An evaluation of Level 4

This is a copy of the first post on my PPP blog, I wanted to see what was still relevant. As a whole I think I fell into the trap Fred warned us of, forgetting PPP and putting it on the back burner. Even though I did a lot of things, researched and found my own influences and things that were relevant to PPP, it wasn't ingrained enough so it was forgotten about. I think this year I need to get into the habit of blogging the things that are relevant, instead of absorbing them then forgetting them a few days later!

I chose to study on this programme because:
- As an internal student I knew about the reputation of Leeds College of Art and of how successful the Graphic Design course is and how that would be transferred to the Illustration course.
-  Also because of my year on the extended diploma after transferring from sixth form, I appreciated how good the college was and found I could work better in the learning environment and the curriculum at LCA. 
- I love Leeds as a city, I knew I wanted to study Illustration and thought I would have to move away, when I found out about the new course it seemed obvious this would be my first choice. 
- I want to be an Illustrator, I'm not sure what area within the subject yet, I'm hoping after three years I will have more of an idea.
Things want to learn during my degree:
- I want to fall back in love with drawing, I've found that sometimes I go for weeks without drawing because of creative blocks. I want to be able to draw every day and enjoy it.
- I would like to refine my practice, I find it difficult at the minute to make a piece of work look finished and polished.- 

I think my strengths are:
- Although it's sometimes a weakness, I tend to think I'm doing worse than I actually am which makes me work harder (and possibly sends me insane).
- My need to better myself, I constantly look to contemporary illustrators and want to be at the point they're at but within my own practice.
- My pen work, I am most confident working in a 0.05 pen to create highly detailed pieces of work.

I want to improve:
- My time management 
- My technical skills
-My drive for making images 


I think because my work has gone through a complete maze of tests and reworking, a lot of stuff isn't relevant to me anymore. I still would like to refine my practice, improve technical skills and get a really good drive for image making going, at the minute it's not as difficult as it was but it's still something I struggle with.