End of module self evaluation.

1. What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
I think the main skills I have developed up to this point have been software knowledge and in the initial stages of a brief surrounding ideas generation. Being able to put my ideas onto paper clearly so that I can work with them effectively. I have gained a good grounding in illustrator, a program I had never previously used and this has been really beneficial in terms of taking my ideas through from paper to digital outcome, and should really help with the onward development of my digital outcomes.

2. What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your design development process? 
Research is one area in which I don't feel particularly confident as I find it is sometimes a process that almost becomes overlooked as I try to get into my design work as quickly as possible. Although throughout the continued use of the internet for blogging etc, I have been able to source and document a huge amount of what I would consider to be really effective and influential design which has informed and inspired my design practice. An example would be my type illustration for "No News is Good News" which was a technique I saw and wanted to try myself.

3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these? 
I think the strengths of my work lie in using the software to bring together my ideas and illustrations digitally without taking away from the designs effectiveness. I plan to look a lot more into the process of vectoring hand rendered experiments as this has given me a really strong base to work on my ideas digitally in conjunction with my illustrated development.
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully? 
The weaknesses in my work are definitely based around time management. Keeping up to date with my blogging can sometimes be a bit of an issue and also creating what I feel to be an adequate amount of development , that I am pleased with for a project. I think this just proves that you will always take the most critical view on your own work, and also that there is always improvements to be made. In terms of keeping up to date I will try to set myself amounts of work to complete each day so that I do not have to rush to complete something towards the end, as this can only be detrimental.

5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these.
- Try to work in a range of media to hopefully give me a greater range of diversity in my outcomes and to maybe find techniques that I really enjoy working with.
- Use research on the internet and from the library etc as a tool to inform my practice much more, rather than something I often find becomes an afterthought.
- Try to make clearer connections between research and practice so that it is more obvious where my ideas may be coming from.
- Keep blogger up to date and stay on top of projects by setting a minimum amount of work so that I do not end up getting bogged down by briefs.
-Try to work initially by hand, developing a range of ideas, which I can then take forward digitally. As opposed to focusing on single ideas which often don't give much scope for further development.

Attendance- 4
Punctuality- 4
Motivation- 4
Commitment- 3
Quantity of work produced- 2
Quality of work produced- 3
Contribution to the group- 3

Final mailshot.

Mailing list.

Mailshot... first mock-up

Here are a few images of the first mock-up of my mail shot and there were only s few changes that I felt were necessary for the final, a few small print errors and some the white background of this poster image above, which didn't have the same effect as the rest of the mailshot...

Mock up envelopes...

Message &image delivery... Initial Digital development.

Mail shot ideas.

Illustrator Workshop.