In this blog I shall be discussing my reflection on the finished Iphone application icons I have created. I am going to reflect on my finished product & what I feel I have created & picked up along the way whilst creating these. I will doing this by answering the questions posed to me in this blog.
What did you do & how did you do it?
In this project I created four Iphone Icons for a local client who requested me to do so. I did this by using my Photoshop skills to create the icons on the Photoshop application after drawing them in rough on paper as a part of my planning. I then used this a guide to help create the icons before completion.
Are you happy with the product?
I will describe how I am happy with the product by splitting the icons into four different paragraphs.
Sports: My sports application saw me use the colours of the Bradford region (claret & amber) to make a bold text which spelt out BD Sports. The purpose of the app was to be used to tell local people the latest about sports teams in the Bradford region. I am not completely happy with this as I feel it is simple & basic. Even though it fits purpose for use, the design is just some easy to do text with a picture of a football rolling on grass as the background.
Games: My games icon was also very simple & basic & yet again I'm not happy with the final design. It is some more advanced text saying Why Always Me? With then some basic text saying the name of the game which is Super Mario Balotelli. Even though it fits purpose for use, I'm not happy with my final design & would change it.
Online Shop: My online shop icon is yet another simple & basic design but on this occasion simplicity says it best. It is some text with a pound sign on top & I used the colour picker tool to change it to green & then used bevel & emboss to make it look better it & curved the text to expand the look of the icon.
Music: My music icon was a series of notes you associate with the music industry. I used the bevel & emboss tool to improve the quality of picture but I'm not happy as it isn't very good & very basic. It shows a severe lack of Photoshop knowledge even though I have a fair amount of knowledge & this angers me.
What would you do differently next time?
Next time I would do the whole process completely differently, I would spend more time on planning & put more care & effort into my designs whilst planning as this could prove to be a downfall as I use these as a guide to make my final designs. My final designs would also be completely different as well. I would put my Photoshop skills to more use & make the work more developed. This would give me higher marks & would also make it more suitable to present to a client.
What have I learned?
I have learned in this process how to use time management effectively as I didn't & it saw me struggle throughout & make so basic poor designs. This saw me then learn new Photoshop skill in order to improve these designs. This will help me in future endeavors.
What went well?
The only thing for me what went well in this process is the online shop app. My online shop icon is yet another simple & basic design but on this occasion simplicity says it best. It is some text with a pound sign on top & I used the colour picker tool to change it to green & then used bevel & emboss to make it look better it & curved the text to expand the look of the icon.
What did you struggle with?
I struggled with time management as I have described in time management & what I'd do differently last time. I would spend more time on planning & put more care & effort into my designs whilst planning as this could prove to be a downfall as I use these as a guide to make my final designs.
Time Management?
I would spend more time on planning & put more care & effort into my designs whilst planning as this could prove to be a downfall as I use these as a guide to make my final designs. This then also affected my final designs.
What did you do & how did you do it?
In this project I created four Iphone Icons for a local client who requested me to do so. I did this by using my Photoshop skills to create the icons on the Photoshop application after drawing them in rough on paper as a part of my planning. I then used this a guide to help create the icons before completion.
Are you happy with the product?
I will describe how I am happy with the product by splitting the icons into four different paragraphs.
Sports: My sports application saw me use the colours of the Bradford region (claret & amber) to make a bold text which spelt out BD Sports. The purpose of the app was to be used to tell local people the latest about sports teams in the Bradford region. I am not completely happy with this as I feel it is simple & basic. Even though it fits purpose for use, the design is just some easy to do text with a picture of a football rolling on grass as the background.
Games: My games icon was also very simple & basic & yet again I'm not happy with the final design. It is some more advanced text saying Why Always Me? With then some basic text saying the name of the game which is Super Mario Balotelli. Even though it fits purpose for use, I'm not happy with my final design & would change it.
Online Shop: My online shop icon is yet another simple & basic design but on this occasion simplicity says it best. It is some text with a pound sign on top & I used the colour picker tool to change it to green & then used bevel & emboss to make it look better it & curved the text to expand the look of the icon.
Music: My music icon was a series of notes you associate with the music industry. I used the bevel & emboss tool to improve the quality of picture but I'm not happy as it isn't very good & very basic. It shows a severe lack of Photoshop knowledge even though I have a fair amount of knowledge & this angers me.
What would you do differently next time?
Next time I would do the whole process completely differently, I would spend more time on planning & put more care & effort into my designs whilst planning as this could prove to be a downfall as I use these as a guide to make my final designs. My final designs would also be completely different as well. I would put my Photoshop skills to more use & make the work more developed. This would give me higher marks & would also make it more suitable to present to a client.
What have I learned?
I have learned in this process how to use time management effectively as I didn't & it saw me struggle throughout & make so basic poor designs. This saw me then learn new Photoshop skill in order to improve these designs. This will help me in future endeavors.
What went well?
The only thing for me what went well in this process is the online shop app. My online shop icon is yet another simple & basic design but on this occasion simplicity says it best. It is some text with a pound sign on top & I used the colour picker tool to change it to green & then used bevel & emboss to make it look better it & curved the text to expand the look of the icon.
What did you struggle with?
I struggled with time management as I have described in time management & what I'd do differently last time. I would spend more time on planning & put more care & effort into my designs whilst planning as this could prove to be a downfall as I use these as a guide to make my final designs.
Time Management?
I would spend more time on planning & put more care & effort into my designs whilst planning as this could prove to be a downfall as I use these as a guide to make my final designs. This then also affected my final designs.
