Memory Book

The memory book project took me about 3 weeks overall. The tutorials took the longest amount of time because they had a lot of steps and details to make them look correct. Making the memory book wasn't too difficult for me due to the fact that I am in yearbook and already knew how to use InDesign. I chose to use a photo of me with my dad for the front and one with my mom for the back cover because they are two of the most  influential people in my life and I wanted to include them both. I chose my color scheme by picking some of my favorite colors that went well together. All in all, I really enjoyed this project and am glad we ended the year on InDesign.

This tutorial was pretty simple and only took me about 1 1/2 class periods. Most of this tutorial was focused around changing text color, leading, and font to make the magazine cover more appealing. I didn't have trouble with any of the steps and the tutorial didn't take very long so overall I really enjoyed it. It was simple and a good introduction to how to use indesign.

Eco Ad

I didn't think this project was too hard, but I definitely didn't think it was super easy either. The tutorial asked me to do some things that I either couldn't find or didn't understand the instructions. Also it was difficult to know how to draw the curve because the example picture was too dark to see. Most of this assignment consisted of changing the look of text to allow it to all fit in the frames and look presentable and easy to read.

Exploration Poster

This was a good tutorial on how many of the tools in InDesign work. It was very simple and only took me a few minutes. Mostly I just changed the size of text and learned how to use tools that change different things about the text. I also added an orange line underneath the text to connect the E & N.

Scrapbook Page

I decided to make a triangular banner at the top of the scrapbook page because I thought it was cute and girly as well as celebratory for finishing another school year. I chose my colors by using kuler.com and finding a theme of colors I liked together. I actually picked colors from 3 different themes, but still think they fit well together. I chose to write "celebrate memories" at the top and "2014" on the banner because I think they fit well together and both evoke the same feeling and tone. I chose to line up three black boxes in a row on the bottom to keep it simple, but allow room for mulitple photos.

Clipping Mask

Photo Frames

I chose to do the two photo frames on pictures of my siblings because I have a lot of pictures with my siblings and am going to have a different photo effect on each one on the page. I chose to do the polaroid photo one because I liked the effect and the way it looked and wanted to try it. Accomplishing the effect was very easy and was mostly done in just duplicated layers and moving them around. I also chose to do the puzzle piece frame because it was unique and looked really cool. The puzzle piece frame was actually really easy as well and only took me a few minutes. I used the texture>texturizer>puzzle layout and then just modified settings to how i wanted it to look. I then used the pen tool to cut out a puzzle piece and mpve it to a different angle to give it the effect of falling into place/