1. What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
This
module has helped me develop my design development when it comes to
working with image. I'm much more aware of the different outcomes that
can come out of a brief, such as 3-dimensional form or photography.
However, I don't feel like I exploited this after looking through the
briefs.
As we had a range of briefs I was able to
experiment with imagery for a range of areas. Although it nice exploring
editorial, I feel I got more out of the Type as Image brief as I felt
more comfortable with that area. I'd like to further this brief so I can
explore some illustration with type.
Within
the Book Fair brief I was able to experiment more with patterns &
dimensions which isn't something I've paid much attention to in past
modules. I was then able to apply this with the D&AD brief which was
pretty minimal but I felt the design was appropriate to the quote &
concept.
2. What approaches to/methods of
design production have you developed and how have they informed your
design development process?
In past projects, if I've not been happy with a design I've
started something completely new but this time I kept adjusting the
image and developing it into something that I felt worked better. I
really enjoyed experimenting with shapes within the book fair module so
I'd like to pay more attention to this area in future briefs.
As
there were several different areas of image that we explored, it's
taught me that I should put more time and effort into research. In the
future I will try to explore more when it comes to my design context as
it definitely informs the design process.
3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
I'm
pretty happy with some of the dimensional work. I really enjoyed
working with perspective as it's something I've not paid attention to
and so I definitely want to explore this area further.
I enjoyed working with photography for the 2D>3D brief and I felt the images successfully captured the process. I wanted to include some photography into the image module & this allowed me to do. In the future I'd definitely like to pay more attention to this area in order to develop my practical skills.
I
worked with colour quite a bit in this module, such as the Book Fair
brief, and found it interesting to apply it within the designs. Again,
it's an area I feel like I could pay more attention to and so in future modules I'll be exploring it in greater depth.
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?
I'm
not satisfied with the quantity of work that's been produced for this
module. I really struggled with time management and felt like it
effected both the quantity and quality of work produced. Next module I
want to make sure I manage my time more effectively. I need to buy a
planner, make to-do lists, set daily targets etc. Blogging in particular has been my main downfall so I aim to stay on top of it next module.
I don't feel like I explored enough areas within the briefs as I
planned to. I would've liked to have experimented with different print
processes rather then sticking to digital print. My management really
restricted the outcomes of the briefs which I'm disappointed about.
5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
1/
Improve my research skills as it really aids the design production
& development. I could take the briefs a lot further if I was to
inform myself more on the subject area.
2/ My time management still isn't what I
want it to be. There are several things I need to do to improve this as
it effects both the quantity and quality of work.
3/ I want to be more experimental with both type and image as I
feel like I'm not playful enough with my designs. They're all pretty minimal but I'd like to try something a bit more different in order to create an edge to my designs.
4/ I need to work with scale as I feel like I could create some larger designs, rather then sticking to A3/A2. I think this comes with better time management though because I'd be more ontop of planning my project.
5/ In the future I aim to work with different medias as I wasn't really satisfied with the range
of designs that I produced. I aim to to take the briefs further as
there are different areas I'd like to explore in order to improve my
design skills.
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
Attendance 3
Punctuality 2
Motivation 2
Commitment 2
Quantity of work produced 2
Quality of work produced 3
Contribution to the group 2
