End of module self evaluation
What skills have you
developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied
them?
Throughout this module I think I have developed many
new skills, including how to quickly and effectively come up with ideas and
turn these ideas into a piece of work within a small time frame. I have applied
this skill in all of the studio briefs and although towards the beginning I
found it quite difficult to get into the flow of things, I feel that I have
managed to do this more effectively in the latest studio briefs, mainly the
message and delivery brief. I feel that I have also developed skills in
assessing my work, both individually and as a group in group crits and have
been able to use this assessment to develop my work more effectively. I have
also developed an interest in type and typography that I wish to pursue further
and develop a better understanding of it.
What approaches to
methods of design production have you developed and how have they informed your
design development process?
I have developed my method if idea production and
significantly reduced the amount of time it takes me to put down my ideas onto
paper, meaning that I have much more time to develop the solution to the brief
and make it as good as it can be.
I have also developed my researching methods, finding a lot more visual
research making it easier for me to find inspiration and generate visual ideas
much more quickly.
What strengths can
you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
Some strengths that I can identify in the work I have
done since starting the module are the way in which I lay out my piece and I
also think that the print workshops also show that I have a strength in those
processes. I will capitalise on these by experimenting with layout and
different print processes in my work in the future and see how I can use these
strengths to make my work more interesting. I also want to learn more about
these parts of graphic design and see what new things I can capitalise on.
What weaknesses can
you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?
I can see that my computer skills could improve,
especially my use of programmes such as illustrator, but I think that this is
purely because I haven’t really used these before and so I think that all I
need to do is practice using these programmes more and learn new skills and
this will improve. I also think that I need to be more experimental in my work
as what I have done so far is playing it quite safe and I would like to create
much more dynamic and exciting work. For this is will spend more time
experimenting with my ideas and thinking outside the box for new ideas that
could become a part of my work.
Identify five things
that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from
doing these.
1.
Practice using illustrator more and for
different things to see what I can do with it and so from this I expect to
develop my skills and create more professional looking work.
2.
Develop my skills in the print room by
learning different processes to create more exciting work
3.
Put my ideas down onto paper much quicker
at the beginning of a brief so that my ideas can develop more and have more
time to create the final piece, meaning it will look much more professional.
4.
Continue developing my research methods to
give my work a more contextual knowledge and a depth that I haven’t had in my
work so far.
ocontinue learning about type and typography so that I can use this more
in my work to create more interesting pieces of work using type as a main part
of my work.
