1. What skills have You developed throughout this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
The first brief in the module was Design for Print and whiles doing that I developed a deeper understanding of Commercial Printing methods and the possibilities. As well as learned how to prepare art work for sending to print. For my Print Manual I did an installation, which this time was in a larger scale and in a professional photography studio environment. I think now I understand the need of a photographer, a person that would be skilled enough to know lighting and how to act in a photo studio. Without the photographer I don't think any of the pictures would have came out right.
The second brief was Design For Web in which we learned to code HTML and CSS. I found it fascinating because in the beginning I thought I won't be able to manage programming and web design. It seems it's not as complicated as I thought it will be. I really enjoyed all the sessions and am quite happy with the final website about being bored. I know in the future this l;earned skill will be MOST needed. While going to the software inductions I learned the lesson of listening closely and paying attention to EVERY single word, because if you miss out anything - you most probably will end up mixed up.
The third Brief was a united one Design For Print and Web. For this brief we had to choose one of the ISTD briefs and work on it by using printed and web designs. This probably was the one brief I enjoyed the most. Because it was something YOU had to choose, so most of us ended up choosing something either they have never tried or most likely really wanted to do. I understood the importance of narrowing down the given brief and exploring A BRIEF. Never before did I thought that an OPEN brief with no limits can be the most changing and confusing thing in the design world.
2. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on them?
I realized that PERSONALITY is one of the things I want to show in my work. We have discussed this with John so many times and I think personality is one of my strengths. Showing it in my work while still fitting all the requirements is something I WANT to build on. This year I have decided to try and make every brief EXITING to myself and apparently it's a way harder thing that I thought it was but I will keep on trying to do so! I think looking back on last year I have learned to keep my designs more consistent and feel more confident about my grids and layouts. I will keep on building on it. Last year i also told myself that I don't think I am any good at logo design. This year I think I am getting a bit better of understanding what a logo is and what it's not. I still think I'm pretty bad at identity creations but I can see a slight improvement. I also realized that I'm not as bad at learning to work with a new piece of software, which is always good for the future.
3. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?
TIME - I have no idea where it goes. Sitting in front of a computer - I realized that most of the time I HATE it and any creative process - I CANNOT start in front of the computer which probably isn't that bad. Blogging - I thought I finally found a way of how to blog and enjoy, but than talked with Loraine and apparently I cannot do it that way, so back to not liking blogging again. Hopefully because this is a problem I will continue of looking for the solution. I can only work with one brief at a time - and this is really bad. This course forces you to work with at least 4 things at a time and I realized that I have a BIG problem. I can only be devoted to one thing at that time.I will try and work on this problem and manage my time better. Loraine said that I nee to pull myself together and take control!! - That is exactly what needs to be done. Applying myself more.
6. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
1.Better time management. I really need to start a notebook with all the tasks in it. I used to have one and now that time was passing I stopped having them. I don't really know why that happened. But managing my time is one of the most essential things I need to do.
2. Organizing tasks that would not involve just ONE module or just ONE task. I need to get my head round working many different things at a time and being passionate about all of them. This involves time management as well.
3. I used to research too much and wouldn't be able to STOP when it's needed. NOW - I research too little. (I can see it's only the extremes with me). I don't know why I stopped researching as much. I used to research too much last year, I actually used to research so much I would forget to do designs at all. Now I don't spend much time at all researching, I feel my design quality has went up but informed designs have went down. I guess it all leads to blogging more.
4. Blogging - when is this not going to be a problem to me? I was never good at blogging and still haven't found a way to always work and blog. I might try having a notebook for every brief and writing things down and than scanning it and blogging it. It would be easier for me to do each brief in one blog post because than I can see the process myself and the development in one go, not scattered around and with many other blog posts. So confusing.
5. I would document more. I think my problem is that i do all this thinking and all this work and I don't record it or show it. The only way to solve this si to have a small journal for my thoughts so I could write down no matter where I am.
5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
Attendance - 5
Punctuality - 3
Motivation - from 1 to 5 (fluctuating)
Commitment - from 1 to 5 (fluctuating with motivation)
Quantity of work produced - 2
Quality of work produced - 3
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