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1. What
skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you
think you have applied them?
Throughout this module the main thing I have gained
is confidence. Confidence in my work, in my professionalism and in my
career path. Starting with attending web design socials with Danielle
Harrison and getting to chat to people about things I pretended to know
about gave me a lot of confidence.
Just jumping into networking events (the lack of knowledge on the
subject helped a lot, I now feel like I can start a conversation about
anything) and talking to strangers helped me learn how to approach people
in a social manner with business intent and successful results. At these
events I wasn’t particularly interested in getting a placement or an
internship as I am not interested in web design but I saw that Danielle, in
the same situation was able to give out many different business cards and
made many great connections. This gave me the confidence to jump online and
I began making digital connections through Twitter. I have managed to make
many ‘friends’ in and around Orlando that are creative in the Themed
entertainment industry. Discovering that my place as a graphic designer is
very welcome in that industry has definitely given me a lot more confidence
in my work. I have made many plans to meet and network with people on my
trip and can’t wait to get started. It’s kept me persistent in my career
path and now I’m confident I can see my end goal whereas in first year I
loved graphic design but didn’t really know where I could fit into my dream
career of a ride/ attraction designer.
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2. What approaches to/methods of design production
have you developed and how have they informed your design development
process?
In my promotional pack I have learnt to prepare
things for print in an industry setting, since my dad was able to help me
out with the print process.
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3. What strengths can you identify in your work and
how have/will you capitalise on these?
I have learnt a lot more about my design style and
learnt more methods of how to achieve different effects. My strengths in my
work would be that it successfully represented ‘me’, when shown to my peers
that was their first comment! I will continue to grow and evolve my style
but for now I don’t think there was anything I would change about my
outcomes.
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4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and
how will you address these in the future?
The fact that the stocks I printed on were different
and so the products were all of different qualities. I prioritised the
business cards and postcards as I knew for definite that I would be handing
these out on my trip around the USA, consequently forfeiting the quality of
my other works. I also didn’t include a letterhead, envelope, invoice or
anything particularly professional. To be honest, it didn’t cross my mind
to include these kinds of things until I saw everyone else’s outcomes. But,
this is probably a reflection on my current intentions to not work
freelance/ invoice/ be businessy until at least 3rd year. I am
using 2nd year and this summer to develop myself more and by the
3rd year will hopefully be confident enough to be able to have
an internship with real jobs and real clients.
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5. Identify five things that you will do differently
next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
Be more efficient with my time management – maybe I
could have had more stuff printed up!
Be more professional – I will be making more ‘pro’
items for my self branding next year.
Be more inventive – next year I intend to make my
promo pack even better and more creative than this year with the full
intention to send it out to studios and potential clients.
Be more persistent – next year I will be actively
seeking out clients and work
Be more crafty – I want my finish on my items
overall to be well crafted and not just on certain items – they’re all
important elements!
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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
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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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