End of Module Student Evaluation BA (Hons) Illustration Module Code: OUIL505 Illustration 2: Applied Illustration Name: Neneh Ayesha Patel Student ID: 258804 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, Stings, storyboards, development sheets etc. (No more than 75 words)
Your grade Using words: > poor, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent
5A7: Demonstrate an informed understanding of issues relating to media, communication, audience and context through the delivery of solutions to brief led problems or clearly identified creative concerns. (Knowledge & Understanding - Critical Awareness)
Blog, Visual Journal
Good
5A8: Understand the potential and limitations of technologies and processes used in the production of illustration for 2d, 3d and/or 4d distribution. (Knowledge & Understanding Research)
Visual journal, blog
Good
Visual journal, blog 5B5: Analyse and critically evaluate the impact of social, cultural, technological and/or ethical concerns on the development of solutions to problems relevant to individual creative concerns. Cognitive Skills - Problem Analysis, Problem Solving)
Very good
Visual journal, blog, final illustrations, blog 5C6: Explore and apply a range of appropriate practical and conceptual approaches to selfdetermined ideas, concepts, solutions/proposals in response to own identified intentions and relevant practices. (Practical Skills Practical and Conceptual Development)
Very good
Final illustrations, presentation boards, blog 5C7: Produce technically competent and conceptually appropriate outcomes to identified problems through the selection and application of visual skills. (Practical Skills - Visual Quality and Technical Competence)
Very good
Proposal, revised proposal, evaluation, blog 5D5: Demonstrate the ability to plan and carry out a period of increasingly selfdirected study through the appropriate use of workshop areas, studio activities and project management skills. (Key Transferable Skills Presentation and Evaluation)
Good
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, print out a copy to submit with your portfolio of work. Also please cut and paste the text from this box into the final page(s) of your OUIL505 Project Report.
I think that whilst I haven’t necessarily built up any new technical skills, I have strengthened my use of traditional media and combining it with digital. I have also discovered a lot more about how I work, which has been useful to my process. Identifying the best ways that I work will help me to be more efficient in the future. I know for certain that I prefer to work in the studio, and I value the opportunities to get feedback on my work. I also know that experimentation and handmade textures are a large part of my practice, which has led me to start building a digital collection of my own textures and painted patterns. I will continue to develop this, which will allow me to have a quick go-to selection of images to work from. This will make the process of image making quicker as it will reduce the time taken to experiment, which I definitely spent too long on in this module. I think that this year I have found time management more of a struggle, whilst juggling the modules. I am disappointed that I didn’t manage to make the stings that I proposed to, but I am glad that I didn’t. At that start I was so focussed on the moving image that I was neglecting the still, physical illustrations. Although I want to situate my work within more animated editorial work, I think that I need to focus on the image first. This module is the first one where I have genuinely felt happy with my outcomes. A large part of that has been the subject matter, which made me excited to continue with the project. Being more strict with the images also helped - I made sure to set out a colour scheme before working on the images which forced me to work to restrictions. I liked having the set sizes and challenging myself to make the images work using 5 colours. As always, blogging has been an issue for me, but in this module, I started to see how it can be beneficial and an active part of my practice. I think that I sometimes I get too carried away with making things, and forget to reassess where I am. As mentioned, this meant that the playful, experimentation part of this project was extended over Easter and had a knock-on effect on making the stings. Working to more strict self-imposed deadlines will be a necessary part of Level 6 and future practice, so this is something that I need to do to work more professionally. When it came to reassessing where I was, I found that Instagram has been really useful in helping me to discover work that inspires me. The work that I am drawn to now has been more abstract than I am maybe comfortable with, but I have enjoyed trying to let this filter into my practice. I hope to take more risks in this aspect of work. Using the library more also helped to inform my work and I think that I want to make more use of the resource next year. Being realistic with my expectations is something that I have to come to terms with. It would have been possible to make six stings (at a pinch), but then I need to make more firm deadlines with myself, so organisation is key. I also think that I would more thoroughly research brand guidelines for future proposals/organisations as this may have affected the colour I used and changed the feel of the final images. I have throughly enjoyed this module, despite not making the stings, and it has definitely been a highlight of this year. I think that at the start I was concerned with trying to make work that was ‘professional’ and sat within what I perceived as being ‘proper’ editorial illustration. Now, I feel that I have allowed myself to be more experimental with my practice, and whilst my work is not as abstract as I might have wanted, I think that it still responded well to the brief. Through this module I have discovered that I do actually have a process to making work, and learned how to better recognise the different parts of that. I realised that I really enjoy the first initial stage of researching the topic, but needed to have a fixed text/article to work from. I liked having the clear direction once I had chosen my text to work from. I also enjoy the process of exploring my topic/concept through words before starting to visually explore it. This is something that I have done within responsive and 504, as well as in COP, and I think that that is one of the reasons why I focus more on theory in COP than the practical side of it. Identifying the ways that I work best has been the most important part of this module as it has allowed me to enjoy the journey more, as I feel like I have a clearer direction.