End of Module Evaluation

End of Module Student Evaluation

BA(hons) Illustration

Module Code: Visual Skills LAUIL403 Illustration 1- Language

Name: Rosie Reynolds

Student ID: 267558

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, Sketchbook, Roughs Final Illustrations, development sheets etc.  (No more than 75 words)	Your grade Using words: poor, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent
4A4                  Demonstrate an awareness of practical and conceptual concerns within the context of visual investigation and visual thinking            Knowledge, Understanding & Research Skills	Persons of Note, Illumination, Sketchbook Roughs, Blog	Good
4B3      Explore a range of approaches to the generation and investigation of ideas in the development of solutions to set problems     Problem Solving & Reflective Practice	403 Blog, Sketchbook	Good
4C3      Visually explore ideas through the selection of appropriate methods, processes and media in response to set briefs         Discipline Specific Skills & Technical Competencies	Sketchbook, Playbook, Roughs, Final Illustrations	Good
4D3      Document and record critical awareness, evaluation and self-reflection in response to their own work and the work of others Transferable Skills & Professional Communication	Blog, Sketchbook and Playbook	Good

Evaluation (See guidance below for more information)

You are required to write a 500 word evaluation of this module.

When this course started, I had an immediate feeling that I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else- I felt safe and welcomed and the work was challenging, but in a good way. The module has been very well planned and thorough, covering all aspects of the discipline without being too restrictive. I feel like I understand the discipline a lot more now than at the beginning, and feel reassured that it is a worthwhile practice. Getting used to the workload of three different aspects of the course while keeping on top of the blog has been challenging, but a welcome new experience- I feel a lot more professional than I expected. I thoroughly enjoyed learning some new skills- such as the screen-printing, and the Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator workshops- I particularly enjoyed learning how to use a Wacom tablet and using gouache for the first time. Playbook has been useful to my practice with studio briefs as it has taught me how to follow through with my ideas on paper and practice multiple image making methods, like drawing and collage, which became useful in my studio briefs. I really enjoyed collage, on the shape and texture session where we made large self-portraits. I felt this came easily to me and was really fun to execute and see everyone else’s results too.  I was really pleased with my Persons of Note outcome as well- I feel that although it was challenging, it got very good feedback and I feel quite proud of the result. I feel like I could have used my blog more to my advantage to log more of my own personal thoughts and projects, and I also feel like I could have managed my time a lot better- this is something I am definitely working on, but sometimes lack in motivation leads to me leaving things a little bit too late, when I could have just faced it early on and produced work I could feel proud of. In the next module I will definitely make more time for work  I have allocated, and try to go above and beyond what I expect of myself, instead of settling for what I deem ‘alright’. In the next module I will also develop my skills on Illustrator and Photoshop- and spend more time creating work I enjoy with media I enjoy more- like collage and paint. Overall the feedback for my work has been very positive- even the group crit sessions where I didn’t bring a lot of work to the table, I got very lovely feedback from my peers and inspiration on what I could work on and work I could create. The feedback sessions always helped me find a new way of thinking or develop a concept further into something would be happy with, and always made me feel like the work I had produced was worthwhile and good.  I feel appreciated among my tutors and peers with the work I have made, and I hope to continue to grow with their support. Contextual research has been very crucial to my practice, and the library has been an invaluable source of information at my fingertips. The research I have done has been quite internet-based and I plan on using more first-hand research techniques and make use of the library and my tutors more.

Evaluation Guidance

This should be a reflective summary of your experience across the module

How did it go? Where did your journey start, where did it end?

Begin with an overarching summary of the module as you look back over it. How has the module impacted on your understanding of the discipline? What were your expectations of the course and how have they been met?

What learning took place? What was useful to you?

Be specific. New skills? New methods? New processes or approaches?

Did you use the blog to reflect on your project development? How has Playbook impacted on your studio briefs?

What went well and why? What did you enjoy? What were you happy with as an outcome?

Be critical and analytical. Why did you enjoy it? Perhaps identify particular sessions?

This could be ideas, solutions to problems, studentship or research. How well did you use the studio? Did you invest enough time in the development and testing of your outcomes?

What could you have done better?

What were the problems you faced? What did you do to try to overcome them? This could be in reference to studentship, organization, blogging or studentship?.

How can you apply what you have learnt here for future modules and projects?

Application and future thinking. Things you would do differently next time? What useful methods, processes and ideas will you take forward into the next module?

Feedback

What other people (tutors and peers) thought of work and how you responded to that feedback? What did you get from the differing feedback sessions?

Research

Did you use contextual research to inform your ideas, ways of thinking or understanding of the challenges set. This may include further research of your subject matter, slides from the presentations or use of the library.