Q.7 Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
As I've mentioned in the earlier post, I was a rookie when it came to using the Adobe Photoshop tools, which, by the way, can do wonders! I think I've learnt a lot .. So much so that I changed my spreadsheet design twice because I was not satisfied with the overall look and I would find something wrong with the editing, font style or anything else for that matter, over and over again. When I showed my final design to my teacher, she was pretty impressed and admitted that the results of my second attempt turned out to be much neater and better than the first one.
The most important thing that I've learnt is that the whole layout, images, font color and style should be organised and coordinated in such a way that nothing looks out of the place. After hours and hours spent on research, I realized that the magazine layout should be as simple as possible and should give a review of what's in store for the reader. All in all, I was able to polish my skills over time through practice and experimentation.