Progression Reflection: A Semester at a Glance

Throughout ID 205, I learned a lot about perspective drawings, Photoshop, InDesign, and communicating through design. I came into this class confident in my sketching abilities and with more constructive criticism and minor tricks for sketching, I was able to improve on sketching leading to it now being one of my strongest skills. As I have already been pretty good at graphic design when communicating through posters and layouts, I feel that this class has led to these skills being even stronger than they were before which has helped me in my other Interior Design classes to be able to not only layout a grid effectively but to also incorporate a single idea, simplify, or overpower throughout multiple displays tying them together. For example, with this assignment I am focusing more on the work that i have done throughout the semester so aside from sticking to a grid and following that grid throughout the posters, I am keeping the background and fonts very simplified as to not distract the viewer from what is supposed to be the focal points. Along with learning poster design, we learned the sketching and rendering skills needing to be in interior design. Though I was having a very hard time with the rendering at the beginning of the semester, I was able to learn the techniques of rendering on my own without the instructions in the book through exploration and practice. In the end, my growth in my rendering skills has improved tremendously and I would consider this a class success. When looking into my sketching abilities, I came into this class with much sketching experience and have taken other classes, learning the techniques of how to draw in perspective was very beneficial to my drawings. I had not learned the skills needed yet in order to use the horizon line and vanishing points in order to draw in a more true to the eye view. This will continue to help me throughout my schooling and career. having the ability to do so has helped with the assignments that are on this poster set. All in all I feel that my overall communication skill through design has improved tremendously.