Posts Categorized: Reflection

For this assignment we were asked to choose a Fortune 500 company and create a newsletter dummy, as well as find pictures, etc. for this company. I chose Southwest Airlines. My dad has worked for Southwest my entire life, so I’m partial to this company. I thought it would be fun to create something for… Continue reading Back to the roots

For this assignment, we were asked to write a letter to the editor and an OpEd. This didn’t take me too long, but I felt like I was writing blog posts. I think I followed the rubric and guidelines for both of them but I felt like I had a hard time making them sound… Continue reading My 2 cents

Other than reading another chapter in Designing for Emotion, this week we were asked to pick a Fortune 500 company and begin creating a layout for a newsletter we are going to make for that company. I chose Apple as my company. I responded fine to what we were asked to do because I don’t … Continue reading Dummy with InDesign Still

I was really pumped about the unit this week, because I LOVE Canva. For the first time in this class I felt confident about my design abilities. Of course, I do enjoy working with Adobe programs, but Canva makes designing simple, and it never ceases to inspire more ideas/projects that you may have not  considered […]

I’m not going to lie, at first I dreaded this assignment so much. I really hate interviewing people. To be honest, one of the reasons (not the only) I changed my major from journalism is because I hated interviewing people so much. It just wasn’t something I’m good at. As I started this assignment, I… Continue reading Hey, that was kind of fun..

For our second design project we were asked to create 4 separate social media designs on Canva about a certain topic. I picked my sorority and made a Facebook cover photo, a Twitter cover photo, a Facebook post about an event and then a Instagram post. I was happy with the design I made and … Continue reading In love with Canva

For this assignment, we were asked to make social media posts for a company via canva. I have to say, I like this platform so much better than Photoshop and InDesign! It is so much easier to use and you can look like a pro with little experience. However, this could hinder creativity (although, I’m… Continue reading Much better..