This unit was Digital Skill Application and I was left feeling rather disappointed with the pieces I had to present.
This module took me up to about two weeks to really get a move on with and I felt very scatterbrained to settle on styles, approaches and workflows to how to get through my what I had. I feel as though my concentration and focus began to slip over the christmas period and and I began to fall off of my timeplan.
I feel like was very ambitious to challenge myself in an area I hadn't done before such as working traditionally, gathering and making a texture gallery however there are certain aspects of of my work that took longer than what it should have which made the digital side of my pieces appear rather rushed and lacklustre.
Whilst my sketchbook detailed problem solving and creative solutions to my how I was going to address issues in my assets I feel as though the final pieces varied in success via the individual panels. For example I feel like certain panels such as the last one appeared quite lazy and a bit of a rush job in comparison to the room which displayed a good sense of light and colour. If I had applied the same level of detail I did to the rest of the panels it would have been very easy sailing. Another point to make is the background which was just empty and boring, where it could have done with a bit of subtle pattern work to make it appear more interesting yet not eye-catching enough to distract from the main body of my work which was the separate panels of my work.
I did plan for my piece to be done in monotone I am very happy I chose to work using colours because there is more depth and an overall more established appeal about it.
Although I really like the turn out of the scenery in the first page I feel there is a certain laziness about the decisions I made, especially regarding the grass which was made using the grass brush tool. It appears very obvious and very repetitively used making my pieces appear very unprofessional. Another point to make is my use of point-perspective when making the house is lacking the skill required, making it appear very wonky to say the least. I feel quite happy to say that whilst this was an issue I struggled with, I managed to overcome it the easy way, using assets to hide the areas for improvement.
To end on a happier note I feel fairly happy with the colour palettes which have informed research through artist influences and use of complimentary colours. Which backs up my point about being happy with my choice not to go with monotone colours.
I would like to use this unit as a learning point for briefs to come in
the future and take some time to reflect upon my effort, motivation and the
result of later work.
SWOT
Strengths:
- Good standard of development and experimentation
- Very good research in to artists
- Informed development via research
- Strong influences via research
- Good decision making
Weaknesses:
- Lazy documentation
- Lack of skill when it comes to point-perspective
- Limited texture gallery
- Certain lazy aspects (grass brush)
- Bad time management
Opportunities:
- Spending an hour a day to do coursework
- Learn more on point-perspective through tutorials
- Collect free textures and magazine clippings to build texture gallery
- Stop taking the easy way out
- Make a realistic and achievable timeplan
Threats:
- Leaving work until the last minute
- Refusal to learn
- Time management
- Letting distractions get in the way of your focus
- Not putting in the required effort of a HE student