One more week

And, unfortunately, it's going to be another hellacious one. (I should probably add hellacious to my list of favorite words.)

I'm a little annoyed because I feel like I have to start from scratch with my booklet design. I'm also annoyed because I don't think there have to be people in everything. My booklet is not about people. It's about packing and what to pack and in what order. Showing someone putting something in a suitcase is a little boring to me (and anyway, if I showed one picture of a person, then I couldn't use the pictures of outfits/clothes because then there would be that little inconsistency problem we all heard about in class on Saturday).

What I was really going for was a combination of Lucky mag's "A Week's Worth of Style" feature and one of InStyle's regular articles (the name escapes me right now- Chic Simple maybe???). Lucky's article lays all the clothes and accessories out like I did and then shows the person in different outfits. Unfortunately, I can't show people unless I do a photoshoot (or a whole lot of annoying work in Photoshop). So, I opted to use the InStyle method of laying the clothes out in outfits without people. I'll be the first to admit, my comp wasn't in a finished state (probably my worst comp all semester), so maybe that's why Stephanie didn't get it (at least my text was okay other than the edits I already wanted to make), but I'm at a complete loss as to how to fix this design mess. Definitely not the way I wanted to end the semester. I thought this would be an easy week. I guess not.

For starters, I think I'm going to shrink the size of the booklet so I can print it on better quality paper. Then, I think I'm going to move to one or two steps per page. I have a slightly faint idea of what the new design will be- something with a polaroid type image (maybe). I really have no idea.

On a more positive note, I am so glad the Flash project is over. I feel like what I turned in is good enough for the grade I want.

I wish we had more time between this semester and summer classes. But, we don't. I'll be back for Hypermedia a week and a half after Words & Images ends. At least I'll have August to recuperate. Then in the fall, I'm taking Motion Graphics and Writing for the Marketplace. Yep, I changed my schedule again, but I think this one will stick. I've been meaning to get into freelance magazine writing (and go beyond just webzines) since I was an undergrad, but just never got around to it. This class might be the push I need.