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Web Design Project I'm so sorry but my screenshots didn't upload.  Project overview This project took me about a week. I worked with coding and designing in Adobe Dreamweaver and created my own website. I posted many of my projects from previous assignments. Many of my animations I saved as a GIF and put on the project page. For the home page I put a picture of myself and an elevator pitch.  What I learned I believe I learned a lot from this project. I added links and codes and learned how to embed videos. I also learned how to connect text to a website. I added two pages together and connected them through links.The website product I am happy with and I believe I did well. The colors went together good and turned out pleasing to look at. Conclusion  I enjoyed this project and felt I got a lot from it. I hope to design more websites in the future. 

Ten qualities GIF Process: This is a simple GIF of 10 of my good qualities. I used adobe photoshop and added multiple frames together. The computer did most of the work as I toke a frame with the word out of the picture, then a frame with the word in it. What I learned: This was my first step into animation and I enjoyed it. after working with some words, I experimented with transitioning in different way. I learned how to move and turn objects how I want them to. Conclusion:  I am satisfied with the project. It helped me with time management and helped me better understand computer animation.

My SketchUp house Link to the original house  https://www.houseplans.com/plan/869-square-feet-2-bedrooms-1-bathroom-southern-house-plans-0-garage-36978 Textures Project This project took a couple weeks to make. I used the program Sketchup to design and create my house. I based the structure off of a house I found on houseplans.com. To make the house, it took basic shapes being bent into more complex ones. I finished by using seamless designs found on google and painting the structure.  What I learned My ability to work with 3D design got better during this process of making a house. I learned to be patient and pay attention to detail. I also learned how to turn and 3D design into an animation.

Ball bouncing animation Project: I started this project by animating a ball bouncing to the right of the screen, then up and down, then finally it bounced onto a Christmas tree and added some lights. What I learned: I learned a lot in this process and found I had to be patient because animating is time consuming. I also used many shortcuts and learned how to use the copy and paste tool fast. Not only did I get better at animating, I also got better at drawing on the computer. Conclusion: This project showed me some of what real animating is like, and how I can create anything with the program. I am very interested to learn more and do different projects.

My Logo Design Process:  This project took time and energy. It had multiple steps in the process and had me create a large amount of different logos. The first step was to roughly sketch some ideas I had for the design. It took a couple days until I had an idea of what my logo could looks like. The next step was to bring everything sketched out onto Adobe Illustrator. Using the font myriad pro I edited the letters "ML" in different ways, and used recources such as the pen and curvature tools until I was happy with the way it looked.  After satisfied with the logo, I added different colors to see what it looked like in all styles. With editing, I found I liked the color on top of grey look. After top three choices were picked, I used an outline to see what each looked like as a final product.  Why I chose my logo: My final decision came to hot pink letters over a light grey circle and a very thin black outline. I chose...

 The project: I used adobe Illustrator to create this project. I first typed out my name in a large font and create lines to show the Cap height, X-height, and Baseline. I then labeled 10 different parts of the type anatomy in my name. What I learned: I learned many new things about using text in a design. To stay consistent, I copied the small text and moved it to make sure they were all the same size and font. I also learned what many of the parts of different fonts were.

Logo Color Schemes Analogous Subway uses the analogous colors of green and yellow. They probably chose these colors because they resemble being fresh. McDonalds uses the analogous colors of red and orange.The company probably chose these colors because they are warm, like their hot food, along with the color red makes people hungry. Complementary   Krispy Kreme uses the complementary colors of red and green. They choose these so possibly the words on the top would stand out behind the background. Fire fox uses the complementary colors blue and orange to make the fox stand out, and like the name implies, the bright orange color of the fox resembles fire. Warm Tostitos uses the warm colors of yellow, red, and orange in there logo because it may give off the feeling of a warm and happy party environment. Pringles uses the warm colors of red and yellow to also give out the party environment, so people will...