Week 5.2

Today in class we had time to work on our final flowchart. It was our final in-class work time to work as a group and we got a lot accomplished during this time. Mostly we went through everything with a fine tooth comb to make sure that everything lines up, is spelled right, and flows together. As a group we split up the responsibilities to get as much done today as we could and have a pretty good base going into the weekend. there are just a few more things that need finalized before we print. We also took today to find times and give responsibilities to everyone in the group so we can have this thing printed and mounted by Monday's class. Alyssa is getting the supplies, and Alannah is printing out the flowchart at Staples. We are all coming in Saturday to mount it and make sure everything came out alright. If we have any issues, that then gives us Sunday if anything goes wrong. Here is the process we made today in class.

Week 5.1

Today in class we critiqued our black and white printouts of our final flowcharts. It was the first time I saw ours printed to size and we all noticed a lot of things that needed changed. Mostly with sizing. We got a lot of feedback from the critique.

put words in boxes - not redundant
move player flowchart
margins
make field smaller
clock is good
make all lines one color?
arrow in key showing all multiple colors
don't need to add descriptions

make swim lanes smaller
description is good
didn't recognize the flag
text align!!
no text in boxes - forces to go back to the key
connect player to flow chart
lines are too long
line dashes need colors
use more jumps

Lots of extra space
insert graphics into space
font too thin
fluff in description
too hard to see clock
no end to the clock
move graphic translations
field very different feel
label x and o's
explain the field
edge tension
use distinctive different color type to describe field
tilted view of field
confused about extra point

Artist Talk - AIGA Forum 4

Tonight was the AIGA Land the Job Forum 4 at the Candy factory downtown. There were 4 panelist, Christine (Modo design), Justin (andCulture), Lauren (Boss Group), and Linda (QVC) all with great insight in the interviewing process. I got a lot of good information from going to this talk and as a graduating senior I took a lot of information to heart knowing that I will be needing it soon. To sum the whole night up would take a very long time, so I will just hit on the key points that I found most interesting and helpful for me going into interviews. The biggest thing I took from it was to be prepared! Know the company that you are applying for and know questions that you want answered. The most important thing it to know why you want to work there and why the company is a good fit for you. On the topic of asking questions, they also said that you need to ask questions, period. Ask anything and everything, just don't be repetitive. The most important thing is to be yourself and don't be nervous. It is simply a conversation that you are having about yourself to another person. The last thing they really harped on was networking. I feel like that is all I hear now, a little bit of messaging goes a long way. It is important to put yourself out there and get your name known. This is probably my biggest struggle where I stand now and what I am most nervous for. Overall the talk was extremely informative, I got to talk to Christine at the end who I was interested in her company the most.

Week 4.2

Today in class was just a work time in our groups we got a lot accomplished for next week, but there is a lot more to do before Monday. I think we split it up pretty evenly to try and get everything done. Alyssa was sick today so she said she would print everything for us this weekend. Here is the progress we made so far.

 

There was a moment where I didn't know what to do about a section and professor Pannafino suggested that I print that section out and draw out ideas that could work. Here are my sketches of that and finally I came up with a solution that works to make it more legible. 

Outside Class Work Week 4.1

This week in between classes, my group decided we would get as much as we could done on our part of the final design. This way on wednesday when we are all together we can just put things together and make sure everything is working cohesively. Here is my final rendition of the flowchart with the color scheme we chose. As a group we will look at it wednesday and determine what changes need to be made along with adding the rest of the content that the other members of my group should be completing. As you can see in the first picture I tried to layout the poster as well as I could to leave space for the missing parts that the others are working on this week.

Week 4.1

Today in class we had a critique of our progress so far by our peers. We took time to also go over what us as a group accomplished and where we are going from here. Some of the comments we got during our critique were that it was too spread out and hard to follow. We basically knew most of this information, but it was really nice to have other eyes looking at our design and see the problems that arise. One thing that everyone agreed on was our color scheme that we chose. There are definite changes we need to make but we all know what we are doing as a group for next class and going to come together and expand from there.

Outside Class Week 3.2

Outside of class this weekend I competed the large foramat flowchart and also created a flowchart example for colors and paths. Today in class we are going to determine what color scheme works best for our chart and then hopefully start working on the entire design.Last week we determined who would do work on what for the final version and I was assigned the flow chart.