Week 13: Weekly Blog Post 9

Jaiden O’Brien 

Sean Brennan 

FMX 210-3 

December 2, 2024 

 

As this class comes to a close with just two weeks left, we were introduced to our final project last Thursday: The Digital Course Portfolio. This portfolio will be a multi-page booklet displaying everything we've learned and created throughout the semester. Along with the portfolio, we were also introduced to the Multiplicity Project, which serves as extra credit and a fun challenge to wrap up our work. 

The Digital Course Portfolio is essentially a collection of all the digital and creative projects we've completed in this class, organized in a visually engaging and structured way. Throughout the semester, we’ve worked through various phases of the creative and design process, learning how to use different Adobe software tools to create a variety of digital media. Now, it’s time to put everything together and present it in a polished, professional format. The portfolio will include not only visual examples of each project but also written descriptions that explain the process behind each one. These blog posts will reflect on what was involved in completing each project, the challenges faced, and the skills we developed. 

The main goal of this project is to create a comprehensive collection of our best work, displaying our creative and technical abilities. By the end of it, we’ll have a document that shows not only our digital media skills but also our ability to reflect and communicate about our creative processes. We’ll be using Adobe InDesign to design the layout, carefully arranging text and images to create a clear, organized, and visually appealing portfolio. The software's tools, like typographic grids and columns, will help us structure our work, making it easy for others to navigate and understand. 

In addition to the Digital Course Portfolio, there’s the Multiplicity Project, which is an extra credit assignment. This project requires us to create six photos of ourselves in the same room or space, each photo showing a different version of us. The first photo will be a background image without us in it, while the remaining five images will feature us in the same space, each one portraying a different angle or moment. The goal is to create a cohesive visual narrative, showing our skills in photography and digital editing. This project gives us an opportunity to explore our creativity and experiment with compositional techniques while earning extra credit. 

As we head into the final stretch of the semester, both the Digital Course Portfolio and the Multiplicity Project give us the chance to reflect on our growth, display our work, and apply everything we've learned in a practical and creative way. By the time we submit our portfolios, we’ll have not only a finished collection of our digital projects but also a professional document that highlights our journey and accomplishments in digital media. It’s a wonderful opportunity to promote our skills and prepare for the future, whether for a job, an internship, or to show our abilities as digital creators. I have learned a lot throughout this process and have gained knowledge for the better. 

 

 

 

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