With this project I found myself become even more comfortable with photoshop, I don’t believe I have ever used photoshop this much ever. I have still been struggling with some technical difficulties, especially when it comes to using quick commands, and dealing with how the grouping and layer system works in photoshop, which is a little bit different than illustrator. For the most part I have improved and find that with the use of groupings, it has become much easier to stay organize and to find elements i need to edit much quicker. On the concept side I feel that it is often difficult to really pinpoint a cohesive look and feel for a specific style of restaurant. I chose to go two different directions, an older more down to earth japanese restaurant, and a more upscale clean and modern restaurant. I chose the prior because i found it aligned with my own personal style much more, I found it difficult to maintain a clean and modern look, although completing the menu fragments later did help alot. I think doing the menu fragments was a very good learning experience for me because it helped me explore more typographic options. I found myself explore stuff that I know i might use in the future on other designs. I feel like throughout that part of the process and on to the final piece I have improved significantly on the use of heirarchy. Im beginning to learn to differentiate type using different values, which is much different than in print, more than size or weight value is becoming increasingly important in my interactive design work. One thing i really want to improve is creating more dynamic and interesting buttons, the subtle nuances of a button or a intended looking typeface, all those little details are difficult to iron out well. I also hope to get even more comfortable with photoshop so that I can move much faster and accomplish much more in my work. I would also like to incorporate a more strict adherence to the grid. I also want to learn how to better incorporate hand drawn elements into an interactive piece while keeping the entire piece cohesive.