Spring semester is almost over. Only a few more weeks left! I'm always so amazed as to how fast the semesters go. I have so much to do and so little time. My busiest class is special studies for graphic design. I just finished up making a candy packaging design for jelly beans. Now I'm starting project 3, a self-promotional 3D business card. For this project and all others, we are given an article to read that shows a certain method to approaching a design. These articles are helpful because sometimes as young designers we have trouble coming up with concepts and the reading helps.
Throwing together type, images, and color, without a method, is not always the most successful method (usually). It's usually important to have a game plan, including asking yourself questions about your work: why am I using that color? why am I using this font? why are the images and type placed the way they are? It's important to constantly reflect on your design because if you can answer these sorts of questions, usually you'll produce a successful design.
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