Fall 2016 was my first semester for me as a graphic designer. My beginning in design was not that easy, I had to put a lot of effort to teach myself how to use designing apps, because I had littlie knowledge in how to use these apps. I had no designing class back in high school. I started my journey as a designer in university from zero. The first assignment that I was asked to do was designing a matchbook based on our observation. We were asked to watch a movie, I watched “ A Single Man”. Then, we were asked to choose one of the characters in that movies and study his/her lifestyle, how he/she dress? How his/her house looks like? And many other details that related to this character that we chose. Before the final critique we were asked to turn a first draft of our designing. I felt like I was in real trouble because I had no idea how to use Illustrator or any other apps designing. I had to come up with a solution to turn something for the mid point critique. So, I used Microsoft Word! I found a picture of a car that the character I chose has. I deleted the background of that picture by using a feature in Microsoft Word. Then, I added some affect on that image by using different filters. And I chose my palettes colors reliance on the movie colors. The final result looked miserable, I should admit that. But, later on, and after I took couples more classes in Graphic Design1 and watched some YouTube tutorials I was finally able to use illustrator in my design. The finals result was so different; it looked more professional comparing to the first draft. I used illustrator in all my design.

First draft:

Final draft: