IB Learner Profile Poster Reflection

Design

The first thing we learned in class was how to make a blog on Blogger. After we learned how to make a blog, we made one. In class we also learned about the rules of design. We learned about the rules thirds, hierarchy, alignment, color and font. All of those rules really helped me make my poster better than it would have been with me not knowing any of those rules.    

Create

I chose the following IB learner profiles: thinker, communicator and balanced. I chose thinker as it is the one that should always be used in a school, especially in an IB school. I chose communicator because I do think I am a communicator. And finally I chose balanced because it is one of the IB learner profiles that one needs to be throughout ones whole life and in everything one does.

My chose to make my posters as simple as possible because I wanted them to be only a reminder of the IB learner profiles not a place for information on them. The three posters use the same format which is a black to white (bottom left corner to top right corner) gradient as a background, a black and grey IB logo (bottom left corner), a faded picture of a statue that represents that particular IB learner profile (covers the right side of the poster) and a grey title in the left hand corner (different grays were used in the same word to make it more readable).

All the posters use multiple rules of design. The posters use the rule of third as the title is in the left hand corner and the statue is in the right. They also use the rule of hierarchy as the important things (the title and picture) compared to the small IB logo. All three of the posters’ background use contrast and light to draw the eye towards the top of the picture using the black to white gradient.              

     

The only change I made was that instead of putting information about the learner on the poster I left it out because, wanted to keep it simple

Attitude

My attitude towards Photoshop changed greatly. I used to hate Photoshop because I had never been taught how to use it, but now that I do I think it is a very good tool for photo editing. I think this unit has really changed my perspective of design know every time I see a poster I always try to see how I can make it better. Most of the student did not like that effect the unit had on them I feel quite the contrary; I am glad that I can look at posters and criticize them with the right terms and reasons.