#weekly evaluation

Evaluation for Week 7

For week 7 I was able to get a lot of experimentation done such as sketching the different shapes and textures of fruit so that I can have an idea of how I could arrange them in letterforms. I have even been able to get a few examples of letterforms within my sketchbook of certain fruit and vegetables, last week I have also had the opportunity to listen to the talk from lucy, during the talk I was able to make a lot of rough notes of what she was talking about in her presentation. I have higlighted some keypoints which I found to be thought provoking; mainly points such as what a designer may get involved in at some point of their career.

At the moment I only have rough notes from this talk so I still need to write up about the talk in the sketchbook, for any work which still needs to be completed I save a page in my sketchbook so the work put in is more orderly. When it comes to completing work before a deadline I would say that I do tend to spend a lot of time with writing up rough notes but sometimes having rough notes is unnecessary when I could have just written down keypoints within my sketchbook.

For week 6 I have added a list of supermarket brands into my sketchbook, Lidl was one supermarket brand I wanted to look into as I know they have done their part in ensuring the customer has a good experience within their store. I decided to write down about ho they changed a customers shopping experience by adding fun sized trolleys to their UK stores. I have come to realise that small decisions made by a brand do have an impact on the way consumers see a brand. Just by the addition of the small carts, Lidl has altered the brands appearance to the nation as one which is more about family. 

From analysing the Lidls shopping carts I am more aware of how I should be trying to push Tesco’s image to one which is more humble and a supermarket where the demographic can have an enjoyable experience within the store, theres no reason why shopping has to become a chore. It can be an experience for the family to enjoy.  Now it would be a good time to also look at other brands and how they are working towards creating a sustainable future, for next week I should make time to analyse how Asda have not only tried to make a more convenient shopping trip but have also made sure their supermarket is ahead of keeping sustainable not only for today but for the future of shopping.   

My aim for week 5 is to get any work which still needs completed done. I need to also prioritise getting experimentation done during this week. Its time to be creative with this brief and time to start showing visual work. I will try working with materials and techniques during this week; I need to make sure that I am able to explain how the pieces of work created links in with what Tesco are asking for in this brief. I should look into the techniques other artists and designers use and apply them to my own work. if I wanted to create a stop motion as experimentation for example I should be looking into the work of a stop motion artist and into the methods they use to get an effective outcome.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THIS WEEK:

Create visual pieces of work, My tutor Sarah has suggested doing a stop motion as experimentation. If I am doing any piece of work I should take down notes while working so that I don't spend too much time writing up later. 

I would say this week has been the most productive although for future weeks I want to push myself to get work completed within a given timeframe. Because I didn't create a timeline yet for last week it caused confusion with which tasks are completed and which ones still need finishing off. I will make sure that week 6 will be a very productive and organised week, I will also try and make sure the blog is up to date and that I am able to organise the work so that what Im doing for the project is understandable for anyone viewing the work. 

GIVEN TASKS DURING THE WEEK:

Write down Problems and Solutions to Tesco as a Brand and the way they Advertise

Look at Relevant Artist Research for Show and Tell

Create a Pangram Poster, Experimental Typography

Write at least 5 Outcome Ideas of what you can create for this brief

Days 1-7

Total Calories: 5,849

Total Good days: 3

Total Bad days: 4

Notes: The beginning is always the hardest. I’m disappointed I gave in so many times. As predicted it was the hardest when Mom was around. It’s not her fault but having someone else feed you is like an excuse. “It’s not in my control” so you give in and eat too much.

I bought Just Dance which is super helpful for cardio since I don’t want to go outside to walk at this point in time and even though Fitness Blender is good, it bores me to death. So dancing is the way to go.

I did yoga the majority of last week. inconsistently to be sure but I’d like to do it at least three times this week.

Week 2 Goals

1.Do yoga 3 times

2. Play Just Dance at least a bit every day

30th April - 7th May

So far, everything on my side of the project is in good standing. I have finished the animation stage and shall move into rendering, compositing and editing in the next week. I am confident that I will accomplish everything that I need to do for the deadline.

24th April - 30th April

Now that I have started the animation process, I feel confident that my part of the project will get finished on time for the deadline.

The next week will be focusing on neatening out the now-blocked animation by continuing to spline and refine. I will also keep editing together work-in-progress sequences, as that has helped me in the blocking stage to ensure that everything is timed correctly and works with each other.