Reflection & Justification
Throughout the week in IT class, the task was to choose and sketch
two different cover pages for my booklet about storage devices, I’ve chosen 2
storage devices (The DVD and USB), I honestly found it very easy to draw and
create, I mostly enjoyed the drawing and coloring because I typically enjoy
trying to design new covers or drawings etc.
Even though I enjoyed the drawing more, I’ve learnt new skills in
the laptop in publisher, (adding color to backgrounds, layouts etc.) I used
bold and bright colors but the most used color was a sky blue color because I thought
it would represent storage devices well as blue is known for Technology. I
thought this would be a good idea because it is simple yet fun and isn’t boring
since I’ve used bullet points and not huge paragraphs, so I stuck to the target
audience of Year 7 students.
After designing and sketching + coloring, I thought I could use a
bit more boldness so I improved my sketch on the laptop and started to annotate
(only on drawings), I only put key points on my drawings such as why it is bold
and bright and colorful, which font I used etc. I thought my colors and fonts
would really suit my target audience, so there wouldn’t be too much going on.
The colors I used to attract my target audience was a sky blue
colour and a greenish or white colour for background, I had also added some
black for a bit of pop and to make it stand out since black is a very
noticeable and bold color. My image in the front cover is a laptop holding a
sign saying “Storage Devices, I found this appropriate for my target audience
because it is a cartoon and is very positive and happy/funny, so it isn’t so
formal and boring. My font was big and bold enough to attract my target audience.
(Year 7 students)
My final design chosen is design 2 because as I have mentioned before
it is very happy and bright and attractive + appropriate for my target audience
so it would be more appealing. My image is very appealing and fun to look at
since I have thought being positive would help attract my younger target audience.
I then thought why not add something more, such as more pictures or more bold
font, so I eventually decided to add the computer holding a sign saying the
words “Storage Devices” in a big and appealing and eye-catching font. I was planning
to improve by adding more pizazz and more color, which will encourage my target
audience to visually look at my booklet because it is fun and represents my
topic which is a technology subject (Storage Devices).
