SB1 EVAULATION

OUGD503 -  Studio Brief 1 Evaluation 

In this module i have learnt valuable skills on working to a specific brief. The module has enabled me to see an insight into how the industry works. It has also built my confidence a lot as i feel like i have got used to how the process works. I know that i will be a lot more willing to enter competitions and briefs thanks to pushing myself in this module. My confidence in my own work 

This module was very taxing on my ability to time manage. This is always something that i have struggled with so having so much free time on this module was hard for me. I was forced to organise my time well in order to complete the briefs. I think i have improved this a great deal because of this module. I have gained some useful self discipline habits such as planning and organising my workload and thinking ahead that i know i will take ahead with me into future work. 

I think That my book cover was successful, I think the end result met the specifications of the brief well. It had a strong use of typography, and it was current and gave the book a fresh look. It was exactly what the brief asked for.

I was really happy to see my work involved in an exhibition for the 27 club.seeing this happen has given me the inspiration to work at other exhibition briefs as i found the whole process very rewarding.

The GF Smith calendar brief turned out differently to how i expected as i had to change my choice of paper last minute. The specific colour plan paper i was planning to use and was instructed to be used in the brief didn't turn up so i had buy different paper last minute in order to imagine what the calendar would look like. Disregarding the lack of paper, i think the calendar works really well and is very vibrant and fun. The instructions on the back work well and are easily followable from my tests. I think the concept behind the calendar is also very well thought out. I hope that GF Smith see the fun element that the calendar has. 

I think my development in the module has been quite poor. In the GF Smith calendar brief my initial ideas look quite similar to the final designs, in order to improve my work i need to spend more time developing my ideas. Similarly if i had spent more time refining some of my ideas for the book cover i know my work would have been greatly improved. 

Next time I would like to spend more time developing my skills and continue to enter briefs to push my skillset further. I would like to get some more advanced skills in software such as adobe after effects and learn how to mock up my work better using photoshop.  for future briefs i need to work out a better pitch for my work in order to sell it to clients. This is something i think i need to focus on rather than presenting my work to be graded.