Add a comment to this post reflecting on your design process turning your research, pitch and sketch of the Get Out the Vote Campaign into a realized and final piece. Please address the following questions:
- Did you stick to your sketch in your final solution?
- How would you categorize your strategy for getting out the vote message?
- a. Conceptual
- b. Motivational
- c. Factual (ex. based on past data?)
- d. Informational (ex. providing about ways and dates for voting)
- Did you create a brain map (mind map)?
- a. If yes, was it useful?
- b. If no. Do you wish you had? Why?
- Were you able to realize your sketch in the way you had envisioned?
- a. Did it turn out better?
- b. Are you disappointed? Why
- What software program(s) did you use? Please provide detail about any techniques or how-tos you might like us to go over in class.
1.) I have very much deviated from my original sketches throughout my creative process for this project. After both internal and external critique, I realized that the original concept in my sketches will fail to properly communicate the thematic message of my project.
2.) My project mainly focuses on spreading awareness about the upcoming election and therefore, I would categorize it as informational. I aim to to design a poster that succinctly communicates the necessary information about the elections and how to proceed with voting.
3.) No, I did not create a brain map and I partially wished I would. When tackling my projects, whether they be academic, professional and personal, I opt for a “hit or miss” strategy. That is, I will make a variety of attempts in my design until I hit the one that works. As I am writing this, I realize that I tend to base my strategy off of emotion and my personal likes and dislikes rather than the instructions of the prompt…if that makes sense.
4.) No, my sketches did not come out the way I envisioned because I just cannot draw.
5.) The project was fully executed in Adobe Illustrator.
Thanks for your candid reflection Yvan. Just remember you can always go back and tweak or recreate a thumbnail sketch or the mind map. What’s important is to see this as a process. Sometimes the solution comes very quickly sometimes you have to really work at. Being flexible and willing to drop an idea or put in on the back burner is part of that process. Our understanding of things (and the related ideas we generate) will change the more we research and become familiar with a subject – that is part of the natural flow. The goal (and the challenge) is to marry that knowledge with your emotional design instinct to create a solution that makes sense and works.
Florence F Litchmore-Smith
1. Reflecting on my sketch in my final solution for Get out the Vote, with a little energy wanting to do more on my final sketch.
2. I categorize my strategy for getting out the vote message as conceptual.
3. I created a brain map that was useful .
4. I was able to realized my sketch for getting out the vote in the way I envisioned.
5. The software program i have used was Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft application.
Thanks for your feedback Florence! Looking forward to seeing the finals.
1. My final solution came from one of my sketches, which I drafted 3 different versions of it. It’s meant for young college adults in New York City.
2. My Get Out to Vote campaign is categorize as motivational to encourage my particular age group to vote.
3. I created a brain map by jotting down some words and phrases. I even did research on what are some of the main topics on reasons why the particular group should vote. The brain map was very useful.
4. Yes I was able to realize my sketch the way I envisioned it with better improvements.
5. The software I used was Adobe Illustrator and final project will end with Adobe Indesign.
Did you stick to your sketch in your final solution?
-No, i did not.
How would you categorize your strategy for getting out the vote message?
Conceptual, and kind of a reminder to fill in the blanks.
Did you create a brain map (mind map)?
Yes, it was very useful to jot down my ideas and how to make the come to life, but in the end i created something totally different.
Were you able to realize your sketch in the way you had envisioned?
-I ended up designing something totally different from my sketches, I am some-what content with it. I still like my sketched more.
What software program(s) did you use? Please provide detail about any techniques or how-tos you might like us to go over in class.
-Mostly Indesign, I did try to use illustrator but ended up going back to Indesign.