What skills do you think you have developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
During this module I have developed an greater understanding of the practical and professional concerns of individual creative practices. I have begun to think about investigating the personal, professional, innovative
and entrepreneurial aspects of the creative industries and
communities of practice. And have started to establish an increasingly independent understanding of the practical
and contextual location of my individual creative ambitions by getting out there and researching a number of institutions. I have also developed a higher understanding of the communication skills needed to approach said institutions in a more confident way.
What approaches to methods of design production have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?
I have been applying what I have learnt in the other modules to my own personal branding throughout this module, I think that most of the 'design process' skills I have acquired have been from these other modules. In this module I have developed a greater knowledge in other aspects of my design practice, like how the industry works had how to make an entry into this. However I have produced a solid set of business cards and a great website for this brief that has improved my skills in both of these areas. This has in turn given my more confidence to approach studios which my own applied branding in place and a website.
What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
My strengths have been in the design department for this module, I have produced some personal branding that I am happy with and coded a successful website that runs well. I will obviously be able to capitalise on these by using the cards and site to approach designers and studios out in the real world for the first time since foundation. I have also found that my presentations skills are still good, I did the presentation earlier today and found that it was as easy as I thought it would be. This is a real strength I can capitalise on, being able to present confidently to a group of people will be a big advantage when I have to start pitching to clients and studios later in life. However how this will translate into pitching to strangers I have yet to find out, I am very comfortable in the year group so I want to have a go at something out of my comfort zone.
What Weaknesses can you Identify in your work?
My weaknesses have been in putting this module to the back of my mind throughout the whole year. This has left me with a lesser understanding of my personal and professional practice than I could have achieved, for which I am greatly ashamed about. I think that with the creation of the website and that I have started to contact studios shows that I have at least started what the aim of this module was to achieve but I still thing I could be further along the road if I had but more focus into this module.
Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
- Understand that the PPP module is not just tagged onto the rest of the course and that I should take it much more seriously in the future. I only really saw this towards the end of this year when I started looking at studios to contact and realised the importance of listening and working throughout the rest of this module.This will help me be more confident in my knowledge going forward into the third year.
- Blog the studio workshops. I was at all the studio workshops, wrote notes throughout all of them and learnt a great deal during them, however I never blogged any of it. This is a huge waste of time as I could have demonstrated that I understood the workshops here, but totally neglected this. This point it closely linked to point 1, that I did not take the module seriously till it was far too late.
- Have a more driven approach to contacting studios, I can continue to visit studios through my third year and beyond, and I still have loads of time to get involved over summer. Now that I have confidence that I have work to show these studios I feel like I can go ahead and get in touch with something to back up my claim that I do graphics.
- In the future and In the third year, where we will be doing much more self directed work, I will want to do a lot more for my personal website, to really get the work on there up to scratch in a big way and have more pieces that really stand out. This should provide the site with more punch when I send it off to studios to have a look at it.
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