General Evaluation

What I've learned so far throughout level 6:

Context of Practice 

Now I've completed Context of Practice and got my grades; some thoughts:

   This project went well (ish) I didn't suffer as much as I thought and it certainly didn't kill me. 
The written aspect was hard to imagine throughout level 4 and 5; it seemed impossible to do something that big, to research that much, to write so many words, whilst keeping it cohesive and maintaining a level of criticality. BUT, I did, and the outcome was pretty good, considering. 

   I got 67% over all and I'm happy about this, but I just wish I could have pushed it that bit further to get a first. That would have been difficult, though - I worked the absolute hardest I could. 

   This being said, my practical work did suffer a bit as a consequence of me being me, struggling with it but not asking for help. Idiot. I did so well with the written part because I got so much help and encouragement with it; I was worried about it the most, but I didn't recognise that I'm not exactly the best at the practical side either, and I need to worry about that enough to seek help for it. 
I was confused a lot of the way through, peer feedback didn't help me very much. (I still don't take criticism as well as I should) So from now on, I should seek help for anything I'm confused with. I'd say it's the main thing I've struggled with throughout the programme. 

   Another thought I've had as a result of my CoP feedback - I seem to be better at writing than I am at illustration? I get the best grades from modules that require me to write considerable amounts on subjects I'm passionate about (PPP, COP) Have I gone into the wrong profession?!

Extended Practice 

   So far I'm not feeling too great about extended practice. I think that I'm being daunted about the significance of the module, and the workload. I know that I push myself to do as much work as I can, but it never feels like enough. Feeling this way can get pretty tiring and stressful at times, and leads to counter-productivity. Over the next few weeks I should ask for help during tutorials.  

   One thing I'm trying to sort out is my organisation with briefs - in responsive this was my biggest issue, since I tried to do everything at once and applied less of myself to each brief due to stretching my attention out between them all. Now, I will be focussing most of my attention on my big/ main brief, and will complete the rest of my projects on the side of this. 

   I struggle from a lack of multi-tasking skills. I can only work in one mode at a time; Drawing and making, writing and analysing, researching and editing are things that I must focus all of my attention to; so I will spend a significant amount of time on each, instead of doing a logical cycle of each process every day. For example, instead of drawing something and blogging about it, I tend to try and draw lots on one day and then blog about each idea on a separate day. I find it impossible to disconnect from one 'mode' and going into another, so when I haven't done a massive blogging session I feel behind, and that goes for each process. 

Personal and Professional Practice

So I started off well, then I got too into CoP and was scared to come back to PPP because I haven't progressed. This is bad news because based on what I've said already, it can be a downward spiral for me. It's time to get my shit back together now though! I must add my research of the industry, get my list of contacts, and get my online presence/promotion sorted.