Visual Language: Evaluation

After completing the Visual Language brief, I feel like I have learnt a lot about experimenting and allowing mistakes to happen in order to overcome them. In the beginning I thought that this brief was way out of my depth, I like drawing but I have never really done anything art-wise that is professionally taught other than graphic design, so I was really worried about this module in general. Though now that I have completed it, I can say that it was one of the best so far! One that I have thoroughly enjoyed.

I think because I didn't really know what to make of the brief in the beginning, I set no expectations for myself until later on in the module, after I was getting positive feedback. And I think this was one of the best things I could have done. I pushed myself after I knew I could potentially do the tasks.

I really enjoyed the 'Set, Series, Sequence' brief in particular, because it reminded me of when you find synonyms for words, but this time we were trying to find visuals related to other visuals, and the extent of these connotations were the reason for which I chose a boring object and tried to expand on it. I also found then going on to chose one image and draw it in different materials to be very enjoyable and provided me with more confidence to use these materials further in the future.

The 'Environmental Storytelling' brief was quite a challenge for me as I have never drawn in public, and also never had to draw so many perceptions of one environment at a time. I chose places that I had aspired to go to and one that I love so I think this increased my motivation to put my all into this brief. I am very happy with the outcomes, though I wish I did some more detail to the backgrounds of my sky high buildings.

I surprisingly loved the 'Turnaround' brief, as this was another challenge that I didn't think I was able to achieve, but did! I am very proud of the way it came out and I am also now aware of why the format of my animations are of importance.

However my downfall of this module has to be the 'Life Drawing' brief, as I really didn't enjoy this half as much as the others. I felt like 10 seconds was in no way enough to draw a pose and therefore put myself under a lot of pressure and I think my drawings are mediocre. I would however, like to continue practicing life drawing because I do need to improve on it, and I think it would be greatly beneficial to me in the future.

Overall other than the last brief, I really enjoyed the module as a whole and it was a nice break away from having to plan, research, etc. Even though there was a lot of work involved I think I managed my time efficiently enough to do the best outcome I could.