This crit was a wake-up call, with regards to the level I should be working at and to how far behind I am on my timeline. I am going to use this as an opportunity to motivate myself to get my work to the best possible standard over the next few weeks. I am disappointed at how little I have achieved, however, this crit has shown me that if I really want to produce a good outcome, which I'm proud of, I have to be completely consumed in my project and work as hard as I possibly can.
During the crit, after looking at my sketchbook, my peers were unsure of what my ideas were about and even what Stockholm Syndrome is. This showed me that I need clear, more in-depth initial research to create a narrative within my title, and to annotate my ideas more to allow the viewer to understand my experiments and outcomes.
My biggest downfall was not only the lack of research but the lack of work I had produced, this amount needs to be drastically increased for me to obtain the grade that I would like, whilst still referring back to the grading criteria. I also need to use more relevant and less-generic ideas, to do this I am going to stop comparing and looking at other's ideas, and take responsibility for my work. As I am so far behind my time plan, I am going to rework my time plan to a more realistic standard for the next four weeks, however, I still need to push myself to create as much as I can. I need to really evaluate if my outcomes are reaching my customer and communicating my ideas clearly. To do this I need to make sure I push my ideas as far as they can go while referring back to customers needs.
Overall, even though this process was hard it was very eye-opening and has given me a new motivation to create the best work that I am able to.
I then had a one on one with my tutor, she said I was lacking research in areas of my sketchbook and that I had not produced enough work for this far along in the course. She also felt that I had lost my collagey style and was to concerned with how my pages were looking rather than the actual content. She felt that I was pushing this theme too much and it wasn't really working or exciting me and I should learn when to move on. She suggested that I research Sedition Magazine, who my customer is aimed at, further and actual magazine publications to understand the layout and format of creating a magazine. So I decided once I had finished the captivity section of my sketchbook I would really research Sedition in-depth to make sure I am meeting my customer's needs.
