OUIL404 End of Module Evaluation

Leeds College of Art BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION	Level	04
OUIL404 Visual Language	Credits	20
End of Module Self Evaluation

NAME	Naomi Crompton

1.  Which practical skills and methodologies have you developed within this module and how effectively do you think you are employing them within your own practice?
·       Developed an awareness of how to dissect an image by and look at the key elements within it (line, composition, tone, value, texture, frame) Towards the end of the module I have found myself looking at not only my work but the work of my peers and other practitioners and seeing what elements of their/my work is strongest. ·       Composition and frame have become essentials for me in mapping out and creating images. I have occasionally fallen back into not using these methods but this always affects the quality of work I have produce making me realise how essential composition and frame is to my practice. ·       Redoing and image or scamp until it is right to me. Especially towards the end of the module I began to see how being tireless with my scamps was important but also being able to look at a scamp and make the decisions on that would need to change to improve the next scamp.
2. Which principles/ theories of image making have you found most valuable during this module and how effectively do you think you are employing these within your own practice?
·       Perseverance is important to image making as it forces you to not give up and look and reflect on the way you are doing things and then try something different. I persevered with some tasks (line and mark) more than others (shape) this is where I needed to find the motivation to move further with tireless experimentation. ·       Using your sketchbook, as a tool to experiment in is crucial to pushing how far you can take certain aspects of Line, tone etc. within your own practice. It is some thing that I personally needed to do more of.
3. What strengths can you identify within your Visual Language submission and how will you capitalise on these?
·       Composition has been something that I feel has really improved my work, it goes alongside frame and depth in having helped me create more interesting images as well as helped me work within a more dynamic way because I have to compose images that work within a frame and don’t feel too overwhelming. I will capitalise on this by most likely using frame and composition a lot more within my developmental sketches within my work to help me build and develop images so that when I finalize them they are not as haphazardly put together. ·       Colour, tone, value has become something that I know will be critical within my practice, this module along side colour theory lectures has helped me develop my understanding of colours as well as the way I use colours to express mood within an image.
4. What areas for development can you identify within your Visual Language submission and how will you address these in the future?
·       Playful – I haven’t been playful enough within my sketch book and at some points saw it more of a chore than away of being able to try and play with new things, this has effected the way I have developed in some weeks. However I see within my texture and collage piece and depth piece that that’s when I started to become playful and even now I believe those pieces are the ones I probably learnt and understood the most from because I was having fun. ·       Exhaustive experiments- I barely experimented within this module to my on downfall as I believe it stunted the amount of learning I took away from this module. Which is why within future modules and modules I am doing now I will experiment with lens abstract images and media that I haven’t touched in a while/ before. And even though I abhorrently despise lens I think that lens could be a important factor within the development of my practice.
5. In what way has this module informed how you deconstruct and analyse artwork (whether your own or that of contemporary practitioners)? ·       As I have stated previously I have developed an awareness thought the months of weekly lessons on different aspects of image making of how to dissect an image a key element within it (line, composition, tone, value, texture, frame) It has helped inform me how artist both old (Delaroche) and new (Ping Zhu) use certain tools or methodologies to make successful art work.
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
	1	2	3	4	5
Attendance		x
Punctuality			x
Motivation		x
Commitment		x
Quantity of work produced		x
Quality of work produced			x
Contribution to the group					x
The evaluation of your work is an important part of the assessment criteria and represents a percentage of the overall grade. It is essential that you give yourself enough time to complete your written evaluation fully and with appropriate depth and level of self-reflection. If you have any questions relating to the self-evaluation process speak to a member of staff as soon as possible.