End of module self evaluation

Leeds college of art: BA (Hons) Illustration OUIL403 Visual Skills Level 04 Credits 20 1. Which practical skills and methodologies have you developed within this module and how effectively do you think you are employing them within your own practice?

Ive tried quite a lot of new things for this project, or at least brought back some oldies that i'd had some bad experiences with. New additions being paper craft and coloured ink, bad pasts with crayon and watercolour, all working out and giving strong outcomes. The paper craft was certainly interesting, having had that experience, i know for sure i will dabble in the medium again, and am eager to do so. Im also proud to say that every single one of my outcomes was created with a different medium, whereas in the past i usually stuck to black ink line drawings and digital outcomes. 2. Which principles/ theories of image making have you found most valuable during this module and how effectively do you think you are employing these within your own practice? I really tried to spread my wings within the constraints of each brief, having valuable lessons gained from each. With the first brief, i'd never really had to plan out how to use a space of 'canvas' without the aid of photoshop, where i would have the ability to just re position and re scale everything. Having just the analogue mediums to work with was surprisingly alien to me and its comforting to know that i don't just crumble without digital support. For the second brief, it was great to create images of two tones, allowing me to experiment with contrasts, and again, thanks to the multiple results needed, it was great to have the opportunity to mix it up with mediums. Having the safety that if i mess up one of the images, at least the others will probably be a success. With this its incredibly surprising that the image i'm least happy with was created with the medium i was most comfortable using, digital. I guess this speaks volumes, as digital can be difficult to pull off without looking, well crap. My previous experience has taught me as much, and i guess this was just not one of my days when i created this work. That being said i am still happy with the outcome and glad i have it as a reminder to the lesson learnt. With the final brief, i was sure to take full advantage of the lack of restraints, fully utilising the necessary roughs to pinpoint what it was in my cover that i wanted, whilst also going completely alien with medium. 3. What strengths can you identify within your submission and how have you capitalised on these?  Im super happy with my use of medium, the range is ever growing, and i hope it only continues, Advancing on this though would be to mix the mediums more often, creating stronger outcomes because of it. My generation of ideas seems to be back in shape, finding it difficult to create works i was happy with starting the course.  4. What areas for further development can you identify within your submission and how will you address these in the future? Well, having little knowledge of a lot of the mediums i implemented, there is still a lot of work that can be done on improving them. This will come with practice though, so they will improve if i keep working at them. I believe i addressed all other issues within the other section, so ill save us both some time and move on.   5. In what way has this module introduced you to the Ba (Hons) Illustration programme Although i haven't mentioned it very often, I'm glad that the course is encouraging me to consider both composition and conveyance within my work, rather than just creating pretty pictures, these are key elements to a successful outcome, and can be scarily easy to overlook. Without waffling on, what i'm trying to say is that i know that i'm in safe hands, the course has been created in a way which means that i will leave a better creative, with a broader knowledge and strong method to work with, this has been shown within this unit and is quite reassuring.  Ratings 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