Monday 15 May 2017

Evaluation

End of Module Student Evaluation
BA (Hons) Illustration
Module Code: OUIL502 PPP

Name:
Student ID:

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, Storyboards, Development Sheets etc.  (No more than 75 words)
Your grade
Using words:
> poor, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent
5A3: Demonstrate an informed understanding of professional context of their practice within the creative industries and cultural environment. (Knowledge & Understanding - Research and Critical Awareness)
Blog, presentation


Good






5B2: Identify and analyse the challenges and opportunities offered by future developments within individually appropriate areas of creative practice. (Cognitive Skills - Problem Analysis, Problem Solving)
Blog, creative report, presentation
Satisfactory
5C2: Develop a body of work in response to a defined brief that effectively demonstrates professional working practices in research, planning and communications. (Practical Skills - Visual Quality and Conceptual Development)
Creative report, Life’s A Pitch, presentation
Satisfactory
5D2:Employ a range of appropriate professional communication methods to record and present their own creative practice, concerns and ambitions. (Key Transferable Skills, Organisation, Communication and Evaluation)
Creative report, blog
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 and post the PDF as your final post on your OUIL503 blog. Also, please cut and paste the text from this box into the final page(s) of your OUIL502 Project Report.

It’s been quite a tough year for me – I’ve struggled with depression for a lot of my adolescent and adult life, my grandma died recently and I’ve had a lot of friend drama. So that’s definitely affected my year at uni.

However, I enjoyed continuing my exploration into the creative industries and considering new areas, such as opening my own shop one day, that I hadn’t previously considered. Looking at practitioners and asking them questions gave me a lot of new insight that I took on board for my own practice.

I could have definitely managed my time better and blogged more, and more frequently. I set goals for myself to do better at this than last year but because of my personal problems I’ve failed a bit. I am still enjoying the course, but I’m not even sure I want to be an illustrator anymore.

I identified that I don’t want to be part of a collective, but my experience with the Responsive collaboration brief taught me that I do like to work in teams for certain projects. I just don’t want to define my work by a collective.

I still aspire to create comics and/or graphic novels, and have continued to research the process and artists who create work in these fields. I still want to be creative and make work that showcases my talent and passion for character, humour and narrative.

Next year, I want to manage my time better and blog more frequently, as well as make more industry contacts and maybe start work on some personal projects.






Presentation

Saturday 13 May 2017

In defence of the Arts

In light of the upcoming election, I've shared some things on Facebook to show my support of Corbyn and the Labour Party, and was challenged to defend Arts funding in schools: