Emily Askwyth Digital Media

This in my opinion was the most challenging project of the semester.  I liked that it made us go more into depth with Adobe Illustrator which before this class I had no farmiliarity with. Getting the shading and shapes right was really difficult and time consuming. It was cool to see this project go from looking like a blob of color to a realistic image,  and I know feel I have a greater undertanding of a lot of graphic designs I’ve seen in my day to day life.

This project allowed us to build upon our work creating our Logos and furthur practice using these skills to create our own buisness cards. As I said previously I am about to enter the professional working world, so this was fun to practice for when I will eventually need to create my own official buisness cards in the near future. I liked practicing different formats. My favorite logo was my top one, and my favorite format for the backside was the middle card.

As a Senior about to enter the professional marketing industry, learning to create logos was a really cool and useful project. I liked having the freedom to choose what we wanted to create, and become more comfortable creating these visuals. This project was fun for me as I thought of it as visualizing my future success as a buismess woman with my own personal brand.

This project was a unique way to turn words into art. First we created a line design, and then we replaced the lines with a poem or song lyrics. I chose an old favorite song of mine and chose to creata a sun and clouds image because it goes along with some of the lyrics- The song is I Got Sunshine by The Temptations and the lyrics mention “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day.” This kind of project could be cool and useful in the future when creating branding content for clients as it creates a unique and striking image that can also be used to communicate a message.

My name is Emily Askwyth, I am a 22 year old Senior at the University of Tampa studying Communication with a concentration in Media Studies as well as two minors in Public Relations and Advertising with an interest in Branding and Corporate Marketing which I am currently pursuing as a Marketing Intern for SkyBridge Resources, a staffing agency whose headquarters is here in Tampa Florida. Not only has learning about Digital Media been interesting and fun, it has provided me with information that is extremely useful for my career as a Marketing Specialist as I create my own content for clients, such as the social media graphics and newsletters I have created for work. I am excited to use all that I have learned from these assignments to further enhance my career as I continue to grow and learn more.