Self evaluation OUGD406

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BA (Hons.) GRAPHIC DESIGN Module Code

OUGD403

Module Title

DESIGN SKILLS

LEVEL

04

END OF MODULE SELF-EVALUATION NAME

Adam Garbutt

1. What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them? Throughout this module I’ve developed better group communication skills, especially when it came to idea generation and helping to organise the group, I felt a lot more confident in been vocal about what my ideas were. This been the same for group organisation. (Communication is a Virus) I did however in (Design is about Doing) get to develop my illustration skills and again in (Speaking from Experience) when I was drawing my icons for the Smart Student guide for: Food shopping and because of this, they were put to good use and developed to create a look for each one completely independent of each other. With the InDesign brief I was able to stretch my editorial skills, which I’m starting to feel really comfortable with using.

2. What approaches to/methods of design production have you developed and how have they informed your design development process? I attempted to create my (Speaking from Experience) design solution by being as resourceful as I could be, I used a notebook from the library which I then printed onto for the pages which I could then just slot back in which saved me an incredible amount of time. Although this wouldn’t work for all briefs I did find it very useful. I also discovered foiling using the laminator, which in the end gave my final product a lot higher finish rather than just laser printed and I don’t think I would have designed it the way I did without it because the pattern I designed on the front was design to make most use of the foiling which was applied on after it. 3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these? A strength I think I discovered would possibly be collecting data and organising it, this is what totally informed my Speaking from experience product, collecting all the data from each shop took a lot of time but in the end I realised just how useful so much information can be and how it really does impact your design. It’s something I now want to capitalise on and make the most use of. I would also say my InDesign and Illustrator skills really helped me on this module It came in really handy to be able to vectorise over 90 illustrations quickly and import them hastily into InDesign, I feel like I’m really getting a good hand with InDesign the more and more I use it. I’ve also found I feel a lot more comfortable with it on a small screen.


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