Initially I felt concerned about my practical response as I struggled to form an idea that I was happy with. I explored a few different ideas before developing my final outcome. After producing and constructing my finish work and felt a great sense of accomplishment, particularly after the positive feedback I received during the final crit. My response to this brief has been greatly informed by the skills I’ve learnt in both my responsive and applied illustration modules. Responsive taught me the importance of presentation and professionalism, which I feel my response replicates. With applied illustration I have learnt about product, range and distribution. My response to my essay is not only a set of informative and fun illustrations, but also a range of engaging activities and products.
Writing is not one of my strengths, however during this module I have greatly improved. The vast depth of research in to my chosen topic has informed this. Both my practical and written work would not be as successful as the are would it not be for my research.
My strengths lie within the end presentation and professionalism of both my written and visual responses. My practical work works well as a pack/set and I have vastly improved my understanding of catering design for audience. The success of my work was helped by excellent attendance and general commitment. Organisation was an important factor to me as essay writing is not a strong point of mine and there were a number of components to construct within my practical. I have not experienced any particular problems during production thanks to the foresight to print my final imagery a week before the deadline.
This module allowed me to show a range of technique, experimenting with applying to different formats and products such as badges and stickers, which I’ve never produced before. The overall imagery I illustrated was aesthetically pleasing and I am happy with my mix of analogue and digital skills. Similarly to the responsive module I worked largely digitally, which has vastly improved the speed at which I can create imagery in Photoshop.
A weakness of mine is that I am indecisive. This was apparent during the development stages of my practical response as I took a long time deciding what to do. Although what I produced is good, if I had a definitive idea earlier I could have developed my work further through possible magnets and other products.
Upon the opportunity to revisit the module I would make a bigger folder for my illustrations to make allowance for the badges as I feel they don’t fit neatly inside. Also I would suggest that my practical work could be improved if I added more informative text to the booklet I would also ensure that my essay and visual responses had a greater integration as I worry that although there is a clear link between the two, with more thought there could have been a much greater synthesis between the two.
To conclude, I am very please with both the written and visual work I produced for this module. My time planning and organisation has meant that I have not rushed either the essay or practical production, and the imagery is presented professionally. Although at times I had to prioritise other modules, I feel I have produced a sufficient enough work and spent enough time on CoP to produce something I am pleased with. My ‘Your garden, their home’ family information pack is both engaging and educational. The concept works well and I could visualise it selling as real product.
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