End of module Self-Evaluation

What skills have you developed throughout this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

• Indesign has helped do magazine layouts better and it has showed me that when working with type using indesign is much better than photoshop and illustrator
• My illustrator skills have improved A LOT, using it more and just getting better.
• Book binding skills and folding has improved did a few different variations of books this module.

What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your design and development process?

• Taking more photos has helped me always have at least some image to work with as a starting point.
• Getting statistics is always helpful cause u can make any info graphics images out of stats
• Using questionnaires has been helpful to back up my concepts especially and to have information i can then work with.

What strengths can you identify in your work and how will/have you capitalized on these:

• Working with Colour! finally managed to break through the wall of being scared of using colour and taking my work to a new more playful approach instead of just always designing for a serious professional audience. This will help me be a more diverse designer and i will be far more confident on briefs.
• Getting better at type and layout, im starting to be able to confidently do layouts they are starting to look a bit more professional as well.
• Using image has always been a problem due to my lack of drawing skills but illustrator has somehow helped me get my drawing back a bit, its improving and im now using illustrations in my work.

What weaknesses have you identified in your work and how will you adress these:

• Using my own drawings, not as good as i'd like to be but im getting better and finding my own style finally.
• Not as good as i'd like to be with magazine layouts and grids, going to practise this more to improve.
• My spelling is really bad, i need to spell check everything all the time.

Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

1. Blog as i go along, this will help stop me do last minute blogging...
2. Screen print, when mass producing something. Will save money.
3. Keep my sketch book more neat so other people can understand it more clearly, The people who look at my work will be able to understand it better.
4. Document my work on illustrator better, i get really into my work and always forget to take screenshots, but i do usually note it down in my sketch book.
5. Do more big design sheets before moving into sketch book. 

Attendance: 5

Punctuality: 5

Motivation: 4

Commitment:4

Quantity: 3.5

Quality: 4
Contribution to group: 5

Indesign

Evaluation:

I like the photographs and how they work well with the grey and the black background, but the smaller image doesnt fit properly in the colour scheme. The text boxes feel far too structured, it needs a couple more paragraphs to fill the page better, it feels like my text boxes are kind of drifting around on the black background. Would look better if i used the purple for more then just one paragraph to try and break up the white text boxes a bit more. 

communications is virus feedback

After checking my e-mails from the Face to face group i found that i had 1 reply from someone who lives in leeds it said the following:

These were some of the photos he had send us! it was a good feeling knowing some people actually did get influenced by our project

speaking from experience Progress Crit

Speaking from experience

Rational

The Brief: 

How to find the ideal lunch

What do you need to communicate:

Best sandwiches, value for money, prices.

Why do they need to know?

 So 1st year dont stumble around wasting time finding the ideal lunch, this way they can get some advice from our year which can help guide them to the better places. A good lunch can make your day if your in studio all day, and to save time and money.

What will they respond to?

A book or a series of booklets, mailshot.

Where do they go?

They can be send to pigeon holes, to their halls of residence or their drawers and around college.

Evaluation

The books came out very well but i had minor problems when i came to double sided printing, in future i would use indesign instead of illustrator. The Stock i used for the covers also started to crack after a day or so, next time i would use a thinner stock which is more malleable. The Booklet on reviews felt very crowded compared to the other two if i had more time i would redesign this one as it feels to me like this book stands apart the most from the others. The mailshots were very simple if not too simple adding some description of what was in them would be an idea to try if i had more time. All in all i really enjoyed this brief but feel i got far too stuck in the beginning on the first two versions of the book which wasted a lot of time.

End of module Self-Evaluation

What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

• Illustrator skills has helped me to vector my art work which saves a lot of time when rearranging layouts and producing typefaces.
• Book making has helped me on 2 of the briefs in this module, its given me the basic understanding of book binding and hot dog folding.
• Grid and layout has helped me produce layouts in in design and has helped me understand the structure of news papers and magazines better

What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?

• Using photography to capture a range of primary research has helped me to jump start my idea process. This is also given me a starting point to work from or draw from.

What strengths can you identify in your work and how have you/will you capitalize on these?

• The use of type, grid and layout i have found especially useful for this project as i have made two hot dog book folds. 
• Photography it has helped me to capture a lot of research and given me a starting point to work from.
• Illustrator, being able to take something from my sketchbook and accurate draw it up to the right scales and getting it printed in a short space of time.

What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you adress these more fully?

• I realised i havent drawn properly in a long time and its been very hard to get back into it, i will practise my drawing more before i go onto illustrator.
• I play around with my layouts in illustrator and dont record them all.

Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

• Draw more often before going onto software, i would expect my drawing skills to slowly return to me once again.
• Do more development instead of just rushing things and getting it done.
• Leave enough time to allow yourself to screen print and save money.
• Make decisions more quickly this will allow me to get things done and just generally work more efficiently, time is money. 
• Experiment with a few more stocks.

Attendance - 5

Punctuality - 5

Motivation - 3

Commitment - 4

Quantity of work - 3

Quality of work - 4

Contribution to group - 5

Interim Self-Evaluation

List 5 practical skills that you have developed. When have they proved useful?

1. Grid and layout, i found this useful while doing layouts in Indesign for the partner brief.
2. My illustrator skills have helped me to design much more accurately and quickly i found this particularly help full when producing my own typeface and vectoring it.
3. The Screen print workshops has helped me to design work which i can cheaply reproduce and it has made my work look much more professional.
4. Colour theory has helped me to put the right colours together and to produce colour schemes for my work.
5. Photography elective has helped me to take better photos and to use them in my design work. 

List 5 transferable skills that you have developed. What have you used them for?

1. Time keeping, making sure that i make my deadlines
2. Teamwork, this has helped me to work in a group successfully
3. Presentation skills has helped me to be confident when presenting my work in final crits
4. Organisational skills have helped me to work efficiently toward deadlines.
5. Analytical skills have helped to me evaluate my work and learn from my mistakes.

List 5 things that you have achieved. How they helped you progress?

1. Making books and selling them, it gave me a confidence boast in my own work
2. Designing a mailshot and sending it out succesfully
3. Creating my own typeface, helped me to understand type better
4. Cooking, it has helped me save a bit more money and it helps to have a good meal every now and then.

List 5 problems that you have had to face. How have you over come them?

1. Budgeting with money, still havent overcome it but im getting better and dealing with it.
2. CTS, not very good with written language but i have just worked harder to try and overcome it.
3. Time management, not enough hours in the day
4. Getting use to constantly blogging and not leaving it to the last week.
5. working with a group. 

List 5 facts that you have learnt. When have they been useful?

1. Dont be late on a monday, on a monday when im running late.
2. Dont put red and green together ever.
3. Using a good stock can make your work look much better.
4. The free bus is actaully quicker then walking, well the 50p bus now...
5. The weather is awful in Leeds always be prepared.

List 5 things that you will never do again. Why? 

1. Leave things to the last minute when it could save me a ton by screen printing it instead of having to do digital.
2. Not do enough research!
3. Take too long to make decisions
4. Try to attempt to do everything at once, ends up doing a half job on whatever your doing or the work being rushed to a low standard.  
5. Not spell check my work before print............

Which of these words describes the way you work as part of a group?

• Confident
• Decisive
• Informed
• Tolerant

Which of these qualities do you most appreciate about yourself?

• Honesty
• Commitment
• Punctuality
• Humorous

Which of these attitudes best describes the way you worked at the start of the brief group?

• Impulsive
• Informed
• Committed
• Passive

Which of these attitudes best describes the way you work now?

• Organised 
• Informed
• Committed
• Passive