Project 5 Reflection

I really really enjoyed the team based planning at the beginning. I had always wanted to work on a concept team like that and I really like how it worked out. I think that bouncing ideas off of each other ended up helping everyone’s project a ton.

My biggest weakness in this project was probably the fact that I did not create a new style for myself. I wish I could have pushed my creativeness more and created something with a different style than everything else I have done. If all my stuff in my portfolio looks the same, even if its good work, it won’t count for anything.

My most improved area was in the conceptual stage. I think this was probably largely due to the group work but during that time my brain just started going overboard. With other people’s idea’s I had things to spark my own. I felt like I was talking a lot while we were in there (and I probably was) but I just had a rush of ideas come to my head (a lot of which I ended up using.)

I would still very much like to improve on just about everything related to web design. During this project I feel I did a lot better in the conceptual work but can I do that on my own in the future? I have no idea. There was comments about my website being clean and having clear hierarchy, but I don’t feel it was so different from some of my other work (like my AIGA re-design) or very original. Can I work on getting good clean work and be more original at the same time? again, I have no idea. I would like to eventually be confident enough in my skills to easily assure clients I can both come up with creative concepts and an original creative final product.

This project helped me get a little closer to both, but there is always LOTS of room for improvement.