My biggest issue on this project was time. I only really played around with one layout. I think I should have taken more time to sketch out general layouts, like thumbnails of the entire page. Everything on my site seems very crammed in, not to mention too big. I always design things too large for web. I think if i designed on a bigger screen where 100% in photoshop took up less that the whole screen I would have a better end result. For example my footer is an eyesore and I didn’t notice until we put them on screen to turn them in. I think I also put a lot of effort into the group activities, so I was happy with all of the interactive elements that we decided on, but I didn’t have enough time or energy for the design portion. Like I said earlier, for some reason the layout I used was stuck in my head from the beginning and I even notice until I walked around and realized how different, yet functional everyones projects were.
As for positive things I did, my proficiency with photoshop are much better. I had a lot of fun building all of the details up in my design. It got pretty technical, and that is something you don’t realize until you start making some of those details for yourself. I feel like I only really just got started on this project, kind of like a first draft, so it is good that I see areas to improve in and if I had more time you know what I needed to do. I believe my project had a lot of potential, but designing always takes longer than you initially think it will. This gets me a little worried about my freelance work, because clients won’t always understand all that goes in to the process. I will be outlining everything I do to calculate how much work time I will need, I think it might be good to share that with clients too.
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