I intended to create some of the same images I used to design my digital studies subdomain for my personal website. For instance, my favicon and logo are the same black cursive “C” as on my digital studies website to act as a common denominator between my sites. Also, my hero image is the same black and white design, but instead of “Digital Studies” it says “Welcome!” to greet my audience. Additionally, I put the same cheerleading image I have on my digital studies home section on my personal website home section because I am the creator of both. I linked my social media icons such as Facebook, X, and my personal email as ways to get a sense of my life/get to know me, and how to contact me. I also showcased some images from my cheerleading career as a header in my home section to add visual interest and personal flair. My monochromatic palette accompanied by the slight pop of color in the cheerleading images created a visual contrast that draws attention to my personal interests and achievements. These images effectively communicate my digital identity to support my personal interests related to my online presence by showcasing my clean aesthetic with the black and white designs and what I enjoy doing with my time by including cheerleading pictures. I created my images using Canva and the tools offered on iPhone photo editing. I chose to use Canva because of the easy customization of fonts, shapes, templates, and other design elements. I chose to use iPhone photo editing to enhance and crop my photos. My experience using these tools and technologies to generate images was relatively good and successful. The challenges I faced involved the social media icons I wanted to customize. I wanted to use Canva to customize social media icons that I could place in the social links section at the bottom of my website, but I could not figure out how to replace the already existing appearances of the icons on my website. I had my friend who works at the DKC take a look at it and she said I was not able to do that. As a result, I just kept the icon buttons from WordPress and attached my links to them. It was also a challenge having to edit filters on my cheer images using my iPhone photo editing tools. It was a challenge because I had to adjust the settings of the filters to get the perfect shade for these overlay images. I felt most confident using Canva to crop, resize, and adjust my cheerleading images on the background design. I hope to learn tips and tricks on how to further enhance my images using these digital tools/methods in the future. The outcomes of my project at this stage are pretty decent and its implications for my intended audience should be positive as my images reflect my interests and design style successfully. I also incorporated accessibility in my images with the use of alt text, high contrast in most of my images by using black and white, and using a large font size for my welcome image. Here are my images:
