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Leeds College of Art
BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION
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Level
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04
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OUIL405 Visual Narratives
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Credits
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20
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End of Module Self Evaluation
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NAME
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Christopher
Martin Cooper
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1. Which practical skills and methodologies
have you developed within this module and how effectively do you think you are
employing them within your own practice?
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I have found
a big shift in my work process away from line based drawing with much of my
image making focusing around the interplay of shape and negative space. This
has in turn allowed me to explore the application, creation and execution of
textural elements within my work something which I had been wanting to do for
a while. The result of this has been a much more process driven approach to
my work particularly with regards to the use of printed ink and dragging
paint through sectioned off (with tape) areas of my page.
Although I
have once again experimented with digital media, something which I feel I am
now reasonably proficient in, this project has made me realise I have a much
stronger affinity with and feel for analogue processes and that something is
often lost when image making becomes overly digitised. However It as a necessary
element even within analogue image making so as to make work ready for, and
work better when printed digitally or presented on screen.
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2. Which approaches
to research have you found most valuable during this module. How have you
interrogated your research to identify appropriate ideas?
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A mixture of
both first hand field visits as well as secondary research into the cultural
and historical backgrounds of my chosen themes was the most rewarding. This
is because it allowed for very varied and in-depth background knowledge on
which to ground more personal experiences and emotions that were felt
first hand.
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3. What
strengths can you identify within your submission and how have you capitalised
on these? What aspects of your submission are you satisfied with?
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The volume
of research that allowed me to explore a wide varieties of themes and ideas
visually. In turn this allowed me a lot more experimental and varied in my
image making process which has led to, not always brilliant but at least
interesting artwork.
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4. What areas
for further development can you identify within your submission and how will
you address these in the future?
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The process
of narrowing down my ideas definitely needs development in future so as to
produce more concise and readable final outcomes. This is due to the fact
that I think, given the brief, one of the main flaws my submission is that it
isn't completely obvious what is going on within my images. I did
purposefully try to create ambiguous imagery which was a risk I was willing to
take as I felt it best conveyed the themes of my research. However I'm not
100 percent sure if it worked effectively.
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5. How
effectively are you making decisions about the development of your work?
What strategies
informs this decision making?
I think, in
terms of development I made decisions pretty quickly, choosing to follow up
and produce work in response to a variety of different themes/research.
However this
did result in a difficult and laborious decision making process when putting
together the final book as it was how to narrow down what did or didn't need
to be in the book. Although this did result in me having to take a lot more
time in the creation of a final outcome which a positive aspect.
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This project
has definitely been one of two halves in terms of organisation. With
practical work and research I was very organised having carried it out more
or less everyday for extended periods of time, even over the Christmas break.
However I was not blogging as I was going due to the fact I definitely side
tracked it due to how into my work I got a points. In hindsight this was
pretty poor management on my part as it has resulted in several days of none
stop work.
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7.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
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Attendance
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X
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Punctuality
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X
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Motivation
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X
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Commitment
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X
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Quantity of
work produced
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X
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Quality of
work produced
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X
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Contribution
to the group
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X
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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.
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·
A
printed copy of this evaluation should be submitted with your work.
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A
copy of your end of module self evaluation should be posted to your studio
practice blog. This should be the last post before the submission of work for
this module and will provide the starting point for the assessment process.
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You
should also post a copy of your evaluation to your PPP blog as evidence of your
own on going evaluation.
Notes / Comments for the Module Leader
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Signature Christopher M Cooper
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Date:22/01/16
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