Evaluation.

OUIL504 EVALUATION 

In this module I think I’ve learnt the most skills and transferable skills than I had in any previous module. Screen-printing was very tricky to get around and at first seemed like something I really wasn’t into however when it goes right, it really goes right. It’s a very addictive form or creating images. I was engulfed in it and It is now something I will involve a lot more in my practice. This however only being the starting point I believed I could of used it more effectively, now I’m aware of what I can actually accomplish with it I’m very excited to see what I will be able to do with even more investment into this craft, In short I think I could of used screen print more effectively and more to my style if I had been aware of its capabilities but it’s now a new starting point for me. Animation was something that I have only touched on, I really didn’t like it. It felt very alien and very unnatural for me. It was more a burden and the more I tried to use it and get into it the more I really didn’t like it. Too me it felt very cold and not a process I am keen to repeat much. I’ve learnt some basic animation techniques and have a very basic knowledge of after effects. I believe it’s mainly on my part. I personally wouldn’t say I used animation effectively in this module at all, I’m not proud of any of it. I really struggled with the concept and the whole approach and I think this is very evident in my work this module.

It was strange when I first started with screen-print never doing it before, I was very in the dark. So much so I just presumed that my usual style of working wouldn’t work with screen-print so I neatened my whole practice up, went a lot more digital and really turned around my way of working. Of course knowing what I know now, I could of stuck with how I usually work and it would of all most likely worked out, even for the better. That been said I now and have another weapon in my arsenal in that this way of working I’ve developed has forced my practice to evolve and grow and it is very different from resolved projects from previous years. Animation was more of a battle too see what I could actually do, what I felt was more me. Whenever I did anything I just didn’t feel right. Like I was just going through the motions and not having any resonance with what I was creating, I think this was another reason It quickly became laborious for me and pushed to the back of my creative pile as it were

Some strengths have some of this module but I feel all the strength is in the development and not the resolved pieces. For me the final images are a means to and end, they’re nice and they’ll do but for me the main strengths come it all the play and moulding of my practice. Character development has taken huge steps forward for this thanks to this module and I feel that’s where I shone the most.

On the flip side to that a lot of weakness in my work I believe fall mainly into how I manage my time and more so where I lay my allegiances to. For example if I’d have spent as much time trailing with animation and on After effects my final products might not been a complete insult to animation but because I was seduced by screen-print and found it gave much more back, animation was pushed away and only worked on here and there. I know this will heavily effect my final mark.

Now if I were to do this all again, or things to take away for next time and quite obvious In this one. Manage my time better but it’s more than that. I still got the work done, it’s work more a case of where I’m putting my time. I need to remember that there’s a reason we’re hear and it’s too learn. If anything I I’ve learnt I need to out more focus on things I find difficult to so I can excel at them or at least get them up to a point that I’m happy with and will at the very least feel comfortable to do again