Progress Crit - Peer Feedback

In all honesty I found this crit unhelpful and left with only a few brief comments on my feedback sheet.  

Peer Feedback

Comment on the breadth of initial ideas produced in response to the brief. 

Comment on the visual investigation and development of ideas in response to the brief. 

- This has progressed since the last brief.  
- Think about repeat images.

Comment on the visual quality of the work in progress. 

- Print room experimentation will help with textures. 

Comment on the effectiveness of the work in progress in response to the set problem. 

- Think more about her as a person. 

I think it was difficult for the group to make comments about other people's work because not everyone was familiar with each other's projects so we were just seeing the development work without having a prior knowledge of their research and themes or even any knowledge about their author. I found this difficult which is why I didn't contribute to the session as much as I usually like to. I think part of the reason I received this low level of feedback is because I am not confident in standing up in front of this many students and tutors and talking about my work without having some level of preparation beforehand. I probably didn't explain my work enough for people to understand it but this is hard when only a few of my images were on display and there was a limited time to get through everyone. I feel that it would have been more successful if working in smaller groups as people would be less nervous to speak and more time could be spent on each person assessing their progress.

Self Evaluation

What do I think works well?

I think my metaphorical work is going well, it is making me think in different ways but I think I am hitting a rut with it now and I need to push through.

Experimentation with printing techniques is also making me familiar with the possibilities of what I can make with these processes. 

How will I capitalise on it?

I need to keep pushing my ideas, set some time aside to just do roughs and empty the ideas out of my head, avoiding doing any refined drawings for a while. 

Take advantage of the print workshops in the coming weeks, ask questions and push boundaries with printmaking. 

What do I think could be improved?

I dont think this project has developed a united tone of voice yet, my image making is very varied which is good from an experimental view but at the end of the day my images do need to work together as a series. 

How will I benefit from this?

Starting to think about how these images could work together might make me think differently about process, maybe combine or layer different techniques. By giving myself restrictions, it might make me work in more interesting and problem-solving ways. 

What would I do differently next time?

Start thinking about my animation earlier on - I have been focussing on still images a lot and the animation is becoming an afterthought.

What would I achieve from this?

If I was developing my still images and animation ideas alongside each other, they might be inclined to be more similar in tone of voice and work together as a series more naturally. 

What have I learned by responding to this brief and why is it important?

- Not to leave certain things on the back burner because it will result in a panic and the product may come across as an extension or afterthought of the other work and they might not be viewed equally. 

- Research is key in the early stages because this then becomes engrained in your brain so that you have a breadth of knowledge within you that you can continue to bring into your imagery through drawing. 

What have you gained from the peer feedback session?

Not a lot. If anything, this session has stressed me out more because I am struggling to identify any feedback that will actually be useful to me. Some crits earlier on in this brief were helpful but this format just wasn't working for me and I gained very little from it. I don't feel like I am exaggerating when I say that my time would have been more well spent continuing with my development work and figuring this out my myself.