Sherif

Deadline 1- Water Polo
This was my first ever spread after the practice Grass Volleyball spread. I enjoyed working on it, as I was on the water polo team at the time and had no problems figuring out people's names. I had envisioned an excellent spread when I first started work on it. I had trouble adapting from Photoshop to InDesign and so at first it seemed as if I was not going to be able to put my best ideas for the design forth. With the help and advice of another ( and more experienced) student, I managed to get the design I wanted, and finally got the idea i wanted on paper. I paid close attention when I was making the eye-line, which is at the top over the dominant photo. I believe that I have learned a lot more about styles and putting my thoughts on the spread while I was making it. To improve this spread assuming that I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't change that much, except maybe balancing the locations of the photos on both pages.



Deadline 2- Homecoming
This was easily my worst spread, I could have put a lot more effort into making it. This spread was for homecoming, and getting the pictures for it alone were very hard to take because of the darkness of the hall. I chose to make the background color black in order to suit the theme and setting of the event. I made a lot of mistakes here, including some big white (or in this case black) spaces which really ruined the spread, a reason for this would be the lack of decent photos I could take. Another big risk I took was using the homecoming king's photo, in which he had shut his eyes. I had too keep it because there was apparently no other replacement. It was replaced later. I believe I learned a lot from my mistakes and lack of effort from this spread.



Deadline 3- Sports Candids
This was my third spread. I enjoyed working on it as I did it on Photoshop.I am really comfortable working on Photoshop and found it easier putting my ideas forth. I liked using the pictures, and and editing them before placing them on the file. I used most of my own photos here, taken with a high resolution camera, which made the pictures clear, good-looking, and easy to use. I like the balance between black and white here and I like the layout. I thought that I took a risk when I made the black spaces, but ater realized that they did not look that bad to the eye. I learned a lot about layouts and moving files from Photoshop to InDesign during this project. Knowing what I know now, I would have changed the black spaces anyways and maybe added a few more photos. I really like the title style I used on this page.

Deadline 4- Senior Candids & Colophone
These were by far my favorite spreads to work on. When I started working on the Senior Candids page I felt like I was working on the Sports one again, hence the resemblance, but here I had more experience. I had a better, more complete design in my head, I also liked the title style I used here and and I like the cropped people in the front. I think the design is really well done and I made pretty good use of the space. Again I think I should have used more photos though. I like how I put the officers in the white border, their picture is actually one cut up picture. The Colophone was not as nice, I kept it simple, which is what I wanted, but the result is not what I was imagining. I like the text (font) and and the location and size of the pictures in general.