I honestly don’t even know where to begin with I learned in this class. To begin, I was able to host up my resume from being just a simple and boring Resume to one that looks so awesome and stands out from a normal one. I’ve learned what typefaces work well depending on the project. I also learned that black backgrounds for everything really isn’t such a good choice. Alignment and Hierarchy is key in every design.

Although I am not very familiar with Mexican culture, the exhibition did give me an unforgettable experience. This exhibition shows the influential graphic work of the artists that shaped 20th century Mexican art. The works are all about revolutions and wars, some are realistic while some are satirical.

The works created by Jose Guadalupe Posada are one of the most impressive. The whole series of this image is consisted by several small cartoon illustrations. Because the images are small, when I first saw them I just thought those images were so cute. However, all “cute people” are skeleton, which shows satirical acuteness and political engagement. Posada was the cartoonist illustrator and artist whose work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists.

I knew nothing about graphic design before taking this class. Now, I know the core principles and am able to recognize how apply them when I work on a project. I also know more about fonts than I ever thought I would in my entire life.

The most useful things I have learned from this class are how to use InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Although I am not very satisfied with all projects I have done, I really appreciate that I have my own profile right now as a communication people. I also can do many poster and image editing right now for my own interests and for my internship. In addition, this class gave me a great amount of knowledge about graphic designs and opened a new field for me. It is very interesting that I often think about typefaces, visual hierarchy, colors and etc when I see somethings on the street right now. Overall, this class is one of the most interesting and useful classes I have taken in SU!

This has been not just a fun class but very rewarding in terms of what I’ve learnt. The most important thing I learnt is to think critically. Before taking the class and doing the projects, I hardly paid much attention to visuals — I saw them everyday but never thought of them CRITICALLY. The class has helped me foster such notion. Also, I enjoyed designing with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. The process has made me a better observer, thinker and design practitioner.

Graphics 217 has taught me a wealth of information about the Adobe Suite that will take me very far in my career future in PR. I feel these tools are so important in the communication world today, because I may not be designing an advertisement in my field but I will be working with others who may and I now understand graphic terms and the ins-and-outs of the various software. I learned how to communicate in graphic terms (i.e. typography, colors, spacing and image) and this will be an invaluable tool for the future. I truly enjoyed every aspect of this course, my most favorite project being the iPad design because I loved the interactivity usage. Thanks for a great semester.

This class taught me that the little legs on letters means that the font is a part of the serif family, and without legs means sans serifs (without serifs). I thought that was pretty cool. I also learned how to do cool things on InDesign, because I hated InDesign before this class. But now I know how to put a scrolling tray on a layout, or use hyperlinks properly. I also learned that jeopardy is intense and if you don’t pay attention in lecture or keep your notes, you won’t know the answers, like what typeface Volkswagen used to use. I created an awesome resume and learned what analogous colors are. Basically, the ins and outs of graphic design were taught very well in this class, and I am definitely more graphic savvy after this class. It’s been real. It’s been fun.