My own personal development as an individual and as a designer is affected by all aspects of my life. This is an opportunity to reflect on the experiences from the past nine months that have informed the decisions that I have made/ are making about my future development.
The ability to reflect upon my personal development can help me to gain confidence in my abilities as well as identify areas of strength, focus, ambition and improvement.
What have I learnt and what do I want to learn?
As an individual I have learnt...
How to live away from home
Cook and clean
Budget and organise my own money
Look after my own health care
As an individual I want to learn...
More on how to organise money
How to run a house next year
New recipes
As a designer I have learnt...
Time management skills
How to juggle briefs
How to work independently
How to work under pressure
How to work in a studio environment
How to screen print
How to work with colour
How to work with typography
How to work as a group
Design context
As an designer I want to learn...
Alternative ways on how to manage time
How to use letter press
More about paper stock and print
How to promote myself
How to present my work
More indepth design context knowledge
What mistakes have you made and how have you learned from them?
As an individual...
I have made the mistake of going to Morrisons at a really busy time.
I have learnt not to stress myself out by doing the food shop at a busy time.
Spending too much money on rubbish food.
Rubbish food makes you feel rubbish and its a waste of money.
Paying out more money for train journeys because I had not booked them properly.
I must check if the train is booked properly so I dont loose out on money
I have forgotten to write down how much I have spent.
I loose track of how much I am spending.
As a designer...
I have not managed my time effectively
I have learnt to write lists to save myself from stress
I have rushed at the end of a project and let the presentation of my work let me down.
I must not rush because all that hard work should not be let down by careless presentation
For some projects I have played it safe and I did not pushed my ideas
I end up with design that doesn't extend my portfolio or push the boundaries
I sometimes dont explore ideas through design sheets
Jumping into an idea without design sheets does not help you push your ideas further.
Leaving blogging to the last minute
This makes you stressed and you dont have time to give your annotations justice.
You also dont have time to reflect on your blog.
How will this affect your future development?
I think by learning from your mistakes, it helps your future development by making you push the boundaries of ideas within your design practice. Individually if I become more organised, it will relief some stress that I have experienced this year.
What are your strengths and how have you/will you develop them further?
As an individual...
I think as an individual I am quite focused and hard working. I think I am a fun and caring person to be around and hopefully next year the house I will be living in will all get along.
As a designer
I am also focused and hard working
I play to my networking strengths and I enjoy getting my name out there
I am good at working with colour
I am good at Illustrator and I have love for vector art
I am open to the world of the unknown
How will I develop this further?
Overall I will use my hard working ethics to push my ideas further.
I want to get my name out there on a professional basis so I could develop some branding.
I want to explore colour more within my work and build up a archive of colour palettes
I dont always want to rely on vectors but I would like to learn a few more tricks of the trade.
I am open to experimentation, I like the feeling of not knowing how a project is going because it makes you take risks.
What are your weaknesses and how do you intend to address these?
As an individual...
I can be quite shy at times and not very confident in myself, I can address this issue by making myself step out of my comfort zone because in the past this has always worked.
I worry a lot and sometimes and I need to address this by becoming more organised.
As a designer...
I sometimes play it safe by sticking to what I know, I have notice this by the way I tackle a brief that I am unsure of/not enjoying. I tend to go for simple vector designs and colour schemes that I have used before. I need to push myself and experiment more.
My weakness's also lie in some of the more practical things such as book binding and manual printing. I wish I had more of a knowledge to these types of finishes because I think they could make my work step up a level. I need to time manage my time better so I can fit these things in whilst the facilities are at my grasp.
I think some of my presentation/finishing skills of my work could do with improvement. I think it is important that you end a project on a high. I sometimes struggle with the finishing touches, like folding and gluing work neatly and sometimes the paper stock I have chosen is not durable for my product. I will address this issue by practicing and taking my time at the end.
As an individual...
I can be quite shy at times and not very confident in myself, I can address this issue by making myself step out of my comfort zone because in the past this has always worked.
I worry a lot and sometimes and I need to address this by becoming more organised.
As a designer...
I sometimes play it safe by sticking to what I know, I have notice this by the way I tackle a brief that I am unsure of/not enjoying. I tend to go for simple vector designs and colour schemes that I have used before. I need to push myself and experiment more.
My weakness's also lie in some of the more practical things such as book binding and manual printing. I wish I had more of a knowledge to these types of finishes because I think they could make my work step up a level. I need to time manage my time better so I can fit these things in whilst the facilities are at my grasp.
I think some of my presentation/finishing skills of my work could do with improvement. I think it is important that you end a project on a high. I sometimes struggle with the finishing touches, like folding and gluing work neatly and sometimes the paper stock I have chosen is not durable for my product. I will address this issue by practicing and taking my time at the end.
What have you enjoyed and why?
As an individual...
I have enjoyed experiencing the student life and watching myself develop into someone I want to be.
I have enjoyed meeting open and like minded people because where I come from I dont feel I am on the same wave length as some people.
I have enjoyed living in a city, I have never experienced the hussle and bussle before and I am taking advantage of what I have got at my finger tips.
As a designer...
I have enjoyed the close nit studio community because everyone is really friendly and supportive.
I have enjoyed learning new skills such as screen printing because I have never tried i before and it is something I could get really into doing.
I have enjoyed learning new ways of working to a brief, the tight deadlines have made me push myself and I have enjoyed the pressure.
What have you disliked and why?
This year I have not really disliked anything. In Freshers, I had to go under this big change of moving away from home and fending foe myself and I found it quite difficult.
As an individual...
I have enjoyed experiencing the student life and watching myself develop into someone I want to be.
I have enjoyed meeting open and like minded people because where I come from I dont feel I am on the same wave length as some people.
I have enjoyed living in a city, I have never experienced the hussle and bussle before and I am taking advantage of what I have got at my finger tips.
As a designer...
I have enjoyed the close nit studio community because everyone is really friendly and supportive.
I have enjoyed learning new skills such as screen printing because I have never tried i before and it is something I could get really into doing.
I have enjoyed learning new ways of working to a brief, the tight deadlines have made me push myself and I have enjoyed the pressure.
What have you disliked and why?
This year I have not really disliked anything. In Freshers, I had to go under this big change of moving away from home and fending foe myself and I found it quite difficult.
How does this affect your ambitions?
The whole experience of the first year has been great, I have grown as a person and I can see how my work has developed. I realise that I am lucky that I know what I want out of life and I want to set myself ambitious tasks so that I feel satisfied.
The whole experience of the first year has been great, I have grown as a person and I can see how my work has developed. I realise that I am lucky that I know what I want out of life and I want to set myself ambitious tasks so that I feel satisfied.
What did you want to get from the year?
As a designer...
As a designer I wanted to learn a new range of skills and work methods to help push myself forward away from ND level. I wanted to meet like minded people and experience a studio environment that could help me develop as a designer with the help of others. I have experienced collaboration and this was important for me because I wanted to see how people can work effectively as a team.
As an Individual...
I wanted to learn how to stand on my own two feet because when I moved here in Sept I was just 18 and one of the youngest people on the course. I wanted to meet like minded people and experience the social side of Leeds. I wanted to find a good group of friends which I could share a house with next year, I achieved this and I cant wait to move in.
Have you achieved this?
Overall I have achieved more than I thought was possible, I have made some great friends and I have produced work that I am proud of. I still have a long way to go but I am glad that I made the choice to be on this course because I am lucky to have the studio time and space to work with.
What have you discovered that you weren’t expecting?
I have discovered that Graphic designer is a lot harder than it looks! End of!
I have discovered that Graphic designer is a lot harder than it looks! End of!
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