Pretty Legit

This class was pretty informative. It did completely change my perspective when i look at any sort of design/graphic whether it be on a water bottle, magazine, or poster. I gained a huge appreciation for people that work in this field. Although i probably won't apply much of what i learned in this class to my profession i am happy that i took it. The teacher and teacher's aid were very helpful and always enthusiastic which made the class more fun. The one thing i do not like about this class is that it requires students to sit in front of a computer screen for hours at a time. I hope the noticeable decrease in my visual abilities is temporary.

Wrap Up

Graphics 217 was an extremely enjoyable class for me.  I was able to learn so much in the labs and more importantly in lecture.  I can definitely say that this class has opened my eyes to things that I would have never noticed beforehand.  I really loved the fact that we were able to redo our projects if needed after we got them back and the critiques with classmates on the day the project was due was also really helpful.  Another thing I enjoyed was being able to look at everyone else's projects on the blog.  Because we are not given the opportunity in class to look at every single persons project, the blog gives us that option. Thanks for a great class!

Wrap Up

I really enjoyed this class. It was incredibly time consuming, and at time it was difficult to figure out how to work the programs, but I think the knowledge that I am taking from graphics will be super useful. It feels good to know that now I can put all of the Adobe programs on my resume, which I know will be a good thing to have. I really liked learning about all of the different aspects of a magazine, and before this class I had no idea you could kern/track/lead type. I know that I will look at things differently now because of the things I've learned.

Website Project

So I thought my website post had worked but I guess it didn't, so here it is. I decided to do the same event that I did for my poster project. It was a tea and silent auction which raised money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. I used Bodoni to evoke the fashion-y feel of the event. I put people coming out of the teacup on the first page because I thought it fit the theme and was also kind of funny. I chose to make a collage for my past events page because I thought it was a different way to display pictures than a typical photo gallery.

Week 15 - Wrap Up

I really enjoyed this class and took a lot out of it. Before this course, I had never used the Adobe programs, therefore I thought this class would be difficult and confusing. However, I surprisingly learned the programs fast (despite the lack of help from a certain lab T.A. lol). I heard that this class took a lot of commitment, and I definitely agree ... however once I started planning out my projects before going to the labs, the projects took less time to complete. I think the most important thing I learned from this class was visual perspective - I do not think I will ever look at graphics/images/etc. the same.

Wasim, thank you for all of you help, especially for the hundreds of last minute questions you answered for me the night before projects were due. You will make a great instructor.

Wrap Up Post

I'd heard that graphics was a ridiculously time-consuming and barely possible course, so at the end of the semester, I'm glad to report that neither rumor was true. I really enjoyed GRA 217 and learned a lot of valuable skills. I'm sure knowing the Adobe programs will be useful in the future, as will everything we learned about layout, gestalt principles, etc. It's certainly changed the way I look at print and online media, which as a mag major, is obviously really important. In fact, after taking this course, I am actually interested in learning more about design and taking some more graphics classes in the future. ALTHOUGH, I don't know if I can handle another semester of mandatory blogging (...just kidding, Wasim).

So, in sum, I learned a lot and really enjoyed the creative aspects of the class. Thanks for a great semester!

Thank you from Wasim

I just wanted to thank everyone for posting on this blog for the semester and, for the most part, actively commenting on each others' work. I know it's been a thorn in the side sometimes, and we sometimes got off track, but I hope everyone learned a little bit from doing the assignments and sharing their projects with this peers.

Blogging will be important once you all enter the "real world" out of college. It's a great (and cheap!) self-promotional tool. What we did this semester was just the start; a way to whet your appetite for blogging.

By creating a Google account to use this blog for the class, you've already created 90 percent of what you need to start your own blog, which I hope many of you try. College is a great time to learn the ropes of blogging.

As many of you have probably figured out, I run my own blog using Blogger - something I created after taking the same graphics class (albeit the graduate-level version). You can check it out at http://wasimonline.blogspot.com/. You'll find a link there to my Web site, which was created using the same principles I learned here in the interface design project. And I already showed you all how blogging can drive traffic to your Web site. It's a synergistic relationship between the two.

Try it - you may even find it's fun! All it takes is signing in and clicking on "Dashboard" at the top and then "Create a blog" on the next page.

Thanks everyone for a great semester. You all worked really hard and I saw some great work coming from this class. It's been a pleasure to work with you in my first instructional associate job here in Syracuse.