End of Module Student Evaluation

End of Module Student Evaluation

BA(hons) Illustration

Module Code: Visual Skills OUIL405 Visual Narratives

Name: Chuyi Tang

Student ID:261696

Please identify where the evidence for each of the learning outcomes is within your submission and how well you feel you have met the learning outcomes. Please also grade yourself in relation to the learning outcomes using terms:

> poor, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent (Note- This is so that the team have an understanding of how well you feel you have done. It is not an indication of the actual grade you may receive)

Learning Outcome	Evidenced where? Blog, Sketchbook, Roughs Final Illustrations, development sheets etc.  (No more than 75 words)	Your grade Using words: > poor, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent
4A6  Demonstrate a range of approaches to research in the collection, development and communication of source material.	Blog, roughs	Satisfactory
4B5 Explore individual responses to creative opportunities, source material and visual research appropriate to set briefs and identified problems.	Blog, roughs, sketchbook	Satisfactory
4C6 Select and investigate appropriate practical approaches to the investigation of visual development and communication of source material in response to a brief.	Blog, roughs, test pieces	Satisfactory
4C7 Explore appropriate processes and techniques in the visual development of ideas relating to narrative, sequence and content.	Blog, roughs, final picture book	Satisfactory
4D5 Demonstrate an effective use of appropriate methods of recording, documenting and evaluating individual progress.	Blog, roughs	Satisfactory

Evaluation (See guidance below for more information)

You are required to write a 500 word evaluation of this module.

This module for me isn’t easy. After realized the over complication of my drawing, like I always focus on the use of tone, the detailed shape of object or people. In this module, I tried to simply my drawing a little bit, showing less detail in the human figure. Compare to my work from visual skills, I can see I am changing and I am pleased. I remember my friend told me my work are very recognizable because I only draw people with many details of the face, always relied on digital software and my tablet. So in this module, I tried to avoid drawing things with my tablet, I have tried many physical materials such as watercolor, color pencil, ink, collage, screen print… something I haven’t tried in the last module. It is interesting to see what I can create out of my comfort zone. I will definitely keep trying new technique and material in my work. The problem that worries me about is, simplify my drawing or trying some different way to draw an object, it is fun but I feel like I also kind of lost what is my illustrations style? I think I need to do more experiment or try repeat one drawing. See what I really like and definably will use it more often. Because I feel like I been drawing digitally for quite a while. At the beginning, I even feel like I cannot draw something I can be happy about without my tablet. But in the end, I realized it is also fun to draw with other material. In this module, I used a lot of watercolors, and I have also watched many watercolor videos from the internet to study some skills of watercolor. The most difficult part for me in this module is coming up with those ideas. I looked up some artist like Sebastian Magnai, Daniel Ablitt…their work helped me with my development of ideas. I have learned how important it is to do some research and looking other people's work. I also had a problem with putting my drawings together in a picture book. By looking through Sebastian’s work, I finally found a way to solve it. Although I feel like it could be better. Overall, I learned a lot through this module. Although because of some problem, I had to miss a one-week session. But I am very enjoying this module. I hope in the next module, I can use more media and try many different way to draw people not just my same old style.