OUIL406 Visual Communication - End of Module Evaluation

1.  What skills have you developed through this brief and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
Synthesis of media, as well as refinement have definately started to improve my work, and I think the outcomes i've turned in for the module have benefitted because of them. I’ve developed my skills using illustrator, which has given me a better understanding on how to prepare illustration for a variety of uses outside of just making pictures – such as packaging, 3D illustrations, Large scale prints etc…These skills will come in handy in the future as it opens up my scope as to what I can do with my illustration.
2. What approaches to/methods of image making have you developed and how have they informed your concept development process?
I’ve used collage, digital image editing tools in photoshop (the selection and Clone Stamp tools in particular), Illustrator – I’ve also started to revisit typography tools which is something I haven’t explored since my ED Graphics course, which was a welcome change to just drawing. Much like using illustrator, getting to grips with the type tools allows me to explore lots of different avenues outside simply making pictures all the time, which as a creative is vital to my practice and it gives me a lot more scope as to what I can achieve with my work. Concept wise, I’ve started to identify ways I can capture the energy of my early developmental work and use it in my final pieces, something I’ve been severely lacking in previous projects.
3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
I’m a very ideas driven worker, but I’ve started to capitalise on that by slowing down and refining particular ideas before rushing onto other things, and leaving myself more development and experimentation time has started to have a really positive effect on my outcomes.
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?
Time management is still a problem within my work, and even though the end of the project has turned out well my disorganisation and procrastination at some points of this module have perhaps prevented me from reaching my full potential – I lost a large sheet of early developmental sketches I produced for SB3 and whilst I don’t think it will have an enormous detriment on my overall end mark, I lose valuable time and energy having to recover and make up for silly mistakes such as that – and whilst I definitely have improved from the start of the year, I definitely have a long way to progress in this department as we go into the second year.
5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
·      Improve time management and organisation – so as not to slip into bad old habits and to get the most out of my work ·      Keep on top of blog work consistently throughout so I don’t have loads to document at the end ·      Allow more time to revisit and re-work potential ideas before carrying on to finalise things. ·      Continue to experiment with different methods work and not slip into habits I’m familiar with ·      Explore other methods of illustrating outside of 2D.
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
The evaluation of your work is an important part of the assessment criteria and represents a percentage of the overall grade. It is essential that you give yourself enough time to complete your written evaluation fully and with appropriate depth and level of self-reflection. If you have any questions relating to the self-evaluation process speak to a member of staff as soon as possible.