OUIL404 Visual Language - End of Module Evaluation

1.  Which practical skills and methodologies have you developed within this module and how effectively do you think you are employing them within your own practice?
I've learned to synthesise digital and analogous means to create more refined end results. I've also learned the importance of composition, frame and viewpoint in drawings - which practically, helps to add extra detail and communication in images. The composition exercises have especially helped. since i've stopped looking at things as individual elements and more like finished pieces which, as a serial sketcher, is particularly helpful
2. Which principles/ theories of image making have you found most valuable during this module and how effectively do you think you are employing these within your own practice?
- Composition and frame, Colour and notan and shape. Prior to visual language, I was very line heavy but recently i've found real freedom in working with shape. This has also helped me to start thinking about refining and spending more time one creating final outcomes, which I think has really begun to transform the way I work
3. What strengths can you identify within your Visual Language submission you capitalise on these?
I think my submission is really quite consistent, which is a real achievement for me given the struggle I have with maintaining and finishing projects. Whilst you can see my work has improved and evolved, I think i've managed to create a body of work that hits the same level generally all the way, which I'm really pleased about, and it's definitely helped improve my skills in other areas of module work as well.
4. What areas for development can you identify within your Visual Language submission and how will you address these in the future?
I think definitely towards the end of my submission, I've gained a real penchant for working digitally, which is strange considering before I started visual language it was very much the other way round. I think eventually though i've become quite comfortable working this way, and I need to perhaps explore more ways or mixing my analogous and my digital work - like I was doing with the collage section of my submission (which is probably my favourite of all the work i've done for it). Thats probably my next area of exploration
5. In what way has this module informed how you deconstruct and analyse artwork (whether your own or that of contemporary practitioners)?
I've started to mentally recognise and pick up the way other practitioners have used certain elements in their work, which is useful, because I therefore consider these elements a lot more when i'm doing my own work. I pick up on things I've seen in other's work, and assess how I can improve on those in my own body of work - be that a particular medium people have worked in, the viewpoint they've used. As someone who works with character and narrative-based illustration a lot, these are things imperative to communicating information to a reader or viewer, and are therefore things that help improve those qualities in my work when I go on to create them myself.
6.How would you grade yourself on the following areas: (please indicate using an ‘x’)  5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
	1	2	3	4	5
Attendance				X
Punctuality				X
Motivation				X
Commitment					X
Quantity of work produced				X
Quality of work produced				X
Contribution to the group					X