EVALUATION

  

THIS UNIT HAS BEEN MY FAVOURITE AND MOST SUCCESSFUL THROUGHOUT MY TIME AT UNIVERSITY. FOR THIS UNIT I HAVE CREATED 2 FABRIC COLLECTIONS (1 DIGITAL PRINT & 1 COMBINED PROCESSES), WITH A LOOK BOOK TO VISUALISE THESE PROFESSIONALLY IN A FASHION CONTEXT. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN INSPIRED THROUGH THE IDEA OF 'ABSTRACT', CHANGING STRUCTURES/OBJECTS AND RE-CONSTRUCTING THEM IN TO UNUSAL SHAPES AND PRINTS. FOCUSING ON COMPOSITION OF DETAILS WITHIN MY PRINTS SUCH AS COLOUR AND SHAPE HAS ALLOWED ME TO CREATE COLLECTIONS WITH VARIATION AND FLUIDITY.

AS A PRINT DESIGNER I FEEL MY DESIGNS LOOK MORE PROFESSIONAL, THROUGH IMPROVED DIGITAL SKILLS SUCH AS ILLUSTRATOR AND PHOTOSHOP. I FEEL COMBINING PRINTS WITH MY OTHER SKILLS SUCH AS EMBROIDERY IS ALSO A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TOWARDS THIS. BY EXPLORING MY PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS ALONGSIDE DRAWINGS AND DIGITAL PROCESSES ALSO BENEFITED MY COLLECTIONS, ADDING CONTRASTING TONES AND TEXTURES WHICH I WOULD OF BEEN UNABLE TO ACHIEVE WITH JUST ONE. ALSO THROUGH REFINING PREVIOUS IDEAS AND WORK FROM MY LASER COLLECTION IN MY PRACTISE UNIT ALLOWED ME TO CREATE DESIGNS FOR THIS UNIT WHICH ADD VARIETY AND DEPTH TO MY COMBINED PROCESS COLLECTION. RESEARCHING MY MARKET FOR EACH COLLECTION EARLY ON HELPED ME CREATE SUITABLE PRINTS FOR EACH COLLECTION AND USE APPROPRIATE FABRICS.  

CREATING A LOOK BOOK FOR MY DESIGNS HAS ENHANCED MY ABILITIES TO DIRECT A FASHION PHOTO SHOOT, SOMETHING WHICH I WAS NOT VERY CONFIDENT IN. NOW I HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO DO THIS TWICE I FEEL MUCH MORE CONFIDENT IN DIRECTING, STYLING AND ALSO CREATING SETS WHICH REFLECTS THE THEME SURROUNDING THE SHOOT. I ALSO FEEL IN DOING THIS HELPED REFINE MY CONTEXT AND ALLOWS ME TO VISUALISE MY DESIGNS IN THE INDUSTRY. 

THROUGH COLLABORATING WITH A PHOTOGRAPHER AND ALSO A GRAPHIC DESIGNER IN THIS UNIT HAS TAUGHT ME HOW DOING THIS CAN BOOST YOUR OUTPUTS, BENEFITTING BOTH INVOLVED, AS DISCUSSING EACH OTHERS IDEAS AND VISIONS BOOSTS CREATIVITY, RESULTING IN HIGHER QUALITY WORK. 

I FEEL CREATING A WEBSITE, A LINKED IN PAGE AND CREATING LOGOS HAS ENABLED ME TO PUT MY SELF IN TO THE INDUSTRY IN A CREATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL WAY. THIS UNIT HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON 'OUTWARD FACING' APPROACH AND I FEEL I HAVE KEPT THIS ATTITUDE AND MENTALITY THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT.

AFTER THIS UNIT I FEEL I AM MORE PREPARED TO LEAVE UNIVERSITY AND HAVE A CLEAR IDEA OF WHO I AM AS A DESIGNER AND WHAT MY STYLE IS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DEGREE SHOW TO SEE MY WORK DISPLAYED IN A PROFESSIONAL SETTING AND ALSO ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE INDUSTRY.