COURSE" by Envato Tutorials. I think this tutorial is really good because it does not only have almost 2 million views, suggesting it is quite reliable, but also the account is verified. When looking for tutorials in adobe, I find that these two factors are important, as they determine if the video is credible, and is made by someone who actually knows what they are doing. Additionally, I like this tutorial because it is very lengthy, and contains a lot of good information and skill explanations. It contains several sections (by timestamp) that include creating and using color, adding and manipulating text, image resolution, and many other helpful skills.  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eqhUFRlvgI The second video I found about InDesign in Adobe was "Learn Adobe InDesign in 9 MINUTES! | Formatting, Tools, Layout, Text Etc...