Evaluation

End of Module Student Evaluation

BA (Hons) Illustration

Module Code: OUIL505 Illustration 2: Applied Illustration

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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)	Through evidence on my blog and my creative processes throughout the module, I have demonstrated a good understanding and awareness of the context and audience of my subject. I have also demonstrated a good delivery of resolved solutions to the problems that my individual brief had identified. Evidence on my blog also reveals that I have shown good communication to an audience that are identified by my creative concerns.	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)	With my extensive experimental process that I have undertaken during this module, I have become more aware of the new potentials and possible limitations within my own individual practice. This process of developed understanding is evidenced throughout my blogs.	good
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)	I have evidence of this on my blog that my research into various themes surrounding my subject and the context that my outcomes are applied to has given me a much more informed understanding of the social, cultural and ethical concerns of my solutions and individual creative concerns. Through research into shamanic cultures I now have a more informed knowledge of my context of study which means I will have been able to solve the creative problems of my brief.	good
5C6: Explore and apply a range of appropriate practical and conceptual approaches to self-determined ideas, concepts, solutions/proposals in response to own identified intentions and relevant practices. (Practical Skills - Practical and Conceptual Development)	I have explored a wide range of appropriate conceptual and practical methods in relation to my subject of shamanism. I have also shown a good level of idea generations in response to my identified proposals that have been fully explored throughout my intensive individual relevant practices. There is evidence on my blog that show  this process of my practical skills through my practical and conceptual development.	very good
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)	This is constantly shown throughout my blog that I have produced a very resolved and high level quality of images. I have outlined my conceptual ideas and have effectively translated them into a range of technically competent outcomes that are also demonstrated to have very effective applications to my product and real life context. This is the are of the module where I have devoted the most time and this is made clear throughout my blog.	excellent
5D5: Demonstrate the ability to plan and carry out a period of increasingly self-directed study through the appropriate use of workshop areas, studio activities and project management skills. (Key Transferable Skills - Presentation and Evaluation)	I have demonstrated a good ability to carry my initial project plan and through the process of self directed study have been able to make a very good level of transferable skills. I have also used the work shop areas such as the print room to help to identify and explore with my own practice, this is evidenced on my blogs. Management skills was a hard part of this module as the deadlines of projects were all very close but I think I have been able to keep a consistent momentum.	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.

overall I think this module has gone very well for me in many ways. At the start of this project I was unaware of many of the concepts, practices and methodologies that I now have a much better understanding of due to my time spent on researching and exploring new ideas and concepts. At the end of this project I feel much more equipped with useful knowledge that will make my practice much more well informed. During this self directed module, I have developed a much better understanding of my contextual subject of shamanism, entheogen’s and psychedelia. These are all areas where my recent artwork across all modules has been inspired from, so becoming more informed within these subjects is allowing my practice to continue to develop. Also, by researching into a range of product based studios and also making mock up versions of my illustrations onto a set of sellable products, I now feel I have a much better understanding of how I can translate my artwork/screenprinting onto a range of specific items. This new acquired knowledge will become of good use for me in future projects and on my own individual practice. I have also developed and explored a new range of print based media experiments. This has been the biggest part of this module for me. I have made experiments with the layering and marbling of different colour combinations and textures. I have also explored a new range of materials and textures to print on to get a variety of new aesthetics that can lead to more well informed and refined outcomes. This process of experimenting and creating new aesthetics is really enabling me to find new, original and professional looking final images. I will be continuing to pursue this approach to new processes throughout my next modules and my own practice. Throughout this module I have been reflective on my experience throughout the use of my blog. In doing this I am able to record my own decisions so that I can be fully aware of the processes that I take and what I have learned in doing this, what I haven't enjoyed and how it can influence my practice. The use of blogs allows me to asses my own work on a more critical level which enables me to analyse my work in a higher detail to get the best and most professional outcomes. I think a big part of making this project well informed was my constant and consistent time invested with the print studio in order to explore my own directed practice. I developed a lot of time into making and testing my outcomes which was actually the most enjoyable part of this module. I have had the most fun with the practical elements of this project and exploring new methodologies of colour, texture, shape and line through the use of extensive printing processes. Also I think another really enjoyable parts of this project was my new prints with the use of ultraviolet paints. This has really helped me to visualise a new way in which I can take my artwork of painting and screen printing to the next level. The use of UV paints allow a single image to have two aesthetics and I will continue to further study this in my own practice. I think this project went really well but there are however some things i could have done in order to make my products more informed. I could have firstly spent more time within my sketches so that my idea and original thought processes could have been further explored before jumping right into a set aesthetic to follow for the rest of the project. Roughing and sketching more could have helped me to figure out some new possible outcomes. I could have also been a little more consistent with how I balance m time with this project. I devoted slightly to much time to the making and experimenting materials rather than applying them to products, which is what the brief is mainly about. I could have also done slightly more research into the product context of my subject and also should have attended more group crit sessions to get a wide amount of peer and tutor responses that could generate new ideas from another perspective.  I have learnt a wide range of contextual concepts within my subject of practice and have developed new methods of image making through print, I will be taking these forward into next years studies and in my own personal practice. All of the skills I have acquired throughout this project has really made my practice become more experimental and refined that will help me to generate new ideas and concepts for myself as we'll as make much more professional outcomes that can also be applied to a wide range of sellable and commercial items.