16 17 ouil502 ppp end of module evaluation

End of Module Student Evaluation BA (Hons) Illustration Module Code: OUIL502 PPP Name: Alex Patrick Student ID: ap254841 Please identify where the evidence for each of the learning outcomes is within your submission and how well you feel you have met the learning outcomes. Please also grade yourself in relation to the learning outcomes using terms: poor, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent (Note - This is so that the team have an understanding of how well you feel you have done. It is not an indication of the actual grade you may receive.)

Learning Outcome

Evidenced where?

Blog, Visual Journal, Roughs, Final Illustrations, Storyboards, Development Sheets etc. (No more than 75 words)

Your grade Using words: > poor, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent

5A3: Demonstrate an informed understanding of professional context of their practice within the creative industries and cultural environment. (Knowledge & Understanding - Research and Critical Awareness)

This is evidenced in my blog posts where I have discussed how I would like to become a painter and how I am considering where and what my work fits in and on.

satisfactory

5B2: Identify and analyse the Discussed in blog posts focusing on my struggles challenges and opportunities with visual signature and finding a way I like offered by future working. developments within individually appropriate areas of creative practice.

(Cognitive Skills - Problem Analysis, Problem Solving)

Satisfactory

5C2: Develop a body of work in response to a defined brief that effectively demonstrates professional working practices in research, planning and communications. (Practical Skills - Visual Quality and Conceptual Development)

Evidenced in my research and prep for my creative report, and my actual creative report

satisfactory

5D2:Employ a range of appropriate professional communication methods to record and present their own creative practice, concerns and ambitions. (Key Transferable Skills, Organisation,

Evidenced in blog posts

satisfactory

Communication and Evaluation)

Summative Evaluation (See Evaluation Guidance on next page for more information) You are required to write a 750 word Summative Evaluation of this module.

Please type up your Summative Evaluation in the box below. Make a PDF of the document and post the PDF as your final post on your OUIL503 blog. Also, please cut and paste the text from this box into the final page(s) of your OUIL502 Project Report.

At the beginning of the PPP module I had no idea about where I wanted to go with my professional or my personal practice really but since I have spent a lot of time looking at the work of other practitioners who inspire me and focusing a lot on my (lack of?) visual signature and how to develop this, I feel i have now gained an understanding of who I am within my personal practice as well as professional. I have had a lot of ups and downs during second year and PPP has allowed me to reflect on this and think about myself and the work I make, whilst making decisions on where to go with my work.

I think looking at the work of other practitioners has been beneficial to me as it has kept me inspired when I have been feeling extremely unmotivated and like I couldn’t carry on from where I was stuck and I have enjoyed actually thinking and writing about why those certain artists inspire me and what they inspire me to want to do. I feel like I have gained an interest in artists who make ceramic and sculpted pieces this year which is interesting as I previously have never been that interested in this type of work. After researching one or two artists that work with sculpture and ceramics I am keen to try my hand at one or the other and feel like this is definitely something I could have a go at during summer.

Figuring out who I am as an artist has been a big thing for me this year as at the very beginning of the year I was convinced that my more detailed way of working was not the work of an illustrator and that I shouldn’t be making that kind of work. It took me while to realise I was wrong and speak to my tutors about the problems I was having, and they soon set me straight and said that my work was definitely the work of an illustrator and that I could however I wanted and agreed to let me bring oil paint into my work, and they were even good enough to help me coat some pieces of board with gesso in preparation for an oil painting. I have enjoyed working on an artist study of Bouguereau’s Gabrielle Cot alongside my university modules as it has been a nice escape from the briefs and the harder tasks that I have been faced with throughout this year. I feel like my strongest skills lie within painting and since being shown how to use gesso and beginning to paint again I have figured out that in the future I would actually like to become a full time painter if I can hopefully get enough commissions to ensure I can work full time.

I really enjoyed writing my creative report, and although I didn’t actually receive any contact from the artist I chose I still found it extremely rewarding to write about her work and personal life. I had a lot of fun researching Octoplum, the artist I chose and I spent a lot of time reading her posts on Instagram and watching a YouTube video interview with her. It was beneficial to me to learn that a successful young artist such as Octoplum also struggles with her visual signature as it made me realise this is perhaps not a bad thing and it made me feel a little less alone and a little less doubtful of myself and my work.

All in all I think PPP has been a nice way to reflect on my studio and practical work whilst also being a bit of an escape from it, as it has been fun to talk about my ups and downs and my experiences with different modules, as well as trips to galleries and the research done around other artists. Although I feel I could have done a little more than I have for this module, I have still found it to be rewarding as I have learnt huge amounts about myself and I now even know what I wold like to do after university, which is something I never

thought I would say.

Evaluation Guidance This should be a reflective summary of your experience across the module.

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How did it go? Where did your journey start, where did it end?

I knew very little at the start of this module. At the end of the module I feel that‌

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What learning took place? What was useful to you?

Be specific. New skills? New methods? New processes or approaches? Did you use the blog to reflect on your project development?

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What went well and why? What did you enjoy? What were you happy with as an outcome?

Be critical and analytical. Why did you enjoy it? Perhaps identify particular sessions?

This could be ideas, solutions to problems, studentship or research. How well did you use the studio? Did you invest enough time in the development and testing of your outcomes?

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What could you have done better?

What were the problems you faced? What did you do to try to overcome them? This could be in reference to studentship, organization or blogging as much as studio practice.

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How can you apply what you have learned here for future modules and projects?

Application and future thinking. Things you would do differently next time? What useful methods, processes and ideas will you take forward into the next module?

You may also want to consider: Self-questioning: How did your thoughts and opinions change as you progressed through the module?

Feedback: What other people (tutors and peers) thought of work and how you responded to that feedback?

Research: Did you use contextual research to inform your ideas, ways of thinking or understanding of the challenges set. This may include further research of your subject matter, slides from the presentations or use of the library.