Reflecting upon my experiences throughout
this module, I feel that I have made a lot of progress throughout, and I feel
as though I have been challenged and pushed out of my comfort zone to my own
benefit. This module has provided me with the opportunity to develop myself as
an artist and an animator in ways that I never would have considered and I feel
that I have achieved a great deal throughout this module.
The thing I feel I have improved upon the
most throughout this module is my ability to draw what I see. Throughout every
task set within the brief, I feel that I have developed my ability to perceive
what I have been observing in new ways. For instance, rather than just seeing a
bird, or a wall, or a leg I also see the many different lines, shapes and
colours within those things too. This in turn has helped me to improve greatly
on my observational drawings.
One thing in particular I feel that I have
improved on is my life drawing skills. This was a task I thoroughly enjoyed,
and I feel that it has allowed me to explore and develop my drawing skills
greatly. I have noticed that my lines have become more confident as I have
moved through this task and I have become more confident in exploring and
experimenting with new materials. I have also learnt not to dwell too long on
the smaller details within a drawing, but more to focus on the bigger picture
and capturing the essence of the movement or body shape I am trying to capture
in front of me. However, this doesn’t mean that I don’t need to continue to
develop my drawing skills and I feel that there is still plenty of room for
improvement in all areas of drawing for me. I will continue to develop my
drawing skills throughout the Applied Animation brief through my personal
visual language sketchbook, as it has proven to be beneficial to me so far.
Although this module has encouraged me to
explore and experiment with new materials, I do feel that this is also my
weakest point within this module. The main problem I had with this was that I
was lacking the confidence to experiment with new materials, as I didn’t want
to create work I didn’t like, as I felt that it would have brought my
confidence in my own skills down. However, after completing this module I am
disappointed that I didn’t push myself to experiment with a wider range of
materials and it has encouraged me to start doing so throughout personal work,
such as my visual language sketchbook.
Overall, this project has taught me a lot
about myself as an artist and has opened my eyes to my own lack of confidence
in myself, which I am really pleased about because it gives me the opportunity
to push myself to be more adventurous with my materials and techniques. It has
also given me an insight into which areas of drawing I need to focus on in
order to improve on my skills further.
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