Unit Evaluation

For my graphics Unit 2 exam, my brief was ‘meeting and encounters’. I feel this brief was a good starting point as it was very broad and I felt I could go in any direction, as long as it was related loosely to the brief. I started off making three A4 sheets of initial ideas, including things such as ‘Combinations’ ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Mooseman’. Although these ideas are all very random they all somehow relate to my brief, I then came up with overall ideas for each section. After I decided to focus mainly on my ‘Mooseman’ idea as it was my own and original. I tried out some experimentation and planned out in a lot more detail. Which made me realise it was the idea to go for. I did more development and finally managed to bring together my final piece, which I feel was very successful.

Throughout my entire blog it is very clear to see that Brian Biggs and Rosie Reeve influenced me in a major way. I chose both of these designers as Biggs works with block colours, using a computer where as Reeve works with pastels and very soft colours. Using two completely different artists such as these gives me a wide variety of what kind of thing I can go for, and helps me decide which kind I am best at. From looking at the work I have gained choosing what kind of texture I should go for, for my final. Choosing to eventually use soft pastel colours yet doing it on Illustrator so therefore using both methods.

For the main part of my experimentation I used Adobe Illustrator. This was a risk as I am not very confident with it and I wanted to try something new and see what I could come up with. I also tried out using water colour, pastels and a mixture between acrylic and colour pencils to give off an effect that I have never experienced before. Throughout each of these processes I feel the acrylic and pencil idea was one of my favourites as I could really add a lot of detail into these and build onto it more and more.

On Adobe Illustrator I refined a piece of work over a period of time by starting off with a few shapes and copying them time and time again to finally develop different emotions which worked really well and I feel I achieved a really strong piece of work where I have managed to use a lot throughout my process.

After choosing to make a children’s book about a moose who needed to find a perfect job. I wanted to make it quite humourus and easy to the eye. As I am not a very confident drawer, throughout my project I felt I struggled mostly with my drawings and experiements where I had to draw. Which is why I wanted to focus my final mainly on Illustrator. If I were to change anything throughout my process I would probably try and draw more so I could make myself more confident and have more variation.

Overall I am very happy with the way my final ended up. If I were to do it again I wouldn’t change anything as I am very impressed with myself that I managed to think of such an original idea which I feel is very strong.