end of module student evaluation

End of Module Student Evaluation

BA(hons) Illustration

Module Code: Visual Skills LAUIL403 Illustration 1- Language

Name: Lucinda Pina  

Student ID: lp261641

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	Blog – Where I’m reflecting on what has worked and what hasn’t worked. Where I’m documenting research I’ve done and relating its connection to my visual responses.	//
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	Sketchbook – I’ve done this in my sketchbook by using drawing as research. During my Makeba project I was stuck on what to draw so I did some drawing from her documentary to create some visual responses. Roughs- for the book cover brief, I used both my sketchbook and my roughs to come up with visual ideas that best conveyed what the book was about and used ongoing reflections alongside the drawings to help me decide what the best ideas were.	//
4C3      Visually explore ideas through the selection of appropriate methods, processes and media in response to set briefs         Discipline Specific Skills & Technical Competencies	Sketchbook – for the Makeba project I explored a selection of analog media I felt would embody the energy of Makeba’s music, and used gouache and softer colour palettes to express the elegance I saw in her as a person.	//
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 – I’ve done this throughout my blog, documenting ongoing reflections and thoughts about my work. Feedback sheets – I’ve done this through feedback and evaluation sheets for different projects where I’ve reflected on both mine and other’s work.	//

Evaluation (See guidance below for more information)

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

So far this year has been mind-blowing. I thought I had a pretty good understanding of what illustration was, but being on this course has been so enlightening and so insightful. I feel like I’ve been learning so much; not just about illustration as a discipline, but about my work, and about myself. The freedom of playbook has at times been daunting but also quite fun. I’ve made work that has surprised me, work I’ve hated but also work that I’ve loved. I suppose I was expecting to make really good work from the get go, and that hasn’t happened, but I’ve also come to realize that making work that I hate is important. Maybe even inevitable. I’ve learnt that that’s okay. Playbook has revived my love of painting. I’d been wanting to paint again for the longest time but I somehow didn’t see how painting fit within illustration. But of course it does and I have a new found love for gouache! I feel like as a medium it really works for me. I love mixing colours and I’m obsessed with thinking about colour palettes and using colours to translate feelings, and gouache has been perfect at allowing me to do that. I don’t really know how to explain it but when I paint in gouache the painting feels like me. Collage has also been a process I’ve been exploring and really enjoying. It’s a way of working that comes quite naturally to me and this module has allowed me to explore that in so many ways – with found imagery, coloured paper, my own drawings, textures, patterns. It’s definitely something I’d like to keep exploring. I’ve also really been enjoying blogging. It’s so much fun. I also find it really helpful to document my reflections and look back at work I’ve done. It serves as an archive for work and thoughts and keeps my mind organized. I’d say one of my favourite outcomes from this module is my self-portrait. I usually dislike playbook sessions because I feel a lot of pressure when I’m doing the same work as other people in the studio. I always leave feeling very thoughtful and end up thinking a lot about illustration as a discipline and whether I am actually capable of doing it right. This self-portrait session was an exception though, it felt to me like a combination of all the processes I really like – collaging and using patterns and textures. There’s something I think about a lot, that was massively encouraged in this module, and it’s this idea of being completely immersed in our playbooks. I’m not there yet, but I’ve set that as a personal goal for the next one. I just feel like I need to have more fun with my sketchbook and stop being so apprehensive about making work that’s always good. I want to spend more time drawing and making because I know I enjoy it but also because I know that’s how I’ll get better at it. Also need to get better at using the studio. It’s such an amazing space and I’m so lucky to have it, just need to push myself to go in more. Looking back, the shorter briefs outside of playbook are the ones I’m least happy with. Not because I think all the work I’ve done is horrible but because I know I could have put so much more time and effort into it. The editorial brief could have turned out a lot better for me if I’d spent more time using drawing as thinking. It was a new way of working for me, and I found it overwhelming but I guess I’m okay with it because I know that I would have tackled it in such a different way if I were to do it now. I’ve been learning and growing, that’s what’s important!