OUGD 402 - Study Task 5

10 things I have learned about myself as an individual and a learner:

• In terms of my life in general I seem to have no sense of organisation or structure. Nothing is ever simple; I manage to complicate everything through having no organisation what so ever.
• My time management is almost none existent. Often I underestimate how long something will take me, or I will forget about something I have to do completely
• I'm quite lazy in terms of how much sleep I have. I sleep way too much and too often and could much better utilise this time to get on with work etc.
• I often lack motivation to do almost anything, especially if I am not feeling well or happy for whatever reason. This means I sometime have to be forced or persuaded into doing things that I should just do.
• Procrastination is a huge flaw of mine. I will put off doing the smallest of tasks for as long as possible; even getting out of bed ends up being a constant battle between myself and the snooze button.
• I get easily distracted no matter what I'm doing which usually results in me forgetting to do something or realising that I had started something hours ago that needs finishing.
• I actually enjoy learning. Before coming to University I had never had to sit through lectures or long seminars where we would be given lots of information and expected to take it in; this experience has shown me that I actually enjoy learning and being able to improve myself as an individual and a designer.
• I get very stressed when doing something that isn't going the way I intended. This is often self inflicted however, as I'm usually getting frustrated because I have forgotten to do something or left something too late and have to rush it in order to get it done.
• I have become aware that I am interested in a lot of varying visual cultures, not just Graphic Design. Through collecting numerous different types of images on Pinterest etc. I have noticed that I like a lot of different things I hadn't previously taken much time to appreciate. This has also been effected by the people I spend my time with outside of University such as flatmates that are all on different courses.

         

• I'm not great with money. Because I got my loan late, I had to struggle to live for almost all of the first semester. I think that because I have grown up without having much money of my own and never really needed to worry too much about money, that I aren't used to being in charge of spending.

10 things I have learned about my self as a designer:

I realised, mainly through looking at the work of my peers, that I am not nearly as good as I thought I was. I have become aware that there are a lot of other designers that are just as good as I am, if not better, and so I will really have to try to step up my game. 

 

 

 

The work of fellow student, Harrison Park.

• I have also become aware that I definitely do not know everything. There is so much to learn about Graphic Design that I will never know everything but shall always try to make sure I can soak up as much knowledge as possible.
• I am more capable of using computer software than most as this has been my main focus point for some time. However, as I came from a fine art background I am also very capable of producing good hand-rendered images. This gives me an edge over many people and should use this to my advantage.

• I have never really thought about what area of Graphic Design I have wanted to go into. From being on this course I have started to look at numerous different areas of my subject and have grown an interest so far in publication and in branding.

• Especially when I'm designing and researching things, I get very easily distracted. I will often go off on a tangent or completely forget about finishing a certain piece of work, only to later have to rush or spend time that I need to complete it.
• I will often procrastinate as much as possible without meaning to. I usually realise that I am doing this, but usually it's too late by this point and I have to stay up late or rush work in order to finish on time; this means I end up producing work that I am often quite ashamed to present to my peers and tutors.

             

• I am however more dedicated than I thought, despite my procrastination. The fact that I am willing to stay up all night with no sleep in order to produce work for a crit etc. shows me that I do really want to be here. I just need to get some organisation and time management in place in order to prevent myself from leaving no time to complete work.
• I do actually know what I'm talking about most of the time, I just need the confidence to tell people. Especially in group crit's, I don't really now but in time would like to be able to tell people what I think and constructively criticise and give good useful feedback on the work of my peers.
• I am capable of more than I think and have so far shown. I know this and it is the main reason why I get so frustrated with myself when I have left work till the very last moment.

• I have got what it takes to make it in the real world as a Graphic Designer after this course, I just need to sort out my work schedule and put in the effort to keep progressing as a designer and individual.