OUGD402 Studio Brief 1 | OUGD403 Module Evaluation

OUGD403 Module Evaluation 

Overall I think the work I produced for this module turned out rather well. Studio Brief 1 taught me how type can communicate a certain feeling or vibe through different shape . This could be weight, angles, x-height and many other characteristics. This led me into Studio Brief 2 where I learned how to take one design and develop it further to make a full alphabet. This lesson doesn’t just apply to type and letters, but will apply to any project where I need to see what designs will and won’t work as a finished product. The research I did for the first two briefs helped me with Studio Brief 3 as it was all purely research based. Although I had done research before this brief it was not as extensive as it was for Brief 3. This brief required us to know the ins and outs of a chosen news story well enough that we could present it to our peers and they would clearly understand the story, the issues behind it and how and why it was reported. My chosen story was rather interesting as it was a very current issue involving Russell Brand, I chose this story as I thought I would be able to get a lot of research done while still be interested in the story. I was glad that I chose this story as for Studio Brief 4 we had to visually communicate a message that derived from our research from the previous brief. I had a lot of initial ideas but thanks to crits I was told that I should change paths, and I’m glad I did as I was very happy with the posters I produced. 

The feedback I got throughout this module was very helpful to me in making sure I got the best possible outcome. Although not every suggestion was great, it took me in a different direction where more ideas could stem from. Crits were the best place to receive feedback but just simply being in the studio and talking to my peers gave me some great ideas also.

I have learned from this module that preparation and planning is the best way to keep up with work. In the future I will keep on top of my blog daily and document every bit of development as during this module I have lost key design decisions due to not screenshotting or saving certain documents.