Self Evaluation

[Introduction] - Self Evaluation

This is the writing from a self evaluation sheet given to us to fill out at the end of the How-to brief group project we undertook on the second week here. It's about my evaluation of my self in a group brief and how I performed.

What role(s) did you take on in the group?

I took the role of helping the group with Adobe Illustrator because alot of the group hadn't much experience in the software, rather they specialised in something else and hadn't really been near it. I took control of creating the logo and getting the files to everyone and one another and setting up communication through Facebook, creating a group for us to all contribute on. I also went out and bought the tote bags that we went and printed on with the design I created up from Jake's drawings also.

How well do you think you performed in the role(s)?

I believe I performed really well and took to second in the group's slight leadership, if that's what you can call it. I feel I could have stood out to talk more but I took upon that during the presentation at the end to make up for it. For the first group brief I've taken on in this format, I'd say I did alright.

How well do you think you worked as a group?

As a group however I feel we worked really well together, we all go stuck in really fast and got along from the get go. It really worked out. Everyone brought something different to the table and juggled their part in the project and helped it all come together in their own way in one part or another.

What were the positives of working in a group?

The positives of working in a group would for sure be the amount of ideas that can be generated, the volume we had was something that'd take awhile on your own. Pulling them all back by commenting on one and another is what the other positive is to. It narrowed down the ideas and brought it into some fresh and in the end a reality. A solution was worked and was viable.

What were the negatives of working in a group?

The negatives to group work however was some people had their ideas and they wanted to stick with them, I felt like they hadn't really worked as a group before and I felt they were alot more confident in their own work rather then venturing to use the work the rest of us were generating to make the work load easier on our selves. That's probably down to ego, so I'd say ego's are probably the negative of group work. Having said that, having the ego to convince the rest of the group your idea is best is the switch side to that.

What will you do differently next time?

Next time I would try and push for a more consistent approach, I feel a bit of a perfectionist saying that, but I am. I felt a twitch seeing the spacings not the same and the wrong colour used when it was supposed to be a series. That'd be my only irk that however. 

Where could you have improved your resolution?

I feel creating the resolution with the real ways it would have been done: i.e: silk screen for the tote bag. Would have majorly benefitted over using the iron on print and using the heat-press to create it. However as an alternative was still effective it just wasn't how it would be done. The outcomes however I felt were great, not the design I'd change, just the production.

What were the strengths of your presentation?

I feel the strengths in the presentation were probably the slideshow we created, the speaking however on all our parts was alright. But I feel we didn't really pull strong as some of the other groups did and seemed a bit ill-prepared for it. It was good and straight to the point but there's always room for improvement.