PROPOSAL:
My client honors project is based on somebody I was really close to before their death. After his death they came up with a nonprofit organization based on him and his name called M.E.K.O(Motivating
Everyone Kreating Opportunities). I will be creating a logo for the organization. The owner of the organization is in Little Rock, AR. This project will be focusing on graphic design so I will be using Adobe Illustrator, and InDesign. Some obstacles I anticipate to have is communicating with the owner and also giving the client exactly what they want. I am talking to the client Saturday at 3:30 to get an idea of what they are looking for. Also I tend to get sketches done and get the clients feedback as soon as possible. I am going Arkansas also during spring break to get clients final ideas so I can finalize the designs.
My client honors project is based on somebody I was really close to before their death. After his death they came up with a nonprofit organization based on him and his name called M.E.K.O(Motivating
Everyone Kreating Opportunities). I will be creating a logo for the organization. The owner of the organization is in Little Rock, AR. This project will be focusing on graphic design so I will be using Adobe Illustrator, and InDesign. Some obstacles I anticipate to have is communicating with the owner and also giving the client exactly what they want. I am talking to the client Saturday at 3:30 to get an idea of what they are looking for. Also I tend to get sketches done and get the clients feedback as soon as possible. I am going Arkansas also during spring break to get clients final ideas so I can finalize the designs.
My Client and I kept in contact through phone calls and face to face meetings. I would bring different design comps and would talk about changes to make or what he would like to fix. If we could not talk face to face then we would do phone calls. I would call my client after I emailed him the pictures. Overall my client was easy to impress so he did not have a lot of critics beside color change.
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REFLECTION:
As you see above for my client project I have chosen to do a logo. The reason why I chose this project is because I can create and design something that could possibly be showcase on a website, clothes, paper, business card, etc. All though, I thought this project would be a breeze. I did face multiple challenges and problems. For example, my client lives in Arkansas so getting in contact with him was hard. So instead of Facetiming or iMessage I found that my client would respond faster through calls. Another challenge I faced was when I got the chance to talk to the client face to face, he talked tremendously fast and it was hard to keep up. So, to fix this problem and made sure I got everything, I just recorded our conversation. Probably the most tough challenge I had was my client did not know exactly what they wanted so they did really give me a lot to work with. To fix this problem I just took the little number of notes I had and created design comps for the client to look at and see what they like and dislike so I could create something better. This project helped with my overall development in digital media because it gave me the experience of working with a client and making something that somebody else would like verses just what I like. That being said, I would have done one thing a little different. My time management was not at its best so I would probably work harder to contact my client every weekend or so to make sure everything was looking good and get knew ideas. I have learned so much from this project like clients can sometimes be difficult to work with, you have to manage your time wisely and get stuff done.
As you see above for my client project I have chosen to do a logo. The reason why I chose this project is because I can create and design something that could possibly be showcase on a website, clothes, paper, business card, etc. All though, I thought this project would be a breeze. I did face multiple challenges and problems. For example, my client lives in Arkansas so getting in contact with him was hard. So instead of Facetiming or iMessage I found that my client would respond faster through calls. Another challenge I faced was when I got the chance to talk to the client face to face, he talked tremendously fast and it was hard to keep up. So, to fix this problem and made sure I got everything, I just recorded our conversation. Probably the most tough challenge I had was my client did not know exactly what they wanted so they did really give me a lot to work with. To fix this problem I just took the little number of notes I had and created design comps for the client to look at and see what they like and dislike so I could create something better. This project helped with my overall development in digital media because it gave me the experience of working with a client and making something that somebody else would like verses just what I like. That being said, I would have done one thing a little different. My time management was not at its best so I would probably work harder to contact my client every weekend or so to make sure everything was looking good and get knew ideas. I have learned so much from this project like clients can sometimes be difficult to work with, you have to manage your time wisely and get stuff done.