End of Modular Evaluation

End of Module Student Evaluation

BA (Hons) Illustration

Module Code: OUIL503 Responsive

Name: Wilf Dessent

Student ID: wd252989

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
5A4:  Make appropriate use of a range of research methods to investigate a topic and produce work relating to the critical, cultural or social context of art and design. (Knowledge & Understanding - Research and Critical Awareness)	This can be evidenced in my Roald Dalh project where I have researched the characters in order to portray their individual characteristics within my designs. I have researched within my own skills, through repetition and refinement of ideas to figure out how I can solve the problems. It can be evidenced on my blog where I have taken influence from different imagery.	Satisfactory
5B3: Generate ideas, concepts, proposals, solutions and/or arguments using the language, materials, processes and techniques of a designated discipline. (Cognitive Skills - Problem Analysis, Problem Solving)	This can be found within my roughing and sketching where I test out how the ideas work, helping me too refine the ideas appropriately. This can be evidence where I use different print process appropriately to the designs I am making, and the visual qualities I’m wanting to achieve. Also the combination of process and medias used together. This can be evidence where I have used the appropriate materials needed to complete the tasks that where set.	Very Good
5C3: Respond to set briefs or proposals in a professional context. (Practical Skills - Visual Quality and Conceptual Development)	This can be evidenced on my blog where I have responded to the correct requirements set by the briefs. It can be evidence in my analysis, where I reflect on my work and judge whether it is going in the direction I intended. And in my development and evaluation of ideas where I judge if the visual qualities/aesthetics are appropriate.	Good
5D3: Exercise self-management skills in managing their workloads and meeting deadlines/apply interpersonal and social skills to interact with others. (Key Transferable Skills, Organisation, Communication and Evaluation)	This can be evidenced where I have planned what materials I need to complete the tasks. Also where I have set myself a time frame to work too in order to complete the briefs on time. It can be evidenced within my ‘Libertine Bar Mural’ where I had to interact with a client and discuss ideas – as well as organizing how the production will pan out. It can be evidenced in my collaborative brief where communication is vital to the progression of the project.	Very 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 OUIL503 Project Report.

I have found the modular to be very beneficial to my practice, developing technical skills through print process and development of ideas. I have learnt skills outside of my practical skills, things like dealing with a client, pricing my work, organization, time planning and also communicating with people. Communication skills where vital in the collaboration brief, not just arranging where and when to meet, but communicating your ideas to them correctly and making sure they understand what your intentions for the brief are. Organization and planning was vital throughout the modular, time planning was needed when dealing with lots of our own individual deadlines. Lots of organization and pre planning was needed when producing the mural to ensure it all ran smoothly. I have exercised the screen printing process and marble effect a lot within this modular, and I have definitely become more confident with it. I have really enjoyed practicing my large scale spray painting skills, it has been really beneficial for to me to produce a mural and realize how these skills can fit into the industry. It has given me more confidents in my large scale work and given me time to build on my spray painting skills in a much more professional way. I have learnt valuable skills within my character designs for Roald Dahl, looking at ways that I can portray different characteristics using icons, objects and colours – but still presenting them as a matching set for a publication really tested my practical crafting skills. I have developed skills in after effects, taking a similar approach to my 504 animation, I looked further into how my lino prints and how they can translate into moving image. Collaborating on a brief with someone and using a combination of drawing styles has been interesting, it’s a totally different approach to what I would usually take to solving a problem. It can give you confidence in your ideas when you have somebody to constantly reflect on ideas with. Having to keep demonstrating your ideas out load, can help to give the idea the constructive criticism needed to improve it. Collaboration has shown me how team work can be beneficial to your idea generating skills. I was good to practice my skills in after effects but the final production wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, the main things I took from the collaborative brief was how 2 peoples efforts and ideas can be merged into the same creation – I found this interesting and will be relevant when working on real briefs in the industry. The Roald Dahl brief forced me to use photoshop to help construct my final design, even though they appear as screen prints. This has given me confidence in my digital skills and shown me further how it can benefit the process and create designs more efficiently – even when it’s a hand crafted aesthetic. Conceptual thinking and communicating ideas is something that hasn’t been practice as much within this modular compared to others. This could be due to us being able to select our own briefs allowed me to find briefs where I was comfortable with the initial theme. I found each brief easy to approach and the ideas came fairly easy. As a whole his modular has tested skills within final production and printing more than generating ideas for the concepts. I think more contextual researched could have been used within this modular, Because I was fairly set on ideas at early stages I unintentionally missed some of the early research stages. It could have been beneficial to my outcomes if they were influenced by some more external imagery. Within the decks for change brief I found interesting to realize how a previous concept could be re worked and re applied and given a new purpose completely. Looking back at the modular I seemed to approach the competition brief differently to I would with a uni brief, I focused much more on aesthetic and weather I was happy with how it looked and the energy it gives off, rather than trying to fit my work around a criteria and spend lots of time refining the concept before producing anything final. I feel like over the course of this modular (I think influenced from 504) I have been much more open to new colour combination and working with vibrant colours in general. Things from this modular I want to take forward into future projects will definitely be large scale spray painting, I would love to work on more murals in the future. I will continue to explore screen printing, Lino printing and digital work and how these can all work together.  Also specific screen printing methods like marbling is something I will continue to use. I will also continue to explore how my pencil like qualities work when screen printed – how could these work when combined with lino? Combining multiple types of print process is something I will continue to explore.