Progress Tutorial

Strengths I have developed during Level 05.

Confidence,

During this second year I have found that I have gained a lot more confidence than I had during Level 04,

Around my fellow students,

speaking about my work to others,

presenting my work to other,

also explaining my ideas.

Attitude,

My attitude towards the course have changed this year,

I knew I had to come into it with a confidence boost,

knowing it was going to be a hard work, a lot more of a challenge compared to last year.

Time

Using my time better,

Using the studio space, and the amount of time a day in there and options around us.

Time Management, planning my work, doing it with a few spare days/hours to edit what needs doing.

Weakness I Have developed during Level 05.

To be fare I can't think of many weaknesses,

I feel compared to last year i have improved,

I had jumpy start with a few incidents, but minus that I feel I have just got stronger and gained more than lost.

I suppose I could mention my folder hand in during the first module,

with lack

My first hand in wasn't to great,

Lack of money and printing made my folio look weak and unprofessional.

CV's

What Is A C.V?

- Information about you, and your qualities as a worker.

- Summarising what you have done in the past, school, college, university, recent jobs.

- Information selling yourself, so a company can get in touch if they're impressed.

- A way of putting yourself out there as a client.

- A piece of information about yourself that a company can keep hold of, so they can read about you and have your contact details if they are interested.

What Should A CV Contain?

- Contact Details.

- Information about yourself.

- Recent jobs.

- Recent places attended; college, universities, placements.

- Enough information to sell yourself, as the person wanting the job.

What Is A Portfolio?

- A collection of someones work, to show industries or clients.

- Evidences of past work.

- College portfolio, University portfolio, Work portfolio, Portfolio for different stages of study.

- A well presented collection of work to help get jobs.

- Work you have put together through your time of study and work.

What Should A Portfolio Contain?

- Best pieces of work.

- Work that will impress industries.

- Showing you have skills, not a one trick pony.

- Work that shows you know what you're doing.

- Creative and clever work.

OUGD201 Self Evaluation - Design Production, Print

Was a good module to kick start the year, postcard brief was fine, apart from some personal issues back home, losing all the work I had done.

But as for "What Is Good" took me so long to come up with an actual idea I wanted to focus on,

my What Is Good was Scrabble, but it was were I went from there that I struggled most with. That taking a while to sort out, I could only get research about Scrabble, not about were I was taking it from there.

So my research side of things could have been alot stronger.

With all my design sheets for this module, I feel I had alot of ideas down on paper, and not just focusing on one,

messing about bits and bobs of each idea, trying to get the most out of each one.

I ain't the greatest at crafting and making objects, I feel my strong point is programme work, resolutions etc. So I try and focus on my resolution on screen,

Although I did have to make items for the "What Is Good" wasn't happy with them,

To be honest I wasn't happy with the resolution for that brief at all.

But at least the photographs make them look a tad better.

As for the Summer Brief & 16 Page Booklet Brief i was happy with them,

was happy how they looked on screen and when i got the printed out.

My biggest problem was funding to print,

module deadline, and I was skint, and had no printing credit either,

so my resolution boards had to be printed off on A4, which was a massive pain and unprofessional, but that will be sorted out for the next module,

cause I wasn't pleased with myself or how it looked.

5 things I would change:

- Time Management - In famous Time Management, I done alot better than I have done recently in the past, but next time I would like to give myself a good few days to have everything sorted, and printed how I want it.

- Research - For this module I feel that my research was weak, I had some good bits, but I could have expanded on them.

- Resolution - This is mainly about the "What is Good" brief, I wasn't happy with the outcome, the photographs were fine, but the actual piece was disappointing, I want to design work that am happy about.

- 16 Page Booklet - I did leave this rather late, mind was to focused on the other brief, I was happy with my outcome, but feel the design sheets and research could have been alot stronger.

- Final Ideas - Get them quicker! I seem to get my final idea very late into the brief, then I have less time to get the layout, research and resolution all done.

Group Tutorial Prep

What is professional/industrial experience?

- Work placement in a design industry.

- Finding out the in's and out's, the do and the don't.

- Not panicing if things are not going as planned, dealing with the heat and pressure.

- Designing for a client or industry who expect a resolution.

Why is professional/industrial experience important as part of PPD?

- Using the knowledge you have gained on the course, putting it into context.

- Put more thought into the industry and your own future,

would you manage? should you be there? prepared? ready?

- My positives and negatives, does this help your development?

- Motivation, something to aim for, a goal, how to go about it.

- Find out what it is that industries and public want, beat the competition.

How do you gain professional/industrial experience and what form does it take?

- Contacts, Employers, Agencies, Friends?

A friend who works or worked for a business maybe?

- Visiting Agencies, show interest, even if it is just a few hours of looking around the studios and flicking through their work, where they work and what the atmosphere is like etc.

- My own work, send it to agencies or employees, just ask their opinion, never know what could happen, no harm in trying.

- Look for as many agencies possible, ring or e-mail, you could try 20 and 3 get back but at least that is something.

- Just kick start your experience, no matter small or well known the company is.

What should you aim to gain from professional/industrial experience?

- Contacts, as many as you can, big or small.

- Where I want to be, what side of the industry?

- Greater passion for Graphic Design.

- Knowing about the industry, expand knowledge you know.

- Understand the time and effort needed to go into the work you provide for companies.