Throughout this module I have learnt how to
approach a brief and use the timescale to the best of my advantage. I feel I
have learnt a lot about brainstorming quick ideas and producing a series of
thumbnails in order to generate ideas. From this I draw and re-draw images to
stimulate visual thinking and assess my drawing technique. I need to remember
to pick up different pens as I am thumbnailing to try out new things. After
this module I am going to buy brush pens and experiment with those as well as
other media such as watercolour.
I feel that I have progressed from the first brief
to the last looking back and evaluating my work I realized coming to the last
brief the areas I needed to work on and things that were working successfully
for me. I need to draw more, and to a larger scale - which is something I
worked on in the last brief using loose sheets of paper rather than my little
sketchbook. This gave me the freedom to keep re-drawing things and working on
the proportions. I need to consider my composition more in future briefs. 'A
day in the life' was a great brief for this and made me realize how framework
can actually enhance your image rather than using it as a restriction. I have
opened my eyes to other possibilities of working when in group crits seeing how
others perceive a quote or an article and the media they use to display their
concept.
I think my final brief is the strongest in terms
of development, ideas, and putting those into a polished final outcome. I would
not consider my body of work as consistent - I do feel in the first couple of
briefs I was still trying to figure out what media I enjoyed and prioritising
my work load. I feel I have successfully got the hang of this now and I am
ready to take on future briefs.
I feel overall if I am being totally honest that
I have not been very interested in the briefs up until this last one. Given the
freedom to put my own spin on a quote inspired a vast amount of ideas; and the
final idea I came up with meant that it could be interpreted in many ways. I
became very interested in this brief and with it being humorous enjoyed
creating images that would make people laugh. Therefore I feel I was more
motivated into spending time drawing images, re-drawing them, working on the
proportions, figuring out compositions.
I will buy bigger sketchbooks and draw
constantly to show a constant development; as well as being more experimental
with media. Working more on Photoshop will allow me to be experimental with
collaging textures and exploring shape more rather than detailed drawings. I am
going to practice more with paint and creating work that does not rely on
humour so much.
From the feedback I have been given throughout
people have commented on how I should practice with ink and watercolour for
more subtle colouring which is something I will definitely bare in mind in
future when creating work with tone.
