OUGD406 - Studio Brief 04 - Evaluation

For the majority of my other modules, I have been looking into traditional print methods, so wanted to go down a different route and experiment with my digital skills. I feel that my digital skills aren't my strongest and I would like to grow them. This module was all about communicating a personal experience of my first year at university, and what advice I would give to the next years first years. For me, making friends was a huge part of university and I found that I had made friends with the wrong people and didn't spend time getting to know everyone on my course. After becoming friendly with everyone, I found the course a lot more enjoyable. In order to communicate the importance of this I have produced conversation starters in a pack of cards.

I left this project very last minute and put it upon myself to produce this work in a day, however, I feel that this work is at a very high standard and I am actually very impressed with what I have produced in such a short amount of time. For me, this shows professionalism, being able to produce work in a very short amount of time. I did make it to crit sessions on time with ideas that helped me develop my work further, but because I left it so last minute, I had to receive feedback in my own time and work with my peers. Working collaboratively is what made this work so successful in such a short amount of time and I will take advantage of this in the future.

This project is focusing on my own experience of the first year and uses comedy and design to engage the target audience. My idea was simple and it didn't take much research to produce, however it took quite a bit of development and collaboration with my peers and it uses language that the target audience will relate to. I am proud of this work and really happy with the end result. I think I have constructed it to a very high standard. I am really pleased with the skills I have learned over this year which have helped me to produce this work. I feel I am really confident now with using the print room, knowing what stock to use, formatting my work for print, and manually constructing work as a final product and photographing it professionally. I feel that these skills have been incredibly strengthened over the year and will benefit me in my second year greatly.

I really enjoyed this brief and enjoyed having fun with it. It was a real laugh to think of all the quotes to use on the cards. Honestly, I wouldn't change my design in anyway, but if I were to do the project again I wouldn't leave it so last minute as it felt a little rushed. Saying that, I have learned for next time to treat every project equally and not leave everything so last minute like I have this year. I have learned that time management is a huge part of this course and I will spend more time on this next year.