End Of Module Self Evaluation OUGD405

BA (Hons.) GRAPHIC DESIGN		LEVEL	04
Module Code	OUGD405
Module Title	DESIGN PROCESS

END OF MODULE SELF-EVALUATION

NAME	Melissa Gater

1.  What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
I have learnt a lot of methods during this module as I have used screen printing for the first time which I think went quite well during the preparation of the screen and my printing technique was quite good although near the end the tape risen and the paint escaped out under tape, therefore left the gold on a splodge of the back of the wallet. The second thing I leant during this module, is how to use InDesign efficiently I haven’t used InDesign before and this was a valuable task as is it very similar to the other adobe programmes. As the ways of placing and grabbing the images and moving. Finally, I have also learnt how to create stickers by using printers and laser that we can access down in the digital dungeon.
2. What approaches to/methods of design production have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?
My approach to the design process module has been informative to my final result due to my research is a big part of my development as all my ideas come when researching more into the briefing set. My time management skills I believe that I have dropped since the last brief which I think mainly the reason due to this is the hand-in of the essay as I don’t feel as well prepared for this hand-in compared the our first even though we have less things to hand in due to less briefs & long briefs set. The Research brief has allowed me to use methods in printing and also to pay more attention to the brief due to the lack of concentrating on the brief and going off on a tangent. The use of doing a large scale of ideas before starting your brief final has been very informative as you can develop while on paper which saves time than doing it while on screen in most cases.
3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
My strengths that I have realised whilst doing this brief is that I am quite organised as I do tasks on time and I intend to keep this up throughout my time here as I will use my diary to its full use, as I think it has been a great time management tool for myself. Therefore due to my organisation and time management I have met deadlines and had all my work at every critique. Another strength I believe that I have improved this time is allowing myself to try new things as I am quite held back when doing new methods and trying new techniques etc…
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?
I believe that I am just settling for a final design rather than spending time to finalise it as we have such a short period of time, so I need to allow my self for time to develop after critique over the weekend rather than setting myself other tasks to do. Also, although I have good time management skills I need to allow myself to blog my days events on the night and also within the blog taking better pictures by scanning and get in to the routine of putting where the images are from at the bottom of the picture. Another weakness of mine is that I need to make sure I read through the brief at every stage of my design process so therefore I know I am meeting the criteria, also making sure I have printed everything when set and not realising after my next stage of finalising the products.
5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
Next time I would do lots of ideas but if I find a good idea that I want to stick on mid way through, I shouldn’t go on and do further ideas and waste time when I wont like them. Therefore I will have more time to develop my final idea when created digitally and then remember to screenshot my developments rather as I haven’t screen shot them this time and therefore can not show my development to how I got to my final opinion. The second thing I would do differently is making sure I keep on reading through the brief to make sure I am following it and doing the right things instead of going on a tangent.   Thirdly I need to keep my blogging up to date therefore can put research picture straight onto my blog and link them below, also blog a critique or a session is more fresh in your mind if you do it the same day rather than 1 or 2 days later and then forgetting important factors that I need to be putting. The Fourth thing is that I maybe need to do less quantity and concentrate more on the quality of work rather than the amount of things I do. As my work on the final brief doesn’t look much of time taken due to the similar set up although it took a lot of time to do nets and the decision of typeface to use etc… Finally I need to up my standard of work I don’t feel like I am producing the best I can be when I look at others I either need to be more confident about my work or develop my idea until I am happy with the level of the quality of my final piece.
6.How would you grade yourself on the following areas: (please indicate using an ‘x’)  5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
	1	2	3	4	5
Attendance					✓
Punctuality					✓
Motivation					✓
Commitment					✓
Quantity of work produced			✓
Quality of work produced			✓
Contribution to the group				✓
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