context– i think i am working at a merit for context since i can use context of a subject to understand it further and fully analyse the themes and why it would be important, however i could improve this skill further but going into more depth and utilising different sources in the beginning stages of a project.
research– i think i am working at a distinction for this section as i can utilise both primary and secondary resources to aid in producing valuable ideas, i can also gather an eclectic range of sources depending on the aim of the project.
practical skills– currently, i believe i am working at a pass for this section as it depends what the skills are. i think i have some specific developed skills, however i would like the focus on diversifying my skill set to add more multimedia into my work.
evaluation and reflection-i think i am working at a pass for this section as my reflecting throughout my portfolio so far could go into a lot more depth ,and i then could use that to improve my work and take action on the things i need to improve in.
SWOT analysis
strengths– i am confident in a lot of my creative ability including visual art such as drawing painting and illustrating. Also in my creative problem solving, this being important in identifying the problems when making something and using my acquired knowledge to fix it.
weaknesses– i think my weaknesses include a lot of the written aspect of a project, such as my grammar being poor and not explaining my processes in depth. This meaning i would usually struggle with the evaluation and reflecting part of my work.
opportunities– i am looking to develop different creative skills such as animation and digital art as most of my knowledge now involves physical art with a pen and paper,and i would like to diversify my skills by learning new ones.
threats– this could possibly be the amount of time it usually takes to create an animation, since this is a skill that requires a lot of practice, if i decided to create my project around animation there would be a lot to learn in a restricted amount of time, adding additional stress to my project.
Innovation
The creation of new ideas, and general progression. Also improving an existing product, adding your own ideas. innovation can be group progress as in humanity, but also personal as in how people progress throughout their lives by adapting the principals of innovation to their personal lives, this can be shown through an individuals personal growth or even through their general thoughts, since everyone thinks differently each thought can be a new innovation. Innovation can also include evolution, creating new organisms creating diversity or growth to improve someone’s life overall.
my ideas–
innovation through existentialism-An idea i have is to focus on personal innovation, and how people prioritise there own personal projects. This idea has come from a book I’m reading on existentialism by Simone de Beauvoir. Existentialism is generally defined by focusing on someone’s personal free will and distinguishing whether it even exists. But the way i have chosen to interpret it is how people determine their own development, this is also talked about more towards the end of the book. This stimulated the philosophical idea that what ever personal endeavours or projects you have happening right now is what’s giving your life meaning. other peoples definitions of existentialism would be when a person makes decisions about their life, follows through, doesn’t follow through on decisions- this begins to create their ‘existence’. I would also like to use this idea as it will be easier to link to the skills I have. This includes drawing and painting people, so a project biased around people would be easier for me to produce especially with the limited time. Starting a new way of drawing may be challenging. However i have not made an animation protect that is telling a story, so this will still be a new skill i am able to develop .I would like to animate a 2D short animation or video biased on these ideas.
Innovation of music-this idea will be portrayed by the radio being invented allowing people to listen to their own style of music, showing innovation by a product being invented but also people using it to partake in their own culture or interests . this may be difficult however as im not sure if i can use music in my animation. but if i can this would make this idea relate to my personal interests, giving me more motivation to continue
Innovation of dreams– Especially during the hypnagogic state out minds are more open to unconventional ideas. Dreams can also be a specific type of innovation as we think of our own dreams but can still be surprised by them. This is something I’m interested in biasing my project around as it is confusing where these ideas come from. My animation could follow a characters dream and how there perspective or life can change after ideas are presented in their dream. This could also give me the opportunity to explore different art styles by drawing the dream section of the animation completely differently, this will also make it easier to follow and understand the story I’m trying to tell. i could also take inspiration from surrealist artists.
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