Evaluation

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


Throughout this module I have developed a whole lot of knowledge and understanding of print techniques and the special terminology, which should be used when speaking to printers. I feel I have applied them in the places needed well however I feel I should have documented more of my uses than I have within this module.


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


I have done a lot of rationale and research into primary and secondary subjects. This then led to the research of print methods that could be incorporated within my actual designs and future projects. Id say the biggest part of my production which developed in this project would be that I wouldn’t just decide upon a design and leave it as that I now understand the full importance of testing out multiple amounts of variations to allow for improvement with otherwise wouldn’t have been found 



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



I cant say that I can see any strengths obviously within my work this time I feel the lack of commitment to the module has shown through with my design work and thus leaving me having to scrape together any strength I can and perhaps say it would be my layout of the posters works really well and many people liked how easy it was to see and read when produced.


4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?

I feel my weakness in this module has been my commitment. From the start I felt quite rocky thinking that I wasn’t good enough to be on the course and I started to just come in and think id do the work at home and even though I did do some work it wasn’t to the standard or degree it should have been. After a crit with Lorenzo I had my spark back and knew it was time to kick-start it into gear before it was too late. I began coming in and committing myself to the uni course id get in for 9 and not leave till earliest 4 and my work has come a long way and I feel like im enjoying everything again. So to capitalise on a weakness I would have to say it was my commitment and graphic behaviour towards the module.


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

• Commit myself

By committing myself I will benefit from taking everything I can from this course and what the tutors have to offer. Being surrounded by creative people will help my ambitions and creative thoughts.


• Time Management
Time management wont go away im still not understanding it properly and even after a year I don’t understand it any clearer. However after staying at uni for longer and getting there earlier I definitely see the benefits of being able to time manage a lot of friends have progressed with it further than myself and there work is really showing up good because of it.


• Blog More and better
I want to start blogging more and better posts. I really enjoy blogging I just leave it like an idiot and it builds up and seems like too much to do so my content suffers. When my blog starts looking healthier so will my work and thus everyone is happy.


• Research Deeper
My research is becoming thinner and im rushing ahead trying to get on with the designing only to find out that as soon as I try to finalise ideas there are big problem holes with the idea. Having more in depth and quality research can stop this. This would mean I’d understand my target market and audience much better.


• Try Harder
Im going to try a lot harder with uni from now on the second half of this module where I committed showed that I do still like graphic design and that I really like working with design and everything about it. I am exited for the new projects and my time at uni.