EVALUATION

During this module I found myself confused and unorganised when producing the research. I found it difficult to find a specific point to research. After compiling my research about photo manipulation I started to enjoy the developmental process of completing a publication. As I have often worked away from publications I believe this was an experimental process into the production of publications as I wanted to progress my skills and understand what steps need to be in order for a publication to work and what design decisions need to be made.

I found my research worked nicely with the publication and the content of my research ended up being the main focal point within my designs. I looked into the photo manipulation of imagery then applied this new research that I have discovered and made me understand that the public need to see this information, they need to be aware of the denial and trust that is being broken with these generated images. I picked a few genres that my publication will look into to provide scope and knowledge over a few types of manipulations.

One aspect I would like to work on for future modules would be the experimental process with my publications, I want to produce work that experiments and produces exciting new compositions that work and make readers want to keep and look after my work. I haven't produced enough publications on the course so my intentions are to work with a range of outcomes for briefs and make sure that my concept and idea is being pushed and developed the best it can. This will only be achieved with experimenting, and understanding the tricks and process it takes to produce these outcomes.

I also want to work on my layout and production of layout within a publication. I found it difficult to get effective aesthetic layouts and I believe developing on this and making sure I research further into unique and experimental layouts will promote my designs and fit with my style.

I have realised that I like to produce strange, yet clean work that entice people in and to look further into the design yet all aspects of the design become legible and readable. Producing interesting work that people are happy to read and look into, but having a strange and unique aesthetic that they haven't seen before.

Another aspect I want to look into is the time keeping and organisation. I want to make sure that I have an organized work process and my design decisions are accurate and relevant to the development and progression of my work. I want to refine an organised time plan that I will apply to briefs, and work in a structured routine to complete my briefs. I believe this module has put me in the right mindset for third year and has motivated me to question my work process and understand aspects that need to improve and aspects that aren't working.