Blog 14: Interview 3 Preparation

"Essential Question: What are the qualities that make visual design most impactful?"

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?
I plan to either interview Ms. Freeman (Amir's mother) or one of my mentors co-workers. Amir's mom has a degree in graphic design and has done a lot of freelance work throughout her life. My mentors co-workers all work at Disney so I'm more than sure they are qualified for their job and know what they're talking about.

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview? 

I have let Ms. Freeman know that I might need to interview her the last week of February. She has agreed to it and said she looked forward to it if it happens. My mentor hasn't gave me the co-worker that I will be interviewing but I plan to get on top of that ASAP. 

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.
What do you find that you dedicate the most time to when you're designing your product? 

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

Are there any classes that you know of that I may benefit from? What helped you really master what you do?

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ. 
How is it that you best unify all your elements that you incorporate into your designs?


ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS:

We all have our own vision as to how we want to design or projects, but how do you go about when your clients visions are the complete opposite? Who's opinion and styles do you hold to a higher standard?

Would you considerate it bad to have a bunch of different shapes on your design? How do you make them all come together?

What element do you feel has to be perfect or else you won't feel satisfied with your result? 

When do you decide on what color scheme you want to use on your design? 

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

I am doing my mentorship alongside my mentor Sam Hernandez. We usually meet up at a Starbucks to talk about our work and cover new material since Disney doesn't allow me to come and shadow there. We cover a lot of information and its still as if I were to shadow him at Disney. I've had the opportunity to shadow one of his freelance assignments.

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

My contact is Sam Hernandez. He's an expert because he's been working in this field for more than 10 years. He has a lot of information that he's already taught me and there's a lot more he has in store for our mentorship together.

3.   How many hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

This year I have completed 12 hours with my mentor. We haven't been able to meet weekly but we plan to set a schedule for us to follow from now up until May to achieve the 50 hours required.

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

We've covered a lot of information and topics so far in our mentorship.  We've gone over website designing, logos, and a glimpse into motion graphics. We began a mini project that he planned for me and are in the works with it and he's been helping me learn how to design my independent component #1 website to the best of my ability. We work together very well. From the very beginning, we got off to a good start and it's never been hard to get along/ work alongside him. When my mentor comes back from Australia, we are going to meet up to set weekly appointment for when we come meet and set up future freelance work days in which I can shadow and assist him. From what we already discussed, it's going to be quite simple to finish all the hours.

Blog 12: Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

It is important for me to be always working on my senior project because I enjoy learning more about Visual Design. It doesn't really seem like a burden to me having to work on my senior project. Over break, I met with my mentor and started my first independent component.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

I learned how to put together a website strategically. At first I just though, put al your content on there , and just make it look presentable, but there was a lot more to it than I was covering. The source of what I learned was my mentor. He really helped me pay attention to all the little details that really change the dynamic of a website. 

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

I plan to talk to one of my mentors coworkers. I've already interviewed my mentor twice so I needed to find another visual designer to interview. I had already asked my mentor ahead of time, so he told he'll work out a day with one of his coworkers so I can interview them. It will be good to  get another persons point of view on visual design.