OUIL402 End Of Module Evauation

Leeds College of Art BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION	Level	04
OUIL402 Personal & Professional Practice 1	Credits	20
End of Module Self Evaluation

NAME	Naomi Crompton

1.  What learning have you inherited through this module and how has it impacted on your own understanding of professional practice? Consider yourself as a student at University as much as an illustrator
·       The importance of having a solid definition of what your practice is as it sets up the foundation for how you shape yourself and define the work around you within that practice. ·       Seeing myself not just as a person but a product in the fact that I’m not just selling my work I’m selling myself (no dirty way) as well. Your level of professionalism towards a fellow practitioner or company is integral in gaining good stead and is as important if not more that the quality of worked produced. ·       I’ve inherited the knowledge that I am not a novice illustrator now but a professional and should treat my work and develop myself in such a way that shows me that.
2. What approaches/ types of research have you found most valuable over this module? Why did they have such an impact?
·       Pintrest as a way for researching artist forced me to become aware of the art I was looking at and how I categorise it as good/bad and what prominent factors within different works either group them together (such as strong line work) or set them apart. ·       Forcing to promote not only your work but yourself as a product made me rethink the way I view myself and present myself to others as my own self-deprecation effects the how far I, as a practitioner can go within illustration industry.
3. In what way has PPP informed the way your work in other modules and your illustration practice as a whole?
·       It’s helped me gin a back catalogue of artists within my head which helps within the way that I go about different briefs as having that kind of knowledge helps me quickly and efficiently decided what kind of elements within this illustration will be the most important and what artist I know relate to this to help me look at effective ways of getting the content and context across. ·       When learning what illustration was I was able to use this foundation definition as a standard to criticise both mine an others work against. I made me a loot more aware of how something can turn from a drawing to an image to an illustration and how it is important as illustrates that when we answer a brief we make sure we are aware of the fundamental factors that make up or practice.
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your PPP submission and how will you address this in the future? ·       Inconsistent blogging, I saw and did a lot more primary research into other artist such as galleries, exhibitions and talks however because I didn’t consistently blog forgot to blog them down and forgot how they were helping shape my practice. ·       I have found it hard to move away from looking at just 2-d drawn character design when I have analysed artist and because in my other modules, especially the last two I’ve seen a shift in my methods and media I feel like the artist I blogged about should have reflected my journey too.
5. What communities of practice and professional contexts do you intend to investigate further as you approach level 5? Why do they appeal to you?
·      Performance- whether through zines, posters or films I’m really getting into the idea of performance within practice and work. Push how we view illustration as well as allow me to create problems for myself that I can only solve through performance, which would open me up to a greater sense of adaptability. ·      Character- I love character design and I always will however looking a character design created in different ways other than drawing but via crafting would be really fun and interesting undertake for me. I am well aware that as a practitioner I am charterer based but pushing the medias and way I create those charterers needs to be further explored. (Look into Pictoplasma) ·      I want to learn more about the theoretical side of illustration. A better and more in-depth understanding about my practice will allow me to be more confident in my work as more exploratory and experimental pieces of work can be easily defended and defined as illustration through but greater understanding of the fundamentals of illustration.
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.

A copy of your end of module self evaluation should be posted to your studio practice blog. This should be the last post before the submission of work and will provide the starting point for the assessment process. Post a copy of your evaluation to your PPP blog as evidence of your own on going evaluation.

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