Thursday, 12 May 2011
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Tutor Time May 5th
Today we had a group discussion, where we first wrote down answers to three questions,
'Positive experience of self directed research/ engagement with creative outlets / reading around subject'
I said that I had looked quite deeply into research and when we had the task of coming up with a business plan I began to find it interesting and research led me from place to place and I began to imagine the possibilities of creating something similar to use as a real plan. I also became much more aware of what is involved with setting up a business and how much has to be planned and taken into consideration before you can even start and the costs involved.
'Evaluation of managing own time and project work'
The management of my time seems to be working well and has probably improved from last term, I have been setting myself goals for when I want a piece of work finished and the majority of the time I have stuck to them and when I haven't it's usually because I've prioritized other work over it.
'Aspirations for future. How might they have changed? what prompted the change?'
My plans have changed as when I started I thought that I wanted to do graphics design but I found that I missed doing art the only time I was really getting to do it was in my free time and as I got further in to the course I lost the time to be able to do it.
I think my plans have changed as I try to picture myself doing graphics in the future and I can't really see it, I've lost some of the enjoyment of the work, although I really like the current project I still can't see myself doing it as a job yet. Art is something I really enjoy doing but it won't be sustainable so it will always be something I do in my free time. I also enjoy photography so I think this course is still very relevant as it gives me access to a little of all of these practices.
While having the discussion I took some notes that I thought were good or helpful such as to remain open to other influences, not to cut out everything else because you are studying one subject. When finding exhibitions not to say that you'll only go to ones that you think are in relation to graphics in my case but to go to different exhibitions as they might offer a different approach to thinking.
Talk to other students, that are higher level or have moved on, get advice as they have been through it and will probably have good tips of what to do or not to do. Also talking to people who are already in the jobs that you are looking into, get to know what it's like.
Some methods that other people were using to manage time were to use a white board in their room, notes can easily be added and changed, and it's a quick way of getting ideas down, I really liked this idea and think that this will be something that I will try, another suggestion was to write down things that you have completed as well as a list to do this way you get to see what you have achieved so far and this might give you an extra boost to go further.
'Positive experience of self directed research/ engagement with creative outlets / reading around subject'
I said that I had looked quite deeply into research and when we had the task of coming up with a business plan I began to find it interesting and research led me from place to place and I began to imagine the possibilities of creating something similar to use as a real plan. I also became much more aware of what is involved with setting up a business and how much has to be planned and taken into consideration before you can even start and the costs involved.
'Evaluation of managing own time and project work'
The management of my time seems to be working well and has probably improved from last term, I have been setting myself goals for when I want a piece of work finished and the majority of the time I have stuck to them and when I haven't it's usually because I've prioritized other work over it.
'Aspirations for future. How might they have changed? what prompted the change?'
My plans have changed as when I started I thought that I wanted to do graphics design but I found that I missed doing art the only time I was really getting to do it was in my free time and as I got further in to the course I lost the time to be able to do it.
I think my plans have changed as I try to picture myself doing graphics in the future and I can't really see it, I've lost some of the enjoyment of the work, although I really like the current project I still can't see myself doing it as a job yet. Art is something I really enjoy doing but it won't be sustainable so it will always be something I do in my free time. I also enjoy photography so I think this course is still very relevant as it gives me access to a little of all of these practices.
While having the discussion I took some notes that I thought were good or helpful such as to remain open to other influences, not to cut out everything else because you are studying one subject. When finding exhibitions not to say that you'll only go to ones that you think are in relation to graphics in my case but to go to different exhibitions as they might offer a different approach to thinking.
Talk to other students, that are higher level or have moved on, get advice as they have been through it and will probably have good tips of what to do or not to do. Also talking to people who are already in the jobs that you are looking into, get to know what it's like.
Some methods that other people were using to manage time were to use a white board in their room, notes can easily be added and changed, and it's a quick way of getting ideas down, I really liked this idea and think that this will be something that I will try, another suggestion was to write down things that you have completed as well as a list to do this way you get to see what you have achieved so far and this might give you an extra boost to go further.
Tutor Time April 28th
Today we did our portfolio website presentations I got a good response to mine and it was good to be able to see the work of some of the other people in my group, about half of them came in to do the presentation so it will be great when I get to see the rest of them.
Things that I learnt from doing these presentations and creating the website are that it is good to have a clear introduction and clear sections that lead into each area of the site. I categorized mine so that I has a section for art, graphics and development work. It was hard to tell if other peoples were easy to follow as they presented theres as a PowerPoint.
It was also suggested that we showcase our best work and not to dilute it with work that isn't as good.
Another key thing is to make sure you are prepared before showing the work, in my case I knew what computer I had to show my work on and from doing a previous presentation I knew that my external hard drive wouldn't work on it so I put my website on a small usb stick and tried it on other computers, but when it came to presenting the computer couldn't find all the webpages and the screen seemed to be zoomed in so looked horrible. I eventually used a laptop to show my website but one thing that I've learnt is to always be prepared even if it means having to bring in your own laptop as a backup way of showing the presentation, and to test it on both mac and PC.
Lastly to reduce image size, preferably to have them as jpegs but some of my images required a certain appearance that I got from using png which wouldn't be ideal for online as the files are much larger and could slow down the loading of the page, this isn't good for showcasing your work as people don't like to wait and if your work isn't loading there will be someone else's online that is so you could ,miss opportunities.
Things that I learnt from doing these presentations and creating the website are that it is good to have a clear introduction and clear sections that lead into each area of the site. I categorized mine so that I has a section for art, graphics and development work. It was hard to tell if other peoples were easy to follow as they presented theres as a PowerPoint.
It was also suggested that we showcase our best work and not to dilute it with work that isn't as good.
Another key thing is to make sure you are prepared before showing the work, in my case I knew what computer I had to show my work on and from doing a previous presentation I knew that my external hard drive wouldn't work on it so I put my website on a small usb stick and tried it on other computers, but when it came to presenting the computer couldn't find all the webpages and the screen seemed to be zoomed in so looked horrible. I eventually used a laptop to show my website but one thing that I've learnt is to always be prepared even if it means having to bring in your own laptop as a backup way of showing the presentation, and to test it on both mac and PC.
Lastly to reduce image size, preferably to have them as jpegs but some of my images required a certain appearance that I got from using png which wouldn't be ideal for online as the files are much larger and could slow down the loading of the page, this isn't good for showcasing your work as people don't like to wait and if your work isn't loading there will be someone else's online that is so you could ,miss opportunities.
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