Summative Evaluation –
Katie Wade
Within this module my
researching skills have been improved as I have learnt to navigate the library
resources more accurately and taken advantage of the amount of books we are
allowed to loan. It’s really helped being able to find academic resources and
statistics from the library this time, as this is something I struggled with in
401. I have also learnt how to Harvard reference to a more accurate degree. My
essay writing skills have also been improved upon as I feel like being part of
the feedback sessions have really pushed me to think beyond my initial ideas, I
have seen a real growth in my abilities to extend and research more into the
field.
Image making for this
module was quite interesting. I started
off considering making an all-digital publication because of the context of my
essay however as my experimentations developed so did my feelings towards what
kind of booklet needed to be made. I switched from acrylic paint (which helped
display emotion from the hard strokes and amount I used) to more delicate ink.
Ink is often my go to so I often try to stay away from using it too much,
however for this project I found that continuous line drawing combined with ink
was really a great combination and helped me portray the emotions and tone of
voice I wanted for my booklet.
However I didn’t feel
that I pushed myself in the image making as much as I did with the essay. More
time and consideration went into the essay making sure the tone of voice was
perfect and my arguments and exploration was thorough. I feel that this was
really not the case with image making. I should have been making images
constantly for this project but I found it really hard to produce work that I
had any connection or interest in. It was only in the last few weeks where I
realised that drawing robots didn’t have to be in my final work that I felt
liberated. This definetly changed my attitude towards drawing but by this time
it was too late to explore to the same extent as I should have done.
I wonder now whether if
more time had been spent with image making, maybe I would have had something
different and more impactful to say by the end of it.
My main weakness is this
module was organization. My time keeping has been a lot better this year but I
think I placed Context of Practice on the back burner (so to speak) for too
long and in the end had to spend extra time to catch up where I should have
been. Blogging was also not fantastic in this module as I was really stunted
for what I wanted to say in regards to the practical work I was producing. I
think getting stuck in one place in the practical work did hold me back and
that in the future I will have to ask more of my fellow illustrators in what is
working and how to work past the problems I’m facing.
Overall I was pleased
with what I have produced for this, the booklet came out to a fine quality and
I am relatively pleased with the essay. There
are things I am taking away from this module for future modules. These are the
importance of making timetables, as soon as I made a timetable for COP (a month
before deadline) my work became much more focused. This is something I wish I
had done earlier and is definitely something to do in the future. I also think
that I will take away the importance of communication, with tutors and with
students. For this module I was very wrapped up in the essay writing but
allowed myself to fall behind image making. If I had communicated with my
fellow illustrators and tutors I would have been able to push through the
creative block I had with my practical.
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