Leeds College of Art
BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION
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Level
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04
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OUIL402 Personal & Professional Practice 1
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Credits
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20
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End of
Module Self Evaluation
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NAME
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SOPHIA
WATTS
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1. What learning have you inherited through
this module and how has it impacted on your own understanding of professional
practice? Consider yourself as a student at University as much as an
illustrator
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Being able to
categorise and recognise my interests, both within Illustration and outside
of it.
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Knowing the difference
between professional impact and personal factors that feed my practice as a
whole. I had never really thought about my practice in this way before and I
feel like since doing this, my work has become a bit more personal to me on
certain issues I came across.
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Looking at what makes
illustration ‘good’. My work has changed a lot since the beginning of the
year and mostly because I am trying to think more about the communication of
an image rather than just the aesthetic.
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2. What approaches/ types of
research have you found most valuable over this module?
Why did they have such an
impact?
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Making a Pinterest
account solely just for university projects has helped me a lot during this
module and has become a part of what I do to look for inspiration and other
practitioners work on a daily basis. This also helped me to distinguish what
it is I like about different kinds of art in general.
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Blogging key things
from my Pinterest account has helped me to pinpoint the things I like and
don’t like and why. I feel like reflecting on why this is has helped me
understand how the different elements within my own practice work.
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3. In what way has PPP
informed the way your work in other modules and your illustration practice as
a whole?
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Looking at myself and
thinking about where I want to place myself within the industry has changed
the way I think about illustration completely. I have found that due to this
I am looking at very different kinds of making imagery and my likes and
dislikes have changed, with my own work and others.
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My methods of research
have been more pro-active since using my PPP blog and I found that I want to
go and see things for myself more, rather than searching Google for images of
a place/person, etc.
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4. What weaknesses can you
identify in your PPP submission and how will you address this in the future?
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I feel like I was a
bit disconnected from this module towards the end of the year. I think this
was mostly due to the pressures of other modules and because the module is
fairly open and on going, I kept putting it to the back of my mind. Next year
I will make sure to set time aside purely to think and blog about PPP.
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Although I have
blogged some of my Pinterest account I think I could have done more, I have a
lot of things on my account that have influenced me. Also, films, TV and
music have all also impacted my practice which I haven’t really documented
much.
5. What communities of
practice and professional contexts do you intend to investigate further as
you approach level 5? Why do they appeal to you?
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Recently I have been
really interested in paper cut imagery and shape mixed with drawing/painting.
This could help me to produce more exciting imagery for editorials or
predominantly books (what I want to do). I would like to explore this further
in level 5 as I am finding that this approach forces me to be more playful
and experimental.
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I have always loved
children’s storybook illustrations and I think I would like to develop this
interest more and work on characterisation, step away from just using
representational imagery and be more open to trying new ways of describing a
scene/mood, etc.
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6.How would you grade
yourself on the following areas:
(please indicate using an
‘x’)
5= excellent, 4 = very good,
3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Attendance
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X
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Punctuality
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X
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Motivation
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X
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Commitment
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X
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Quantity of work produced
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X
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Quality of work produced
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X
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Contribution to the group
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X
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The evaluation of your work
is an important part of the assessment criteria and represents a percentage
of the overall grade. It is essential that you give yourself enough time to
complete your written evaluation fully and with appropriate depth and level
of self-reflection. If you have any questions relating to the self-evaluation
process speak to a member of staff as soon as possible.
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A copy of your end of module
self evaluation should be posted to your studio practice blog. This should be
the last post before the submission of work and will provide the starting point
for the assessment process. Post a copy of your evaluation to your PPP blog as
evidence of your own on going evaluation.
Notes
