Self-Directed Design Challenge

You are to choose a medium, concept, or program to challenge yourself in a direction that you are interested in. The project is up to you. The level of challenge is up to you, but make sure that you are learning something that is valuable to you.

1. Brainstorm- Find inspiring examples/visual ideas and post to your blog.
2. Select your favorite idea- Identify what you are going to try.
3. Plan your project- Write or sketch out how you are going to teach yourself how to learn the techniques. Write a proposal about what you are hoping to learn and achieve throughout this project. Note how challenging you think it is for you (maybe on a scale from 1 to 10).
4. Research ways to do the project. Find a tutorial or steps to try.
5. Post tutorial web address(es), rate the tutorial. How was it useful for you? 
6. Start your project.
7. Describe your process- write notes while you are learning the program/how to do or teach others. Post an update of your progress each class.
8. Post your finished work. 
9. Reflect on your process. 
10. Teach others how to do the techniques.