Dream House

       These are my dream house screenshots. My style was supposed to be a modern look. I added a patio and a deck to add more character to the house.  I also made a pool because that seems modern and it's always fun to have a pool.  The scope of the project was just to make a dream house and the main requirement was that it needed to have an over hang on the roof.  I started with the basic shape of the house. Later, I started adding details like frames and textures.  The final step was to make an animation overview of the house.  I thought this project was really fun and gave me a good opportunity to put my love of creating things into action.  I think this project was really good and e9 should continue doing this project.

Dreamweaver Website

          

         This is my Dreamweaver website called "Hello World!" The project was to make a website based on our freshman year.  The process was basically just looking at the documents provided and following the instructions.  There were 4 document instructions, A-D.  If I were to mess up on a step then it would mess up the whole project.  So, a few times I did something wrong and had to go back and fix it, but it wasn't really a big deal.  Something I learned was that you don't have to make the website in code.  You can do the design style and it's much easier.  I also learned some new tags like, <title> and to end the tag, </title>.  We used Dreamweaver for the program to make the website.  Sometimes I would ask Lilian for help.  Next time I would probably try a different style and color because it would make it more interesting.  Also I would keep using the same program because it seems to work really well.  For future experience, make sure to stay on task because if you don't you will get behind and it's hard to catch up.  Overall, the project was pretty good and easy to figure out.

ONW Compass and Butterfly Project

The difference between illustrator and photoshop is that in illustrator you create things from shapes and in photoshop you edit pictures and things already made.  One thing I learned was that resizing the image is a good idea to make everything fit on the page right.  Another thing I learned was that a lot of times you need to accept your mistake and work around it because you can't undo repeatedly like you can in illustrator.  Also, opacity is good for showing everything you want in your image without making it look too busy or chaotic. 

We did a butterfly project and we were required to use the magic wand and the clone tool.  The wand was for changing the colors of the butterfly's wings.  The clone tool was for giving the appearance that the wings are fluttering.

Orthogonal Cube

In e-Comm we've been doing a lot of color analysis and orthogonal cube projects.  Color is a big part in the way we design things like logos and things like that.  We watch videos about making better graphics and logos by using shapes like circles, triangles, and squares.  We learned what colors you should use for a certain type of logo or product.  There are a lot of things we've learned and still have to learn.   

My Logo

The letters 'MC' represent my initials for Megan Chrisco.  The first thing I thought I wanted for my logo was softball.  I thought this because I love softball and its been a part of me and my life forever.  So I decided to try to incorporate a softball bat, ball, and a base, in my logo to make it clear to the viewers that my logo shows that it's about softball.  The 'C' is yellow and has red stripes because it represents a softball.  The 'M' has a bat to represent another piece of equipment that softball players use and to make it more clear what the logo is about.  The outline is the shape of a pentagon which represents a home plate.  The whole logo represents that I play and love softball.

Color Wheel

In logos, colors are meant to show meaning and emotion.  Red usually means or shows fire, blood, war, danger, power, energy, etc.  Green shows sickness, nature, fresh, mint, and others.  Blue shows calmness, femininity, life, purity, peace, sky, loyalty, water, cold, depression, and again, others.  The main theme of yellow is optimism, orange is friendly, red is excitement, purple or violet is creative, blue is trust, green is peaceful, and chrome shows balance.

My Personality Test

My personality test is ESFJ. The majority of that is feeling, which is at 50%. This means I'm a person who likes to help people out when they're in need. I also like to work with others to accomplish things. Not only am I warmhearted, I am a cooperative person as well.

I think my type description describes me very well.  The part that probably describes me the best is when it talks about taking care of people who need or want help.  I always love to help people and I feel like it's a need or something I just have to do.  So I think that part fits me really good.  One thing that I don't really think describes me is the judging. I don't really judge people very often.  My personality description does help me better understand why I am who I am.

Some ways my personality helps on teams and in my family would be when someone needs help, I can help them.  I always feel good when I know I helped someone out on something.  When it doesn't I'm kind of disappointed.  Some people have misunderstood me because they see how I willingly help people out.  Then sometimes other people start to think I don't care about myself at all when really I just put others before me and I always feel the need to help someone out before I think about myself.  I'm sure there are people in my life that either I don't understand them or the other way around because we have different personality types but I can't think of things that have been misunderstood.

Graphic Design

Graphic design is putting creative art skills into making a design for an advertisement, magazine, book, and much more.  When making something using graphic design you want to make sure it's interesting.  If your design doesn't appeal to the eye it's likely the product or advertisement won't want to be bought or read.  It also needs to define who you are and what you're designing.