My design process all started in my head for this project. I knew I wanted to have a picture of the state of Washington in my design because it is my home state and the best state in the United States of America. I thought of the idea of having a picture of nature that is from Washington to put inside the state itself. The picture I chose to be inside the state of Washington is a picture from the coast of Washington.
I had some trouble with the background, but I thought a map of Washington would be a nice look for my design. I tried changing the background to a solid color after a suggestion, but it didn’t look as good, so I kept it. the phrase that I put on my design was “Nature of Washington”, and in the first draft, it was kind of hard to read. After some suggestions from my fellow group members and my TA Leti, I changed the font size of the letters, and I put a background on it so it was more visible and wouldn’t blend in with the background as much. I also changed the colors of the font to white and made my new background for the font green for a more visible look. Other than those little changes to the font, my TA said that she didn’t have any other suggestions, so I kept it close to my original design.
I chose to do this design because I love the state of Washington and grew up here. I am also a huge fan of nature and find it extremely interesting and beautiful. Nature is a beautiful thing and I think my graphic design project can help others see it too.
I didn’t actually take these photos myself. I found one of the pictures on the website Pixabay, which is one of the websites that was given to us for us to use on this project. The other two photos I found on google images, and I made sure that they were okay to use and that I wasn’t illegally taking these photos or breaking any copyright laws. Here are the links for the pictures.
https://pixabay.com/en/beach-pacific-coastline-ocean-coast-2090015/
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