Project 4 Reflection

This project was very interesting, I really liked designing a app but at the same time I really didn’t like designing an app. I really struggled with the functionality of my app, but at the asme time I was fully aware of how it functioned and I thought everyone else would see it the same way. But they didn’t.

Some things I struggled with technically was something that I realized was going to be a problem from the get go. I wanted to stay with apples already in place aesthetic that they use in apps. But this proved very challenging to do and when i didn’t have the photoshop knowledge and skill to do it exactly the same I got pretty frustrated and i think it shows in my app. While I think that my technical skills were good enough to make a pretty good looking app they just weren’t quite good enough to make the app that was in my head. Over all though I am pleased with how my app turned out.

Conceptually, I struggled with making the features of my app understood by my fellow classmates. I went into this project knowing exactly what i wanted to do but as the project came along I realized that some parts of my app either weren’t possible o not realistic. So when i showed everyone how it functioned they didn’t get why it couldn’t or didn’t do some stuff and I wish I could have conveyed those reason better.

Over all I saw great progress in my attention to detail and the organization of the space that i am allowed to design with. It was a great challenge to try to put forward so much information on a 3 inch screen while also trying to keep that information very clean and clear looking. I think that my improvement in attention to detail is very noticeable form the first project, and you can even tell some difference from the last project. I also think that I could still improve on some things, one of them being color. Color is something I continue to struggle with today and am actively trying to better understand so I can do great work.