Monday, 7 November 2016

Illumination: End of Week 2 (half finished) Outcomes






What went well?

  • I'm really pleased with how the city scape came out in the first one. The simplicity/ ambiguity of the buildings and the way that they aren't quite in perspective really adds character to it. Collage is definitely a media that I work well in. It's nice to step away from just using line. 
  • I think that the 
  • I think that the concept is definitely reflected really well in all of the images and spending lots of time putting thought into how I was going to communicate my text definitely played to my advantage. Even though it's quite an ambiguous image, I think that the third portrays my message in the most simplistic and interesting way (the evolution of man made back to natural). This surprised me. 
  • I have really improved my skills on photoshop through lots of experimentation and help from my peers. 
What went not so well/ what challenges?
  • I really struggled with time management (only managing to complete two of my three images). I think that this is because I really struggled so make my ideas visual this is something I'm starting to find easier though.
  • I also struggled to make each of my images look finished. For all three I ended up resorting to photoshop which meant I wasted lots of time as I am a beginner to the software. I had in the back of my mind that every image had to look professional but after seeing a couple other people's work I have realised that it doesn't.

What an I going to do next?

  • Instead of trying to make my third image look really professional I am just going to play around with shape and have fun with it.
  • In the next brief I maybe want to go back to basics and try experimenting with and working entirely in analogue media (not relying on photoshop to make it look polished).
  • I want to try working again with collage and shape.
  • I also want to try to move away from my tendency to overcomplicate and to create some more simplistic images. (A complex image doesn't always communicate an idea best)



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