Evaluation

 

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

I definitely think my digital skills have improved vastly in this brief, especially my Illustrator skills, I have spent more time practicing an sticking with it where in the past I would get frustrated and move on and try find another way around.

I also think my drawing skills have improved, after the 150 logos task I got back into drawing my ideas and visualising my ideas a lot more. I also found that I do really enjoy drawing my ideas out on design sheets, it helps when you go to put your work on Illustrator or Photoshop.

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

Designing on paper before designing on screen is definitely a method I have developed in this module, I have always produced design sheets for projects but I feel in this project I have designed in a lot more depth and tried out many variations of size, colour and layout. I definitely think this helped for when I started designing on screen, it made it a lot easier because I already had ideas and visuals to work from. I have also started to consider how design is printed and what is practical and what isn’t, looking at colours and layout. It is important you check all your settings before printing so that when your design is printed you get it the way you want it, making sure the colours are inside the CMYK gamut and making sure the correct crop marks are in the right places.

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

I feel I have done a lot of research on design already out that there demonstrates the different type of print processes and finishes we have be learning about so I have developed a good understanding of how they can be applied to design and products. Also when it is appropriate and what type of print process is right to use for what your designing.

I also feel I have spent time developing my work within this project, I think we we’re helped along at the start by the tasks we were set with the logos and packaging. However I feel I carried this on throughout the project and it helped my work develop and lead me to produce a outcome that I am happy with and that I spent time developing to get to this stage.

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

I think I need to work at a faster pace, I am happy with my outcomes but I feel that if I had worked faster I could have produced more products in my range. I feel it is a weakness I often have with my briefs, I seem to spend too much time on one idea and then forget about other parts of my brief. In this brief I am happy with my final product but I feel more time could have been spent developing the packaging design, but this is something I have to learn to manage within briefs, the amount of time I dedicate to everything I need to do. I also need to improve my layout skills, when designing my top ten manual I struggled to design a layout that was exciting and interesting. I feel like I have not spent a lot of time developing these skills in the past so it is something I need to work on and improve for the future.

 

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

1- Make sure I time manage myself better and spread my time more equally between tasks within a brief so all my outcomes are up to the same standard.

2-Practice my layout skills so that I can produce better laid out designs in the future.

3-Stay calm! I have found that I have got very stressed out and worked up about my work during this brief and I have found this does not resolve anything, if anything it makes matters worse. If I stay clam and think logically there is normally a solution.

4-Go out of my comfort zone more, I feel like I have branched out of my comfort zone more than usual during this brief but I think I can still push myself further and try more new things I haven’t done before.

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6.How would you grade yourself on the following areas: (Please indicate using an ‘x’)  5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
	1	2	3	4	5
Attendance					X
Punctuality					X
Motivation				X
Commitment				X
Quantity of work produced			X
Quality of work produced			X
Contribution to the group				X
The evaluation of your work is an important part of the assessment criteria and represents a percentage of the overall grade. It is essential that you give yourself enough time to complete your written evaluation fully and with appropriate depth and level of self-reflection. If you have any questions relating to the self evaluation process speak to a member of staff as soon as possible.