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Leeds College of Art
BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION
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Level
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04
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OUIL406 Visual Communication
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Credits
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20
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End of
Module Self Evaluation
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NAME
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Naomi
Crompton
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1.
What skills have you
developed through this brief and how effectively do you think you have
applied them?
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Creating linked images throughout a series
of formats- though most where successful (like the greetings from brief)
remembering and time managing myself for the bigger projects like person of
not did become an issue sat some point.
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Becoming more adaptable to new methods and
skills. More towards the end of this module I found myself forcing myself out
of my comfort zone a lot more often worth the methodologies used and as an
illustrator it really effected they way I began to see the way illustration can
be categorised and how it has the flexibility to be a lot more than just
drawing characters.
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My work ethic has improved as I’ve learnt to
sit and work solid for longer hours than before- Learning how to do 10 hour
work days (this is a big dealio for me with my attention span) by removing
myself from points of distraction such as people I know by going to the
computer room.
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2. What approaches to/methods
of image making have you developed and how have they informed your concept
development process?
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My initial worries of using type and lens are
out the window this module taught me that I can use so many more types of
media than just pen and paper to create character and illustration and if
things begin to fall out of what the common perception of illustration is it
doesn't matter because as long as I believe it what I'm doing it is
illustration to me.
My digital skills have gone
up by like 80% since this module I’ve learnt more about layering, lining and
colour through both lectures and a lot of practical work. Which has allowed
me to be able to make so many chances and re-dos without using up a lot of
paper and ruining my work by smudging it since its on screen instead of in my
hands.
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3. What strengths can you
identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
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My humour- I’m always
resistant to using my humour in my work as I feel like it’s a cheap ploy as
being “funny” comes naturally to me. However especially on the last brief of
this module I realised how by embracing my use of humour I feel more
connected to my work and personally feel like it allows for the viewer to
connect and react better to my work because of the humour I employ within it.
With this module I made
myself self reflect on past feedback about my lack of trying out and pushing
myself with how I see and make illustration. And because of this self
reflection I capitalised on seeing my weaknesses as areas of improvement and
was able to make some really interesting work because of this
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4. What weaknesses can you identify
in your work and how will you address these in the future?
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Time management- I start
blogging a bit every day at the start of a module but then it spirals into a
pit of no blogging for like 1 month and all the thought and realisations and
self evaluations I have are lost. –Get a picture with Matts face that says
have you blogged today stuck to my wall to remind/guilt me into blogging.
My scruffy type-Practice,
practice, practice. It’s all I can really do with that as well as look at
other medias to draw type with and gain an archive of hand typographic
knowledge.
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5. Identify five things that
you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing
these?
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· Blog every day- I
won’t be dead the day before deadline
· Be decisive- Helps I
to become a better decision maker and stop over producing multiple ideas that
get away from the briefs main aims.
· Be reflective- This
helps both speed up development of work but also development of self making
me a better designer and artist
· Quite time- Being away
from people I know helps me to both focus and produce better qualities of
work however this only helps if I am surrounded by strangers as I tend to
feel obliged to work but once I’m in the zone I’m gone.
· Have instant food in
at home-so then I am not skipping meals because I’m too tired to cook and
making myself more tired which effects work.
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