1. What
skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you
think you have applied them?
Design
for Print:
In design for print I really pushed my self
to get away from what I’m used to doing, in this instance printing my
entire book via screen-printing which is a huge step for me personally to
get comfortable doing it. Although I did learn a lot doing a tonne of new
and different methods and processes that are available with in the college,
I do feel I’ve grown as a designer because of it. Knowing the different
applications that are available and how and what I can use them is
something that’s helped me when it comes to new ideas for projects later. I
now know how else things can be used and what for. On top of that I’ve become
really confident with doing stuff like embossing, foiling, laser cutting on
my own which is was the complete opposite last year.
Design
for Web:
Although I had previously
used dream-weaver long ago in GCSE, it hadn’t prepared me for design for
web. Learning to code and build a website in the very short lessons was
something that took me a month to get my head around, I got really excited
when I finally made my website because it felt like a big accomplishment
for me. I do feel like I could improve the website but I feel currently
limited by my ability to code which is feel let down by.
Design
for Print & Web:
I don’t know how I managed to pull off design
for print and web, I really showed my self how far I can push my self in
short period of time I had to create and produce what I had. With design
for print & web I felt like I cultivated what I’d learnt in the
previous two and combined them rather then learning more new skills like I
did in them. It was maybe more about refining what I had already learned,
layout (website) and consistency within my branding that I have improved
within Design for Print & Web. From doing this brief however, I do feel
more pushed to create more in a shorter space of time because I do know
It’s possible most of all.
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2.
What approaches to/methods of design production have you developed and how
have they informed your design development process?
Mock-ups
and testing out ideas before I committed to them most definitely. It’s
helped me an incredible a lot when it came to decision-making. I created
multiple different binding examples as well as print samples to help me
conclude my decisions on colours and format. It evidently helped me produce
a much more polished finished product in the end. However, the sacrifice I
encounted with this is, is that of a slowed work pace due to having to work
around methods I used (screen printing) due to how time consuming it was.
If I were to apply this method to say digital print It would have been a
lot easier and faster for me to produce the work I did. It did result in me
being much more happier in the work I did create however.
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3. What strengths can you identify in your work and
how have/will you capitalise on these?
I’d say really this most definitely what’s already
been said within the previous question, aside from that I would say my
finishing and overall polish of my work has definitely improved and became
a strength over the course of the module, I feel this was most evident
within design for print due to the continuous mocking up and testing. But
it was also in the case within Design for web too, my website I thought
really stood up on it’s own and was quite a strong piece of work.
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4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and
how will you address these in the future?
Blogging, Time management, Scamps. The three things
I probably didn’t pay enough attention too even though I really should
have. In the big rush to try and get things done before and after Christmas
break I forgot to keep up on top of blogging, beforehand however I was
really keep on top of it and then work took a bigger priority and I really
regret that but I’m happy I managed to get the work done when I did.
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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?
• KEEP ON TOP OF BLOGGING. I got
way to carried away within my own little world of trying to actually finish
making my work that I left little room to blog, I’ll be able to catch up on
other work instead of having to slog away on blogger which is terribly fun.
• Juggle my modules better, I
focused a bit too much on Practice over the past 2 months, I’ll be able to
more relaxed by the end of module hand ins and not have to see 3am on my
clock as much.
• Create my scamps and
don’t get carried away with designing it, I’ll more of a back bone to work
from instead.
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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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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Attendance
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X
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Punctuality
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X
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Motivation
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X
(end of module)
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X
(start of module)
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Commitment
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x
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Quantity of work produced
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X
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Quality of work produced
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X
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Contribution to the group
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N/A
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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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