Some things we did in the desert tutorial to make it look real is the ground. We transformed the ground to make it look like you see it close and far in the distance from where you are. Another thing we used is the light post casting a shadow as if the sun was about to go down because of the location of it. The way it will help me with future surreal work is by giving me different way to blend my artwork all together and how to transform it into the way everything looks. 
The strenght of my design was the background because it shows last years senior portfolio and how much we take to put into our show. What I could have done better was use more layouts to make it pop even more and use different paintbrushes. What I struggled with the most was trying to fit all of it on the invitation with out it clashing one another. I believe I done better on this one because I had a plan set for this one and on the other one I didn't have much of an idea with the graduation invitation.
I guess the strenght of my design has to be the graduation cap and the diploma because that's what pops out the most in the program. What I could have done better was change the layers around because to me the background looks a little weird. I found the graphic design harder than I thought because you had to think about what the consumer wanted and not what you wanted. The role it plays in today's society is in bottles clothes and etc. because they have all kinds of designs that draw our attention in.
