My Project - Evaluation

At the start of my project, I aimed to create a website in InVision, have a published book chapter, design a book cover, and film an author interview. Now I'm in the last week of my project, I can say that I've done these with some adjustments due to timing. We were given just over a month to complete our projects, and this time included time for research. I made a planner to keep myself organised, but that's when I realised I didn't have the time to use some of the software I wanted to. For instance, I didn't use InVision for my website, but I used Wix. This made it a lot easier to create and make adjustments to the website I was making, and meant I could put in more details in the website, as I wasn't making every page in Photoshop. Also, as I hadn't written the book, it was only twelve pages long so I could print the book in time, rather than worrying about page numbers.

Something I did struggle with was trying to make the website in Photoshop, then InVision. It wasn't just time, but I also struggled with the design and layout of my website. I overcame this by researching other sites, like J.K Rowling's website, to see the layout. I found author's websites were usually creative, and I was coming up short with ideas. When I started to use Wix, it became easier to project my ideas onto the screen. I did also struggle a little with the printing of my book but, after a few tries and fiddling with the pages, I got better at it and created a successfully printed book.

I enjoyed writing the book most - because that's something I've always loved. However, I also loved designed and making the book cover. I drew the illustration and made the cover in Photoshop. I found it was really successful, and I really loved drawing and designing. I also enjoyed writing the script for the interview, as, again, writing.

Something that I would do differently, however, is writing more of the book I published. I do like my finished piece, however it would be nice to have more of the book I want to create. Also, if I continued it more, I'd have more of my theme of loss there to show my theme clearer.

Despite that, I'm happy with my project. Considering I didn't think I'd have time for all I set out to do, I'm really pleased that I have it all done and I'm proud of what I've produced.