This was one assingment that put me most out of my comfort zone. I was caught of guard at my inability to think outside the box when it came to designing something like this. All in all, I was extremely grateful for the lessons that I learned, and what the overall product looked like!
The image above is the book cver I created, while the image below is the book cover originally created. I just wanted to create a cover that focused on another aspect of the story besides the house. The Ten Little Indians poem in the story had a bigger impact on me than the house itself.
I love companies that have a recognizable design and look, whether that be on social media or in a store. The Created Company is a local coffee cup and drinkware design company who’s online look is just as amazing as the products they design.
As someone who takes a lot of photos, I wasn’t sure how this assignment would go. Usually I am in a rush, but as I began to walk around and observe things I don’t usually pay attention to, I found it to be pretty cool just letting my mind and creativeness go within the camera.
Coming up with a logo design also takes a bit time, because you want to make sure you communicate the company’s motto carefully. Logospire is a simple website which showcases a variety of logos created by designers. 
I chose the Top Gun poster as my inspiration because it had different shapes that would be easy to replace. As I changed the sun into a fire ring, I wanted the poster to be overlooking a fire pit but it did not work as well as I had planned. I changed my idea to be a camper/snowboarder so that I could incorporate more of the shapes present on the poster. While I was in the process of making my final product, I struggled with the size of the elements being held over the fire, but I wanted to stay as true as possible to the shapes that were taken from the original.
This was by far my favorite assignment of the semester. I have enjoyed being able to meet with the client to learn about their passions and how I would be able to help their process. Within the process, I got to know my partner very well, and because of this, we were able to make the project a product of the both of us. Looking to the future, I will use the elements that I learned in the meetings and in the Adobe Suite to help me create and bring dreams to life.
Colors play an important role when it comes to designing. Sometimes it is also difficult to pair colors so that they would complement each other. Design Seeds has a whole lot of collections of color palettes you can look through for inspiration. 
My magazine was a failure. I did not look to anything for inspiration and I feel that that is why I did so poorly on the assignment.
I chose the Scarlet Letter for my book because it was one that I knew the most about. I enjoyed learning about it in high school and was excited for the opportunity to put my understanding of the story onto paper. I started off with three ideas. The first idea was to have a spotlight shining onto a scaffold and the shadow would make the inside shape of the A would be outlines by the spotlight. The second one would have a 50-shades-of-grey-feel with Dimmesdale’s’ collar with a red A on the chest. The third one would be the opening scene of the book with a rose under a window. There would be a shadow off of the rose, creating the outline of an A.
After a lot of back and forth, I ended up changing the whole design and starting from scratch. I pulled inspiration from things that I found on Pinterest and was shown how to recreate it.