First Project

Considering I have little-to-no previous experience working with InDesign, I'm very pleased with the outcome of my first project. It was fun experimenting with fonts, colors, shapes, design....

Originally I was going to make my design bright and wordy- lots of color and lots of information about me like my jobs and my family. Instead I created a blue background. Blue's my favorite color and that shade of blue is very calming and easy to look at. I chose to have the writing to be in white. The blue and white are simple but look nice together.

My name is the focal point, with a larger font than the others. It is also outlined. On both sides of my name are a font which somehow is a design with a shamrock incorporated into it. I'm 50 percent Irish and love it, so the shamrocks were the perfect little touch to my name.

Surrounding my name are some of my favorite quotes that inspire me to be me and to continue to learn and be successful. Not only are the quotes important, but also the people who said them. Two of the authors are dancers. Dance has been in my life since I was three years old and now I am a professional, so including dance was just as important as the shamrocks! The other known author was Babe Ruth. Baseball/softball has been in my life since birth. My father plays/coaches, my brother plays, and I played for ten years. Although it's not a huge part of my life anymore, it is still a part of who I am.

I hope you all enjoy the project! I can't wait to see how much more I grow with InDesign and Photoshop this semester.