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1. What skills have you developed through this
module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
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I have developed a big range
of skills this module. I would say my main skills have got to be time
management. Compared to last year and the year before than my time management
has massively improved. I have been setting myself daily deadlines to finish
work, which has meant I have been very productive in the time I’m working.
This has meant that I haven’t been working late nights and which then roles
on to not feeling tired the next day and I can be productive in the mornings
as I think this is when I work best. I don’t work as much as most people on
the course but I feel like the time I do work I am using very effectively.
Other skills I have developed
are my organisation of blogging and brief management. I feel like I kept my
blog fairly up to date that meant I wasn’t rushing to get that finished at
the end of the module like I usually am. I hope this carries on for the rest
of the year.
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2. What approaches to/methods
of design production have you developed and how have they informed your
design development process?
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I have developed my
screen-printing technique massively. Before this year I have only dabbled in
screen-printing but I have done it for 3 out of my 4 briefs this term. I have
made a lot of mistakes along the way but I feel these are all things you
learn the most from. I have become very comfortable doing it now for both
fabric and paper. This will hopefully open more doors for me next term as
there are some really nice printing techniques that you can do with a screen
and I would like to explore more of them next term.
Other approaches to design I
have taken is the photography side of things. I have been learning how to
take better photos of my products and setting up the relevant equipment. I
think this will help presentation on both my blog and hopefully on boards.
I have started to use InDesign
much more within my practice. I feel this is a good step for me to take. I
missed out on the type session last year so I have only really started using
InDesign full time this year. I am still learning more about it every time I
use it but I’m finding it ever more useful for my design work. Things I was
using Illustrator for last year I am now finding much easier and getting more
professional results on InDesign.
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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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I feel like I producing a
better quantity and quality of work this year and Amber also said the same. I
am much more proud of my work this year although it not all good Its still a
better quality than last year. This is a step in the right direction and I
hope to improve even more next term.
I say I have worked a lot
better within collaborations I like talking out my work with people and find
that I can take charge very naturally. I like the subtle competition that a
collaboration creates I want to better myself more and aim to produce better
work that my partner. I want to see my work been used I so I try much harder
to better the people I’m working with. It just a bit of friendly competition
and I think every one experiences it but I do thrive off it. I will
definitely be doing collaborations next year but I also need to consider who
can bring the best out of me and whom I can work well with and pick someone
with a different working style so I get variation in my design.
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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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My weakness has to be Boards.
I really am not good about talking about my work in a professional manner. I
tend to be very chatty with the way I write and barely ever use a comer. I
feel like my boards let me down massively this term I’m never satisfied with
them and I just don’t enjoy doing them either.
I will address boards
differently next term and make sure I get numerous people to read them over to
check my god awful spelling and ways of wording sentences.
Another weakness is I had a
slow start to my brief I found that my first to briefs took to long to
complete. I did correct this when I realised and really knuckled down and set
myself strict deadline after this.
Finally I think that although
my design practice was kept fairly up to date throughout this term my design
context did start of going well but slowly got pushed into the darkness and I
didn’t keep this going after October. I know where I went wrong I did all the
work that I wrote down to do and Context blogging was never on there so I
just totally forgot about doing it.
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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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6.How would you grade yourself
on the following areas:
(please indicate using an
‘x’)
5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3
= good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
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Attendance
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Punctuality
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Motivation
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x
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Commitment
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Quantity of work produced
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Quality of work produced
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Contribution to the group
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The evaluation of your work is
an important part of the assessment criteria and represents a percentage of
the overall grade. It is essential that you give yourself enough time to
complete your written evaluation fully and with appropriate depth and level
of self-reflection. If you have any questions relating to the self evaluation
process speak to a member of staff as soon as possible.
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Tuesday 11 December 2012
Module Self Evaluation
It's Nice That, Self Evaluation
My skills I have developed during the ‘It’s
Nice That’, brief have been mainly time management and also a bit of layout
design. It was a very short brief but I feel like I had a good concept and idea
generation and with a little more time I could of really pushed it further. Before
this year I used InDesign very rarely so when I do use it I feel like I am constantly
developing my skills within the software.
My approaches that I will change for next
time will be to pick the brief according to time frame and choose the a better
place for them to go within the module. I ended up rushing this brief as it was
all about getting content rather than design. I feel if id did a branding brief
in the same amount of time I could have double the amount of work.
My strengths are definitely the concept for
this brief I had a good idea just ran out of time and rushed it massively.
My boards for this brief are god awful I am
really unhappy with my final products and my boards they just look terrible. I
am ashamed of them they are that bad.
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