The student created a poster for a volunteer organization but it was not very successful. The poster lacked a clear focal point and contact information was too small to see. While learning new design tools, the student realized they should have made the contact text larger and added effects to draw more attention. For improvement, they would make design changes like adjusting colors and layer effects.

1. REVIEW PROJECT
Graphic Design Project
In the project, we had to create a poster for Helpinghand Saigon for people to volunteer to do
something to help the orphans in the orphanage. In my poster, I had a picture of a child playing on a
beach. I used the color picker for the words I wrote on it to be the same color of the Helpinghand
Saigon. I had the phone No. and the address but it was too small so almost nobody can see it in the top
right corner. I don’t think it is a successful because it does not really catch people’s eyes. The poster
does not really have a focal point because the words I wrote can be the the focal point while the image
could be it too. Like I said, almost nobody could see the phone number and the address so if they even
see the poster and want to volunteer; they would not know where to contact. Except the phone number
and the address, all the other things in the poster are balanced in the middle. The logo was on the left, I
do not know why but it supposed to be in the middle. I think I forgot to save when I edit it the last time.
In this project, I’ve learned to use the magic wand, the gradient tool that somehow make the poster
look nicer and maybe more mysterious or something like that. I also learned to duplicate the layer. I did
not do that in my poster because I forgot about it. I also changed the brightness of the image darker but
that was super stupid because that would not catch people’s eyes. If I have more time, I do not think
that I would do a thing because I do not have a good imagination and I can only improve the poster
when I got my mark and know what I have to improve on. If I do it again, maybe, maybe I would put into
the poster some effects and I will duplicate the layer of the poster and make the sand around the kid
black and white. I would also change the color and the size of the phone number and the address of
helpinghand Saigon.