Project Reflection Assignment

For my reflection assignment, I decided to go back to the very beginning of the semester. I chose our Adobe Photoshop project. For that project, I designed a graphic to be used on a blog, website, and even on television for our “Weather in Schools” program.

Here’s a look at the previous version…

Our class instructor Justin mentioned to me that the final submission was a little busy and didn’t pop. I agree. I decided to give this one another shot. I wanted to simplify it to make it stand out more, but still convey the same message/information.

I decided to put the hide button to good use. I got rid of the wording on the top and bottom of the image. I also deleted the blue bar at the top. With permission from my station, I pulled in a website graphic that fits with our branding a bit more and stands out better. I put “kptv.com” at the bottom of the design to point people where to go if they want to learn more or sign up. I declined to add a drop shadow to that graphic, because I think it looks better without.

I also chose to lighten the background color by changing the opacity, making it less green. I think the new background makes everything else stand out more.

This graphic is more simple now and pops better, without the clutter. I would use this on television during a weathercast. I would also put it on our weather blog or my personal blog to advertise this school program. This graphic is meant to direct teachers and parents to our website to find out more information. I think it does a much better job of that now.