What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
With there being no stock in the print room I had to think of new and different print process. For one that I will explain in better depth further on in the evaluation, the centre labelling that was meant to be printed on a sticky matte. I had to think of the next best thing and in a result I printed on vinyl. This being the first time I wasn't sure what to expect but I was very happy with the final outcome. This will defiantly be used again in the future with other projects.
This has been the first time I have designed for a 12" sleeve so I was not that familiar with the folding technique. Then again in the past I have had much experience with the 7" so at the end of the day it was basically that but bigger! I very much want to do more work around this area as its what I most enjoy.
In terms of the dissertation, I have never been part of something so big and time consuming. However, considering it being written work, I enjoyed the process and discovered I have learned a great deal in this area. I can't exactly see my self producing a essay again of such size but if the time comes again I will be prepared!
This has been the first time I have designed for a 12" sleeve so I was not that familiar with the folding technique. Then again in the past I have had much experience with the 7" so at the end of the day it was basically that but bigger! I very much want to do more work around this area as its what I most enjoy.
In terms of the dissertation, I have never been part of something so big and time consuming. However, considering it being written work, I enjoyed the process and discovered I have learned a great deal in this area. I can't exactly see my self producing a essay again of such size but if the time comes again I will be prepared!
What approaches to methods of design production have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?
Design boards are by far the best way to go about starting a project. It means you can get everything in you head out on to paper and in a result you can clearly see everything you have been thinking about. In terms of design development, it must alway begin with design boards as this will set the foundation to any design and project. The design development has been clearly documented on my blog so you will be able to see whats been going on. The development changed tremendously because of the stock situation!
The dissertation was quite hard to come up with during the summer holidays. Despite having to hand in a form about an idea of what the title might be I had no idea. I then decided to again, like my practical, produce design boards about what I liked in design. Music and the album cover had to be the number one thing, but I wasn't sure how I was going to go about making a whole dissertation about it. As the summer went on a kept on finding more to talk about and the title started to take shape. I firstly constructed a 2000 word essay on Strom Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, talking in depth about there most famous work.
The dissertation was quite hard to come up with during the summer holidays. Despite having to hand in a form about an idea of what the title might be I had no idea. I then decided to again, like my practical, produce design boards about what I liked in design. Music and the album cover had to be the number one thing, but I wasn't sure how I was going to go about making a whole dissertation about it. As the summer went on a kept on finding more to talk about and the title started to take shape. I firstly constructed a 2000 word essay on Strom Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, talking in depth about there most famous work.
What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
During this brief I kept thinking of how I was going to print my work. Especially considering the print room didn't have any stock in that I was familiar with. My four page album cover went wrong because there wasn't the right paper in stock and this album cover happened to use the rest of the laminate paper! I then decided to print on a card with two different covers and the result was successful.
I was under a huge amount of stress when the 4 page album cover didn't work as I believe it would have worked if the right stock was around. I was very quick to come up with the next best thing when it was most needed and I think this has been something I hope to do again the future. You never know what might go wrong in your work, in this case i don't think I have myself to blame! I hope that when it most matters I will keep my cool and make sure I think of solution.
Experimenting with different print processes is something a rarely do. I do my best to avoid it so that I avoid error. I have learnt that it is very important to try new processes. When it came to my centre labelling I didn't have the paper I needed. That being a laminate matte. I then managed to find some white vinyl paper and this worked very well for me and for the final outcome. In the future I will make sure I experiment with different print processes.
I was under a huge amount of stress when the 4 page album cover didn't work as I believe it would have worked if the right stock was around. I was very quick to come up with the next best thing when it was most needed and I think this has been something I hope to do again the future. You never know what might go wrong in your work, in this case i don't think I have myself to blame! I hope that when it most matters I will keep my cool and make sure I think of solution.
Experimenting with different print processes is something a rarely do. I do my best to avoid it so that I avoid error. I have learnt that it is very important to try new processes. When it came to my centre labelling I didn't have the paper I needed. That being a laminate matte. I then managed to find some white vinyl paper and this worked very well for me and for the final outcome. In the future I will make sure I experiment with different print processes.
What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?
Time management has been a weakness in this module. The hand in for this came extremely quickly and having it right after the christmas holidays cause me to have a lack of motivation during the first week back. In the future I believe the college should consider moving the hand in date to a later date.
I have already addressed the fact the print room didn't have any stock. But this must be mentioned again as this in some ways has been a weakness towards my work and in the end towards the final outcome. During the last days I was very, very rushed. Nothing seemed to be going right and there being no paper to print on that I knew about almost lead to giving up! The four page album cover going wrong two days before hand in for example.
This caused my presentation boards being printed right before hand in, not ideal in any way. My macbook decided to crash and I was forced to print out boards that were pixelated and probably full of spelling mistakes. If I'm brutally honest, I am usually very good when it comes to handing in work. This has been the first time during my time at the college and I defiantly don't want to experience anything like it again.
Next time I must make sure I get everything done in good time. If it isn't, the worse can happen, like your macbook giving up. This really made me lack all confidence as handing in something you don't feel 100% with really isn't the greatest feeling.
Written work has always for as long as I have lived been my biggest weakness. Essays and in my case, my dissertation, were not easy. I was however writing about a subject I love and admire so finding the motivation to work was most of the time very easy. Much easier than finding the motivation to write about urbanisation in Paris. For the most part I am very pleased with my final hand in for the dissertation. I am a very slow writer and most of the time reader so the time I put in is staggering.
I worry for typos in my dissertation, spelling mistakes and errors with grammar is something I seem to always do. This meant at the hand in I was terrified there would be mistakes throughout out the whole dissertation. When you have worked on something so hard for a long period of time this feeling is horrible! In the future, I hope for someone who's job it is to read through my daft mistakes!
I have already addressed the fact the print room didn't have any stock. But this must be mentioned again as this in some ways has been a weakness towards my work and in the end towards the final outcome. During the last days I was very, very rushed. Nothing seemed to be going right and there being no paper to print on that I knew about almost lead to giving up! The four page album cover going wrong two days before hand in for example.
This caused my presentation boards being printed right before hand in, not ideal in any way. My macbook decided to crash and I was forced to print out boards that were pixelated and probably full of spelling mistakes. If I'm brutally honest, I am usually very good when it comes to handing in work. This has been the first time during my time at the college and I defiantly don't want to experience anything like it again.
Next time I must make sure I get everything done in good time. If it isn't, the worse can happen, like your macbook giving up. This really made me lack all confidence as handing in something you don't feel 100% with really isn't the greatest feeling.
Written work has always for as long as I have lived been my biggest weakness. Essays and in my case, my dissertation, were not easy. I was however writing about a subject I love and admire so finding the motivation to work was most of the time very easy. Much easier than finding the motivation to write about urbanisation in Paris. For the most part I am very pleased with my final hand in for the dissertation. I am a very slow writer and most of the time reader so the time I put in is staggering.
I worry for typos in my dissertation, spelling mistakes and errors with grammar is something I seem to always do. This meant at the hand in I was terrified there would be mistakes throughout out the whole dissertation. When you have worked on something so hard for a long period of time this feeling is horrible! In the future, I hope for someone who's job it is to read through my daft mistakes!
Out of FIVE
Attendance : 5
Punctuality : 3
Motivation : 3
Commitment : 4
Quality of Work Produced : 3
Quantity of Work Produced : 3
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