People Repellent

People Repellent
Our project was to think up a product, and then using that produce design logos, websites, animate Web Ads, and produce a Commercial.

The project took most of Quarter 4, and required a lot of focus and hard work.
Along the way we hit several bumps, including people (and myself) getting behind in the work.
A struggle that I had was learning about weird kinks in software, which I mostly screamed out.
Something else I learned was that sometimes when something makes sense to ME, it doesn't make any sense to other people.
I think all of the work I did in Q4 was too the best of my abilities.

In class, I mostly started projects, but most of my work was done on my computer at home.
After I had completed all of my in class work however, I admittedly didn't do much.
To help keep my skills I do most of my class work outside, as well as work on little side projects to help improve my skills.

I think my biggest strengths in eComm are Cutting video, After Effects Animation, and Website Design are my biggest strengths in eComm.

An area that needs much improvement however is My Sketchup work.

The thing I loved most about this quarter was working with a team to create marketing for a product that we created.
I learned a lot about team work, and while team work can be hard and distracting, when done right it can be very productive.
Something I'd like to do next year is work on longer video projects.

Working on People Repellent with Nick, Avery, and Brynna has been the highlight of my year in eComm, and I hope for more projects like this one next year.

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