Geeking out over design!

How awesome was this – I picked Amy up from the Girl Scout financial literacy program I forced her to attend, and she started talking about going to art school, asking me what graphic design was (AWESOME), talking about college costs.

She also wanted to show me the certificate she got for the class, and give me her critique.

Her opinions: she was mostly annoyed about the photo of the badge, where the badge is half in the shadows. [My later add-on: absolutely. I would have taken a good photo of the badge (assuming it wasn't already available digitally) and removed the background so just the badge was showing.] She didn't like the font they used for the heading because it had a shadow and she thought it was hard to read. [Me: agreed, and all caps should be used more judiciously than this as well.] She thought her name should have been pre-printed, not written on. [Me: would have been nice, but sometimes people run out of time.] She also thought having the Girl Scout Promise and Law was unnecessary. [Me: eh, maybe.]

I told Amy she really has an eye for this kind of thing. People tend to think that design is easy and anyone can do it – but doing it well is different than just getting it done. Maybe this is where her art will take her one day – who knows!