After All Is Said and Done

 

Okay, so this week I finished up my letterhead and business card for The Earth Natural Foods. I had already finished the majority of this project, so this week I just had to make a few edits to my designs. The feedback I got was very helpful and I am happy with the way things turned out.

This week was fairly simple. I kept my cool and made some slight changes that, I think really helped the designs turn out nicely. As I said, I am happy with my work and think that these designs reflect the company well. I love the fond that I used, Harrington, and will definitely consider using it again if I’m doing any work for a company with a similar “feel”.  I think my reaction was what it was because of the feedback I got. At first, I wasn’t sure how things were going, but the feedback I got helped reassure me that I was headed in the right direction.

I eat at The Earth from time to time, so I might mention it to the people that work there. I don’t know if they’ll be interested in the design or not, but it might be something interesting to talk about the next time I’m in.

I definitely am starting to feel more comfortable with these design tools. I’m starting to learn more of the keyboard shortcuts as well, which are helpful on a laptop. Using command+B is much easier than clicking a bunch of stuff to get to the column menu.

I don’t think there is a lot I would do differently if I could. I don’t usually like to use a lot of white space, and for this company I think it worked out okay. I would like to maybe play with that concept more in the future, though.

If I had to give one recommendation it would be to not limit yourself to what you know. There are tons and tons of tutorials out there that can help you figure even the smallest things out.