1. What practical skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
Practical skills i believe







2. What approaches to/methods of problem solving have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?

Methods of problem solving which i have learned works best for myself are brainstorming and having group crits which help me a lot when expressing my ideas and thoughts and talking them through with other members of the group also then you can decide whether the ideas would or wouldn't work!






3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
My strengths which I have found during the OUGD101 module are I have tried my best and used the materials that I had to make the best out of my work.








4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully?
My weaknesses in this module have been more apparent than ever! I am not fully satisfied with my final product as i have not got the skills on the adobe programs and are inexperienced in the digital print room. Therefore have had to work within the programs that I know to make the best out of what i had.







5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

1. Time management~ From this I will gain a better upper hand on keeping on top of the heavy workload.


2.Practice on the adobe programs~ familiarising myself with these programs will make my work more profressional in the future and can speed up my work proccess.


3.Organised~ organising my sheets will ensure i get things done in time and therefore lengthen the time I will have on the current projects rather than back tracking.


4.Blogging~ blog everyday then my annotation will be thorough and in depth.

5.Use library~ go into library for artist research rather than soley rely on internet references. Gain familiar referencing and expands knowledge of artists.


Are there any things we could have done differently that would have benefitted your progress?

More induction time in the digital print room as I have never used this facility and still feel uncomfortable doing this almost under pressure if I book time I need to know what and how to print! I little more help when given the brief maybe how to go about doing it meaning the technical side of things as I am more of a hand rendered person not computerised.












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



4

Punctuality




5
Motivation



4

Commitment



4

Quantity of work produced



4

Quality of work produced


3


Contribution to the group




5
The evaluation of your work is an important part of the assessment criteria and represents a percentage of the overall grade. It is essential that you give yourself enough time to complete your written evaluation fully and with appropriate depth and level of self-reflection. If you have any questions relating to the self-evaluation process speak to a member of staff as soon as possible.

Issues Raised

~ Good ideas will it be facts ou are using or persuasion?
~ Alot of experimentation and research done in to how the poster will fold out.. i like the idea of the martini glass
~ How well will the poster be able to communicate if its symbols?
~ Might scare people
~ 3D poster
~ Other forms of promotion other than a poster?
~ Envelope design



Actions to be taken to resolve issues raised:

I have taken into account all the above issues i have decided not to use the complex idea of the unfolding poster not right use for a nightclub poster also to add to this point i was trying to make it too simple by using symbol yet the issue about drunk females may find it difficult to understand. Other forms of promotion i like the idea of using stickers yet because i am targeting a more adult age group wont be as efffective so i have had the idea of beer mats on the bar with facts about Rape.

Concept Building

What

Making people aware of Date Rape is on the rise and to be more vigilant.

Why

Dangerous only you can prevent it from happening to yourself.

How

Poster with information

Who

Nightclubs
Sexual health clinics.

Inform/ instruct/ persuade/ promote?

Informing other dangers how to prevent it.

Format

poster.

Colour/ stock?

Black red white

I disagree with the majority of this feedback its unstructured and fails to explain where I have gone wrong and what i can do to improve my practice its clearly indicate I have stuck to the two colours plus stock and then says they dont work as part of a set i need to look at colour and style?? They are both hand rendered and use the same colours and stock one is an image of a cocktail glass and the other the recipe for the cocktail?! I do agree with I should try and do the images on the computer rather than hand rendered I want to begin the posters again with another of my ideas for the final outcome they look unprofessional.

What statement/fact/question is being communicated to you?

Unaware of what actually goes in ours drinks maybe from the bar staff or people in a club?

IS this being communicate to you in a clear and focused way? UNSURE

What could be developed further?

It would work if the finalized idea is here.

Have the posters been kept simple and to the point? YES

Is the statement fact or question being proposed?

A question of do you know what is in your drink?

Has the restrictionof the two colours plus been met? YES

Are the two colours appropriate to the solution? NO

Why are the two colours inappropriate?
Has to be finalized needs to look at trying another colour maybe black and white and for the illustration and type and background colour to liven the page up.

Do the posters work as a set or a series? NO

Why do they work/dont work as part of of a set set or series and could this be developed further?
Image and type poster missing The identity between the two posters arent too clear. Add identity by colour /font/illustration/style.


Is it clearly evident which poster is type, image and type and image?
Yes the type and type and image make the othe poster.

Are the posters memorable, immediate high impact and clear?
Type needs to be stronger and clear maybe look at restaurant menus. bold illustrations would work if produced on a computer.

Do you feel the brief has fufilled to its potential? NO
Further feedback....

Produce missing poster on computer add another colour and think about what type you can use?

In response to these critical responses I believe that my typeface does have a logic system to it and the letterforms we were told needed to work as individual letterforms as well as in a set and with mine you can tell there a set. Although they would have worked better together if they were lower case when put together to spell Sam for example. I dont think I am going to change the way i have produced the alphabet as I personally find appeal to the style.

Strengths
~ Explored range of a different approaches and visual investigation.
~ Good attempts to apply a variety of ideas relating to Sams personality.
~ Really strong resolutions.
~ Lots of research into theory.

Weaknesses
~ Stronger as typographic image than typeface.

Actions
~ Use logic and system for each letter so that they work well as a set.

Alphabet Soup- The Typeface

Stregnths
~ Explored a range of approaches to the typeface.
~ Attempts to apply a variety of a approaches to her partners personality
~ Strong resolutions.

Weaknessess
~ Stronger as a typographic image rather than a practical typeface.
~ Lack in logic and system.

Actions
~Apply logic and system to the letterforms.