Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).

• I currently have a mentor and have already scheduled my interview with him.

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.   

• My overall final topic is Visual Design. I'm leaning towards focusing on Animations and Interaction Design. I find these two areas most promising because these are the areas that have most caught my attention. Also, my mentor receives a lot of work in these areas so it will be easy for me to see on hands work from an expert to learn from.

3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?

• We have an interview coming up so I plan to use that as a resource. I've began to research books that are up at Cal Poly Pomona, now it's just a matter of heading over there and checking them out. The books seem to relate to my topic a lot so I'm excited to read them and learn new things.

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.

• What type of Visual Design is most relevant in today's society?

Blog 6 - Advisory Prep

1. What has worked well for you concerning senior project this year?  What has made it a positive experience for you?   

• My mentor an I really get along well and he seems eager to teach me all that he has to teach. I can tell he's really excited about this journey which only makes me look forward to my Senior Project. We haven't really gotten much mentoring done as of now, but once we get our schedules in place, we'll have set days on when we will be meeting. The fact that my mentor is very well rounded in the field of Graphic Design assures me that I will be gaining knowledge to almost all aspects of Graphic Design. 

2. What are you finding difficult concerning senior project?  How can you adapt to make that portion work better for you?  How might the senior team help?

• One thing that I am finding difficult about my senior project is deciding on what exactly I want to focus on. There's a lot that comes with Graphic Design and it's extremely hard for me to choose one aspect of it to study. I've been having quite some trouble thinking of an essential question and where I want to direct my entire project. I'm hoping that once I get more hands on work, I'll be able to decide what is exactly I want to do. I don't think there's much the senior team can do for me right at this moment, it's more something I have to come to a conclusion on.