Being given a blank canvas and being told to create something sounds difficult. Especially when great easy-to-use platforms like Canva or CapCut can help everyone look like a professional designer with captivating templates. Before this project, I was used to utilizing templates, but I was overwhelmed where to even begin. I had a vision in my head, and now, I just needed to learn how to execute.

I had a great professor help me along the way creating this. She taught me how to use InDesign, but it was up to me to learn how to be more creative. I knew I wanted something colorful, consistent, and to revolve around technology. The first page on the left is the outer fold, with the left side being the front cover and the right being the back cover. When you open it, it creates one large image. On the inside I matched each paragraph and quote by the same color and used images from the same artist.

From this project I learned the importance of fonts, empty space, and color contrast. I also learned why hierarchy is imperative for storytelling. As the reader, where should I look first? Where do I look next? If I really wanted to, could I skim this and still learn something? Making quotes stand out and correlate to the paragraphs, if the reader wanted to skim this and only read the quotes it would entice them to learn more. The next step to learning more is looking in the right place. I made sure it was easy not to get lost while reading.