PPD2 Evaluation.
This last year has definitely taught me a lot about myself as a graphic designer and the way that I work in college. At the beginning of the year I was a little confused about what my intentions were and that this then meant that it took me a while to settle back into the working environment and get back into a routine. However, as the year has progressed I feel I have done so too myself.
I cannot afford to let my mind drift away from design practice over the forthcoming months. The two or three weeks that I spend doing work experience will help me to stay focussed, and may help me to decide where my practice takes me in the final year.
As the year has gone by my organisational skills have improved. This was one of my major flaws at the beginning of the year, and a major let down to my work. As I have been able to organise my work recently I have greatly benefited from this. It has enabled me to see the work that I have produced, and when it comes to group crits I have been able to get feedback whereas before no one could comment on it.
My knowledge of the Adobe creative suite, including Photoshop and Illustrator is expanding everyday as I am learning new techniques, and this is where I see one of my strengths to be. Other strengths include my ideas and the thinking behind them, but where I let myself down is the development of them. This probably comes down to my time management, which is something that I have been working on over the past year, but definitely needs to improve. The last couple of months have seen me using action plans, timetabling my work in so that I know what needs to get done and setting myself deadlines which have all helped me to keep as up to date with the work as possible. This is something that I will maintain going in to the final year.
As a graphic designer I intend to create work that not only inspires people but also gets them thinking in a new way. At the minute I cannot say where I want to be when I have graduated or what working environment I want to be part of. Hopefully next year will see me producing even better work.
The work that I have produced is mainly computer based and I would like to get away from this and explore other aspects of design. So over the summer I will continue to research into graphic design studios and existing work to see where I may see myself in the future.
