Final Evaluation

In this module I feel I have really developed on coming up with lots of ideas and getting them all out onto the page a lot quicker and in a better and clearer way. I think it really helped working on large development sheets. 

For the Initials brief I really thought it was a great brief to begin the course with as it really gave the opportunity to get to know someone in the class. Overall I was pleased with the amount of development work that I produced. I feel that I did try and experiment with media. I think that the contrast of the black paper and white chalk worked well; however the chalk has smudged slightly which makes it look less clean and crisp. I do like the use of masking tape as I think that it managed to emphasize the bones though slightly takes away the main focus off the cat. I'm not too happy with the final outcome I don’t think that it looks very professional, especially after seeing the standard and quality of everyone else's work.

Next, I feel that my biggest weakness within the whole module was the Photoshop brief. I really don't have confidence when using Photoshop I still feel like I need to work on it a bit more. Looking at other peers work I feel that using Photoshop can really improve your work which gives me the motivation to want to keep trying at it. Another one of my weaknesses I would say my time management skills. For example in the ‘A Day In The Life’ brief at first I really did struggle and found it very hard understanding what the article was talking about but after talking to Matt I broke down the article to just the key points and mainly focused on the Pussy Riots in Russia and after watching a video on iplayer it gave me so much inspiration but unfortunately by that point I was too late to put enough time into producing a good final piece. 

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Furthermore I believe my strongest brief was the 'Matter of Opinion’ brief; I managed my time better and was pleased with the amount of development work that I created and my experimentation with media. I think i really thought about the format in this too. Whereas usually i leave the format and do that at the very end but this time in my development work I tested out different ways in which I would place the format and how it would look as a finished piece. After doing the peer reviews many people suggested I should of used a better quality paper and now looking back i really wish i did as the paper has crinkled up a bit and think it would've looked a lot more professional on a better quality paper.

Overall, I have really enjoyed this module and really think I have learnt a lot about myself and my work. I feel like in the next module I can learn from my mistakes and weaknesses in this module and improve. I'm really happy that i can see my work developing throughout the projects and that really excites me.