My Personality Type

     My personality type is ESFJ. People with this personality are supportive and helpful. Some call this personality "The Provider". They pay attention to other peoples needs and emotions and want to please and provide. Family and friends are one of their top priorities. William McKinley, Nancy Kerrigan, and Martha Stewart are all ESFJ's.

     I think that this type describes me pretty well. I pay attention to other peoples emotions and want to help other people. ESFJ's also plan ahead of time and are organized. I am not the most organized person, and I don't really plan things ahead unless it becomes too overwhelming. This personality type also follows through with what they do, and I always try to finish what I start.

     Learning more about my personality has explained more about me. I have always cared about peoples emotions and wanted to help people around me. Some say ESFJ's like entertaining people, and that might be why I like cheerleading. The E in ESFJ stands for extraverted, and I like to be with my friends or family when I have extra time. I want to work in a field that helps people, which is a characteristic of ESFJ's.

     When I work in a team, I want to help lead, but also make sure everyone is feeling good about what they're doing. I also want the group to work together. This is a characteristic of ESFJ's, they want harmony and cooperation around them. If the role I need to fill matches my personality, then it will be easier to do what I need to. If it does not match my personality, then it might be hard to not "organize" everyone to make sure they are satisfied.

     In the past, my friends might have misunderstood that ESFJ's want to please everyone. For example, I might say what someone wants to hear, even though it wasn't what I agreed with. I usually get along well with others, but get a little upset if someone doesn't respond to me trying to be friendly, which could be misunderstood. I also enjoy getting to know someone and remembering small details about a person. Sometimes people get annoyed when I ask for their opinion when I make decisions, which is the F(feeling) part of the personality.

     After I took the quiz and looked into my personality type, I could agree that I have a lot of the characteristics mentioned. As I kept reading and writing more about my type, I realized that a lot of the things that I do are based on different parts of my personality. I think I have learned a lot about myself and why I do things. It was interesting to see all of the different characteristics and traits that I didn't notice until now. I learned a lot more about myself and my personality while doing this assignment.

     For my animal personality test, I scored a 21 in Column 1, a 60 in Column 2, a 31 in Column 3, and a 15 in Column 15. This means I'm an otter. Otters are very social and they like to motivate and influence others. They are a people person and are positive. I think that this personality fits me pretty well. Some of the aspects of it don't fit me, but overall it is pretty accurate.

Web Project

Home page

Project page 1

Project page 2

How it Went

     For my semester final I created a web page. This included information about me and some of my projects from first semester. We used Adobe Dreamweaver to create a website with instructions from a video. I created my website, but had some problems with my sidebar. I finally figured out my sidebar issues, and then started to create my color scheme. I changed it a few time, but eventually ended with a blue and green scheme. 

What I Learned 

     I learned how to use Dreamweaver in this project. I also learned a lot about Web Design and code. I have never used Dreamweaver before, so it was really cool to see all the components of  the program. I learned that it was much harder to make a website then I thought it was. This project was really fun and I enjoyed making my own website. 

Elevator Pitch

Elevator Pitch

Hi, are you _______? I’m Annabelle Glasscock, and I’ve been interested in your work for a while. I am a graphic designer. I can create logos or anything else your company needs. I’m very creative, and a hard worker. I’ve always had a passion for designing and creating things. I’m a good listener, so I will listen to your requests and make them happen. Communication is another strength of mine; I can communicate the details of the project. I am a learner, so I like to improve my knowledge on graphic design and other fields. How could I contact you? I would love to help your company. Here’s my business card, feel free to contact me whenever you need me. It would be a pleasure to work with you and help you create a design that represents your company in a positive way.

My Logo

My Logo

The Process

     This week, I created a logo to represent myself. I sketched out many ideas, but I couldn't find one that I liked enough. After a lot of sketches, I decided to combine some of my favorite ideas. There were a few options, and I was going to make them all on the computer, then decide which one I liked. The next day, I created my three designs on Adobe Illustrator. I created them in black and white, and then decided on a circle based logo. After that, I created many different color options. I had twelve different options to choose from, and I couldn't decide. Eventually, I narrowed it down to eight, then four, then two, and then my final logo.

The Design

My finished logo

     I chose a circle for my logo because I did not want any edges on my logo. I wanted to give a calming feel and I wanted it to look completed. The font was a little tricky for me. I experimented with all of the cursive typeface, but none of them looked the way I wanted. Since I had a specific way wanted the typeface, I used the paintbrush and drew it out. I used pastel colors of blue, orange, purple, and pink to create a sunset.  Like I mentioned earlier, I wanted to give a calming feel and sunsets remind me of feeling calm and relaxed.

My design process

My color process

CARP Poster

CARP Poster

Contrast

     During this project, I used contrast in my design. Contrast helps people see the important things in a poster, and helps guide them through the information. I made the text different colors, using color contrast. The typeface is also different sizes, which is size contrast. I used bold and unbolted fonts, and I also used opacity and transparency contrast.

Alignment

     I used alignment by lining things up with each other. I used right alignment for the important information. For the less important information, I used a smaller font in the left corner. This text lined up with the text at the top left corner. Alignment helps the poster look more organized.

Repetition

     Repetition is used to repeat ideas to make the poster more appealing. I used the same font throughout the poster. I also used the same color for the information. There was a lot of repeating of black in my poster. This helped pull out the important information.

Proximity

     For proximity, I grouped information that was related together in different groups. I grouped all of the copyright information together and put them farther away, so they looked like they belonged together. I also grouped the date and time information. The ticket information was grouped together too, like how and where to get a ticket. I grouped the date and ticket information together too, but not as much as the individual information together. 

Typography

Typography

Overview

     The focus this week was typography. We learned about different fonts, like sans-serif and serif. Also, we learned about the "anatomy" of typography, and the different parts to each letter. Our project  required us to write our name, and identify the different parts of the letters, such as the bowl, or the crossbar. I used Adobe Illustrator to complete my project. I learned a lot about typography and Illustrator while doing this project, too.

What I Learned 

     I learned a lot of new things about typography this week. This was the first time I learned about typography, so I learned a lot of things I didn't know, such as the different parts of the letters. In Illustrator, I learned how to create a line, and add an arrow to the end. The serif and sans-serif fonts was also a new topic I learned more about. I also learned about the spaces between the letters and lines, which is kerning and tracking.

How It Went

     While we were learning about typography in class, I took notes so I could use them when I was creating my project. I also watched the instructions video and followed it step by step. next project, I will add more color to my project. I was struggling to find 10 labels for my project, but I eventually found 10 to use. This project was fu to do, and I learned a lot about typography.   

Logo Color Schemes

Logo Color Schemes

Analogus 

This logo uses the analogous colors of yellow, yellow-green, and green. I think the company probably chose these colors because they want to give the impression that they are environment friendly.






This logo uses the analogous colors of orange and pink. I think the company probably chose these colors because they sell coffee, and want to energize their customers with bright colors.

Complementary

This logo uses the complementary colors of purple and orange. I think the company probably chose these colors because they are portraying to their customers fast delivery and energy, which is orange, and purple, which is royalty.

This logo uses the complementary colors of red and green. I think the company probably chose these colors because the colors also are Christmas colors, and they want you to think of sweetness, and red is also hunger.

Warm

This logo uses the warm colors of red and yellow. I think the company probably chose those colors because their chips are meant to be eaten with salsa, and red is the color of salsa and hunger.

This logo uses then warm colors of red and yellow. I think the company probably chose these colors because they want to energize you using yellow and red.

Cool

This logo uses the cool color blue. I think the company probably chose this color because they want make you feel relaxed while using their app.

This logo uses the cool colors of blue and purple. I think the company probably chose these colors because they want you to depend on them and feel calm when you go to their business. 

Monochromatic

This logo uses different shades of green. I think the company probably chose these colors because they want to associate their company with nature, since their main focus is animals.

This logo uses different shades of brown and orange. I think the company probably chose these colors because they focus on rootbeer, and brown is the color of rootbeer.

Triad Colors

This logo uses the triad colors of red, yellow and blue. I think the company probably chose those colors because the colors remind people of a burger, using yellow and red, and then blue adds a pop of color.

This logo uses the triad colors of red, yellow, and blue. I think the company probably chose those colors because they want you to feel competed, but excited to fly on their plane.