Sam Brooks. Graphic Design.

I believe I have completed my work to a high standard in this module, creating final pieces that I’ve been happy with and that are of a professional standard. Using cues from many different styles and designers to inspire me. I would say that the quality and presentation of my final work was something that I am most pleased with in this module. 

Something I feel I could have definitely improved on however would be my time keeping; although I was happy with the majority of my projects, there was a few that I had completed last minute, and I felt I was limiting myself unnecessarily. In future units I’ll complete projects earlier in the timescale, when I still have time to develop them further, I feel like this would help me improve my work as well as allow me to develop my ideas and styles more.

Another result of not developing my work further was that I tended to stay within my comfort zone far too much, as I tended to stay within what I’d done before rather than try more adventurous and risky things. This could’ve been helped with more development and research, as I would feel more confident in doing something different if I had more to back it up with. 

This could also be seen as a positive however, as a lot of my work featured a strong and clear style  (a style that personally I really like), this meant that while I may not have been developing my work in different styles, I was experimenting and developing the style of work I chose to use so often. As a result I feel these pieces looked more professional and worked better than a lot of alternatives could. 

Even though I left some of the projects late, I did hand them all in on time, which I believe is important, even if some work could be more in depth. 

Throughout the length of this project, I believe I have performed well, in general I would say my work has always been of a high standard, and I have definitely created pieces that 

I will include in my portfolio. 

However I believe one element I could have improved was timekeeping, there was a few occasions where, although I may have been happy with the final result, I could have created something far more interesting and of higher quality if I’d used my time better; for example, I may have been  able to create a good piece of work the night before, however I 

regret not using my time to create an even better piece of work I could be proud of. 

This has also effected my sketchbook and final presentation work, with some parts of projects missing and some elements of the presentation (namely having to print on standard paper, due to lack of time to arrange an alternative). As well as not being able to create a printed portfolio, as this is something that I believe often looks far better and more professional than a digital version. 

My online portfolio however, I believe is presented well, as I did research how to format and customise the layout and images to suit my needs exactly this includes being able to sort content by module, as well as having the option to view all of the pieces available. I think this went well as I went beyond what was expected in order to complete the task well. 

Another thing I believe I must improve next time is the lack of research prior to completing a project. I found I often went with some of my initial Ideas, rather than taking a more considered approach, and researching similar projects first. I found that the projects I did research first (The badge and T-shirt project especially) were more successful than others and as a result I will try and improve this in future. 

With that said, I believe the work I have created was consistently of a high standard, as there are very few projects I’d feel the need to redo. This could be due to the fact I wasn’t experimenting enough with different styles, which I believe could be true as a lot of my work this year has been using a very minimalistic in theme and I could have changed styles more, and tried more different things, rather than sticking to what I already know works. 

The front page of my publication for John Ingledew