The actual process of utilizing these ideas was significantly more complex. I absolutely wish I had a greater skill range in the adobe suite, because though I was able to problem solve and come up with roundabout ways to create many of the effects I incorporated, I later learned that there were simple tools that would have made the process much more efficient. I think the outcome of this was nonetheless successful because I was able to come up with a close version of what I originally pictured. This entire process has become much different for me than it was before likely due to the fact that I’ve been able to grow my skill set in both Illustrator and Photoshop. Continuing the use of basics we were taught at the beginning of the semester coupled with the project specific skills we kept acquiring kept insuring that our works would keep improving, and I think that my projects tend to follow this trend.

            My body of work as a whole, in my opinion, represents that though I try to stay organized it doesn’t always work out that way (which is incredibly true for me). Throughout the time it has taken for me to create this repertoire, I think my voice has changed quite a bit as well. Towards the beginning of the semester I couldn’t really create exactly what I wanted due to two specific things – both related to the amount of knowledge I had of the adobe suite. First of all, I didn’t truly try to make it exactly what I wanted because I knew I didn’t have the skill, and secondly, I simply didn’t have the skill to. I think I made a compromise between stopping it from being a mess in my attempts to make it perfect in every way I thought possible and the project requirements. Now, however, that compromise is a bit more lenient in terms of what I attempt to do, and now that I know I can create a broader range of artwork and I actually have the ability to be more creative, my voice shows through more prominently in my work.