I think throughout this module I have rediscovered my ability to write a critical analysis, something which I haven’t done in detail for years and feel I am out of practice at. I realised how well research can push you in the direction of an idea and inform the final aesthetic of your resolutions. In the second part of this module I found it difficult to sketch thumbnails as this is a weak spot of mine, but found through exhaustive drawing of faces I developed that way instead.
Throughout studio brief two I tried coloured pencil a lot, which I found to add a softer feel to my work while still being highly detailed, I also experimented with embroidery, ink and working on large rolls of paper. I think changing the scale I normally work in made me look at my practice differently. For the final resolution I used acrylic and gouache to create a dry brushed a2 poster. I don’t think this worked however because I am not technically skilled enough in this method for It to look good. I took a risk and I don’t think it paid off, but I’m glad that I did so all the same. Rather than process I think that colour informed my concept development, as I was looking at gender stereotypes colour can play a big part in this. For my final piece I decided to choose an arguably ‘gender neutral’ colour such as purple as a spot colour.
I think my main strengths in this module has been my background knowledge of my chosen topic (which I think is a viable strength) because this allowed me a jumping off point, I also found that if it’s a subject in which you care strongly about, you invest a little bit more of yourself in it. I think that I also explored a variety of media as well as scale throughout studio brief 2, which allowed me to view my work in a different way, I think this has made me want to work bigger more regularly. Something I would not have done prior to this module. However, I think my use of media could have been explored further, I needed to refine my style of painting before using it as a basis for a final resolution. I think this resulted in my final piece feeling rushed and messy, I feel pretty disappointed in it, and in myself, for not being neater and challenging myself more. I took a risk and it didn't pay off, but I didn't allow enough time for me to rectify my mistake.
Next time I will:
- Spend more time researching my topic, try to challenge myself more by writing about something I don’t already know a lot about.
- As in every module, I really must start thumbnailing more, it doesn’t come easy to me but even I should have listened to myself by now.
- Develop my finals further, I did this to an extent, I was going to submit the rolls of paper with Patti and Bowie drawings on them but didn’t, I decided to take that and push it further. I could have done that another couple of times until it was a really strong piece of work.
- Fill a sketchbook, I need to stop being so precious about pages otherwise I won’t progress, how can I develop if I’m not developing?
- Not just make notes from the chronologies, actually try to respond to them too, maybe look at photographers or counter what the lecture was on. This will stop me from just taking influence from illustrators.
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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