OUGD402 Studio Brief 1 | OUGD405 Module Evaluation

OUGD405 Module Evaluation

For the most part I really enjoyed OUGD405. At first I wasn’t really enjoying brief 1 so I wasn’t producing very good work or vice versa so it took me a while to start producing work I liked and wanted to explore. Once I knew what I was researching for brief 2 I was pretty happy as it was something I was interested in and it way my own personal collection. As I said I was pretty wrong about this as it really was a boring and pretty tedious subject matter but thankfully due to crit feedback and a brief talk with Simon in my tutorial, I was able to come up with a topic which was much more ‘interesting and engaging’. If I were to do brief 2 again I don’t think I would change anything because that research led me to my brief 3 and 4 work which I really enjoyed doing and I’m happy with the outcome. I have learned from this brief how much research helps, and even when you think you have enough research you definitely haven’t; the more the better and if you keep topping up on research it defiantly helps throughout the brief.

Studio briefs 3 and 4 were really enjoyable for me as I could really experiment with things I had never done before, especially with brief 3. At the start it was a bit daunting having to create a book with almost no guidelines or restrictions and it being completely up to us. Then, as I looked into some layouts I really liked things got easier and then they got better once we had the interim crit. This interim crit really helped me as it was suggested I looked at Elephant Magazine and Matt Willey. Once I had looked into these I made these my inspiration for the design of my booklet. The main thing I learned from Studio Brief 3is to always ask others for help or opinions and then always follow it up. Even if you think you know exactly where you want to take your work like I did at the start, you could find something that will completely change your mind. The same goes for Studio Brief 4; I looked into a lot of ideas and formats of design before settling on a poster and what style of poster I wanted to design. Along with that research I also took on people’s opinions on colour to help me decide which was the best.

Overall, I have learned a lot from this module and at the same time really enjoyed it. I’ve produced some work I’m quite proud of and it’s introduced me to some things I would like to do more of which I never before had an interest in.