Hello everyone, my favorite projects from the course were the graphic design and illustrator projects. I had a great time personally seeing the progress step-by-step while working on these projects. Not only this, but I feel that the information learned for these projects may be specifically valuable for me in the future.

I believe that being able to create logos will be beneficial in the future for me. I think that almost anyone pursuing a professional career would benefit from this as there is often a need for this type of graphic design in the workplace. I believe that understanding photoshop is beneficial in a similar way being that if at any point I find myself with the need to alter or edit a photo, I will have the skillset to do so rather than having to find a way to either learn from the internet or hire someone to do it for me.

I hope to work in education in the future, preferably in middle school, at least to start. I believe that my knowledge in graphic design and photo/video editing at this point is significant because not only do I have a potential step up on those who have not taken this course, but I am one step closer to certifying teaching graphic design (if I were to decide to do so).

I truly learned all that I had hoped to from this course, and more. There was no specific website that I found myself frequenting, however using free-to-remix music sites was incredibly helpful in using media protected by creative commons. All in all, I greatly enjoyed this course. I am glad to have taken it, and am considering taking additional graphic design courses as a potential minor now. Thank you all for your time, have a great break.

Steven Sires

In creating this piece, I have decided to do a mock news story about the observational or conditional learning that many kittens exhibit with regards to water faucets. I have written a paper in a psychology course on a similar topic, and continue to find it fascinating.

What inspired me for this particular piece was my kitten’s behavior. For as long as she’s been able to make the jump, (she’s only 5 months old) she has made a habit of coming to the sink whenever it is turned on, opting to drink this water rather than that in her bowl-which is located directly under the sink. I have always found it interesting that, even if she watches me fill the bowl, she will still ignore it if she believes I may turn the sink on. I know this because she will wait at the sink until I leave before settling for the water bowl.

My design process and process were one and the same. I began by creating a storyboard which contained a sort of road-map through this project. I began by deciding that I would introduce my topic, provide some details for this topic, show a video shot of my cat doing what I had introduced, and close with a conclusion that nicely wraps it up-all over a mellow tune that will fade in and out when appropriate. I also knew going in that correct timing for the music fading in as well as transitions would make the project much more appealing to the eye, so that is what I did.

I believed after evaluating my clips that the clip of my cat would take too long, so I opted to adjust the speed mid-clip in order to keep viewers from having to watch a lack of movement for any extensive period of time. The most difficult aspect of this project would have to have been cropping the clips to match each other, but in the end it all worked out. I used an iPhone 8+ for filming each shot, and acquired the music titled Happy Strike.wav from AlgoTunes with a creative common or free to remix license from freesound.org. I felt that this tune had the exact upbeat but not overbearing vibe that I was looking for.

Throughout this course, I have learned a ton, as well as had a ton of fun. I truly feel that this information will prove valuable in the workplace someday, and am proud to have completed the course. I feel that I have made substantial progress with editing as a whole, as well as advancing greatly within adobe products. Thank you everyone for your time.

link to free music: https://freesound.org/people/AlgoTunes/sounds/423320/