Lab #10 - Brochure Reflection

   In this lab, we did plentiful of things. We worked with Indesign CS6 and it took us a week for completion. The objective for this lab was to create a brochure emphasizing the topic, "Respect For All," meanwhile using prior knowledge and skills to create one. This lab was somewhat simple but at the same time, it took a lot of effort to put together information for the topic we individually picked. I chose to make a brochure based off drugs. Drugs are generally harmful in many ways disregarding the medical use of them. I have a strong passion against drugs, therefore making a brochure for the use of rejecting and stopping drug use was easy for me. It did take a while for me to gather intel on drugs overall though. But I'm pretty sure my brochure came out nice.
   To begin with, we first started with the basic outline and format of a brochure. We had an example given separately to us; it was used to give us an idea of how a brochure is formed and easily designed. We then clearly made out the pages and where exactly the cover and back cover were located. We were told what our brochure's were supposed to be based on and drew a quick draft. After that, we started to actually work on the computer's and drew out the simple and easy boxes as our outline for each page of the brochure. That was honestly the easiest part of the whole thing, we still needed so much more before it was complete. Soon after, we started working on the actual colorway of the whole brochure, making the cover and adding subtitles to the paragraphs. This part of the brochure was a pain for me since I couldn't make up my mind on how to organize it and not knowing the exact color that would fit the mood of the topic. After struggling on the physical features, I finally started working on the inside information. I tried making it all interesting and valuable of reading. I put basic and significant intel that was needed and tried to wrap up my brochure by spreading the fact that drugs are for no good use and should be rejected instead of constantly taking/doing them.
   To conclude, I really loved my final result. I know I tried my best on this first brochure and with the help of peers is what brought the best of me. I was given a lot of advice on how it could be improved from my original idea. I was also given a lot of support at the end, since I was running out of time. My peers pushed me all the way and I was able to complete it in the time limit we had. I was really glad. I did learn a few more skills in using Indesign CS6. All of this would be able to be used all over again in the future if I were to use Indesign again or in any upcoming labs or projects.