How to...- Self evaluation OUGD405

Over all i think we have worked well as a group in this module. I think that group work is still a challenge and something I need to practice more. I have become more confident and out spoken with in group situations and am not scared to put my point across. The success of this brief was down to the original generated ideas. We had some issues, such as time management, because of the high group numbers it was often hard to arrange times where everyone could meet and work. To conclude I am happy with my own personal contribution to this task, I think I have developed new skills as working as part of group, however I still have room for improvement. If I was doing this brief again I think I would have done more colour experiments and visual variations of the finish product. 

End of Module Self Evaluation- OUGD403

Message and Delivery Mail Shots: Crit/Evaluation

Overall i think i have worked well in this brief. I think i managed my time effectively and efficiently. I am pleased with my final pieces. I think that i have considered a range of elements to make the product to the best of my ability. I have thought about lots of aspects of how the mail shot information could be spread, as the purpose is to spread awareness. I included a sticker and a twitter hashtag as an interactive and interesting way to help spread the message. I think the design of my mail-shots is good. I had to work quickly and found it quite hard to visualise in the early stages, but once i decided on an idea i think i developed it well.

Message and Delivery Research: Final Crit/Evaluation

For this crit the class was split in to two. The first half of the class analysed our posters, while the second half were out of the room. after an hour or so the groups swapped and we analysed and evaluated their work whilst they weren't present. I think this type of crit was successful, you didn't have to worry about feel unconfident about speaking your mind as the person who designed the poster wasn't there. The aim of the posters was also to be bold, eye catching and easy to understand. This type of crit lent its self very well to the poster brief as the poster designers weren't there to tell the audience what the posters were about. Overall my feedback was positive, but the crit has helped me realise areas of weakness and things i can improve with in the posters.

First set of feedback:

This crit was mostly positive feedback. Although it feels good to receive such good feedback, it makes it hard to evaluate my work and find room for improvement. This person hasn't given me any feedback on how to improve this brief/briefs in future.

Second set of feedback:

Again this crit doesn't provide much critical feedback for me to work on. I think personally there is room for improvements on my posters, but the people who have viewed my work don't seem to think so. This gives me courage that the level of design that i am producing is appropriate for degree level.

Third set of feedback:

On this person's feedback they said that they don't think that my image poster is as high impact or memorable as the other two. I understand where this comment is coming from as i found this poster the hardest to produce. To correct this I could ask for further feedback on what i can do to improvement. Alternatively I could produce more thumbnails and sketches to see if i can come up with anything better.

Self evaluation: 

Overall i think i have worked well on this brief. I have met the brief requirements and produced three posters based on the news story i chose. I think one of the reasons that this brief was a success was the time I spent before i started designing brain storming and sketching. This is something that i haven't done in the past so my final pieces aren't thoroughly selected or tested. I think that a weakness was running out of ideas for the image poster. I knew that drawing was one of my weaknesses so wanted the posters to have a digital feel. I used a range of techniques for this brief such as cut paper, photoshop and tracing on illustrator. I think i have produced three well linked and seamless posters that communicate the message that i chose very well. I am pleased with my progress throughout this brief and the ones that came before.

Alphabet Soup: Partner Typeface, Final Crit

   

For the final crit we rejoined our partner as well as others from our class. In studio four we each had to stand in front of the class including simon and Amber and present our final pieces and what made us design them in the way that we did.

We had to first introduce our partner , briefly describe their personality and then describe why we chose to do what we did. There was some certain questions i made sure to answer, such as, how does the typeface represent my partner, am i happy with the out come? and does the typeface work at different scales?

When designing my typeface at first i found it hard, as i was too focussed on trying to incorporate all aspects of Danielle's personality. When i stepped back and considered the work i came to the conclusion that it would be better to have a typeface involving just a small amount of her interests and it be well excited. I really like the typeface i have created. It is not my normal style of work, so i was exciting to be able to experiment and try new things.

Feed back from the crit was generally positive both simon and amber were pleased with the out come. Amber was impressed with the intricacy of the design and that the pattern was still visible from far away. They also like the inverted name badge. One thing that they told me was an area for improvement was the letter 'R' as it wasn't legible or clear enough. 

Is there progression in my work, has the quality improved?

Are my blogs well organised and consistent?