What skills have you developed through this brief and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
During this module I have developed my research and analytical skills and have improved my knowledge of semiotics. I have taken this knowledge and understanding and have applied it to both studio brief 1 and 2. I have used my research skills and applied what I’d written in my essay to inform a practical piece that communicates my own understanding and ideas.
2. What approaches to/methods of image making have you developed and how have they informed your concept development process?
I have developed my photoshop skills; for example I was able create a dotted line using the brush tool and effects. I’m becoming a lot my comfortable with using photoshop and I really like the effect of combing my line work and digital work. This has become a common use of media in my practice, which I will continue to use in future projects. The representation of women was something that had been explored before and a subject that seemed popular in the class, therefore I found it challenging to come up with an original take on the subject.
3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
My strengths definitely lie in the practical side of the brief. Once the initial research was over I really started to enjoy the drawing and making side of the module. I illustrated something I think is fun and creative yet communicate my view on the equality of women. Although I thought my presentation wasn’t very strong, and I feel that the vocal communication of my ideas wasn’t very effective due to nerves, I took the feedback my peers gave and applied it to the development of my work.
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?
I feel my essay writing skills as a whole could be improved. I struggled to put my thoughts in to words and communicate my ides effectively. I addressed this problem by continuously revisiting my essay and attending study support sessions at the college. I also struggled with research. When researching for studio brief 2 I found myself lost in too much information and I didn’t know which path to go down regarding the point that I was trying to communicate.
5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
- apply more of my time to research and treat is as an on-going task throughout the whole of my brief. This will inform my work and hopefully improve it.
- When writing future essays, attend study support sessions from the start of the brief to better my writing skills
- be more exhaustive with my drawing. I think I think of an idea and jump straight to designing the final outcome but I should play around with drawing and media first.
- Blog little and often. By continuously blogging I will keep my work organised and up to date, which will avoid rushing or panic at the end.
- Test the use of different media and line qualities. I’m very comfortable with pens and photoshop but would perhaps like to extend my practice further.
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
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