End of Module: Self Evaluation

I have come a long way in the short space of time since starting this module. It didn’t feel like I had when I first thought about it but the evidence suggests otherwise. In a professional sense I have learnt to work in a group better, allowing me to criticise in a productive manner as well as receive critical feedback to enhance my own work. In a stylistic sense, my work has evolved, not drastically, but I am already using tools that I would never have considered before like brush pens or matchsticks.

Tools that I previously had used before are becoming better developed too, such as my Photoshop skills. I have learnt more in the past few weeks about the software than I have since first finding out about it. This is something I want to learn more about and will have to create time outside of studio time to do this. Concept work is something I have also used in the past, although unintentionally and unwittingly. Now I feel that I am aware of the uses of concept work and will use it to produce more realised work than I have in the past.

As I stated earlier I have begun using a brush pen and matchsticks, these have altered my line work greatly and I will look further into different means of creating lines. Although I do like my brush pen, I feel that it has limitations so more interesting methods like matchsticks will be more useful as my work evolves further.

Although my work has moved on somewhat from when I first started this module it’s only through rigorous experimentation that it can go farther. However experimentation is not my strong point at the moment and it is something that I’m going to have to work on if I want to discover more varied means of illustration making. In a professional capacity, I really need to keep on top of my blog. There were several points within this module when I fell behind with it and this will hamper me later on should I not learn from my mistakes here.

From this I can say there are several points I need to pick up on moving forward. Firstly, I need to keep on top of my blog as I just stated. This also applies to my work in general. I need to be more organised with myself and my work. There were several instances within this project where I let myself down due to poor organisation and I can’t let it happen any more. I also need to experiment more to create a more varied and visually interesting style. This experimentation can take place during the development process of my future projects as these both topics are heavily reliant on each other and are both areas I need to work on.

Finally I feel I need to be more motivated and committed to my work. As can been seen by the quantity of work, I only really began to commit myself for the latter briefs. I need to maintain the attitude I had at the end of this module for the rest of my career.