Development and evaluation of work
Evaluation of work
To collect enough work for my portfolio, I had to look back through previous years for appropriate material to use. As I anticipated, my work was generally of lower quality than I wanted to include in my portfolio. I therefore had to decide, did I want to show off all my skills, or just my best work? Fortunately I was given this exact advice by a creative industry portfolio expert; who advised me on 'quality over quantity' and 'no to put average work in for the sake of it'.
While I was evaluating my work, I shocked how much I have improved as a designer/ developer without realising it. My code is much neater now, and my designs are more innovative and well executed.
As I wish to pursue app development, it was integral that I include the work on my app Motivize. However, as this is an on-going project it was a difficult task presenting it in my portfolio. I was forced to fast track certain aspects of the design process, specifically the design templates for the app and the Motivize logo/ branding. Although this was stressful to do, it will prove to be beneficial as I completed the work much quicker than I normally would have.
Development of work
During the final year or university, I set out with the agenda of using all my 3rd year work in my portfolio site. In doing so, I found myself working to a higher standard than normal as every piece of work had to be perfect for my site.
However, unfortunately this actually seems to have effected my marks in a negative way. It is my view that sometimes mark schemes don't reward for 'good looking' work.
Not all my older work was bad. There were some graphic design pieces that could be used, I just had to make slight improvements.
To collect enough work for my portfolio, I had to look back through previous years for appropriate material to use. As I anticipated, my work was generally of lower quality than I wanted to include in my portfolio. I therefore had to decide, did I want to show off all my skills, or just my best work? Fortunately I was given this exact advice by a creative industry portfolio expert; who advised me on 'quality over quantity' and 'no to put average work in for the sake of it'.
While I was evaluating my work, I shocked how much I have improved as a designer/ developer without realising it. My code is much neater now, and my designs are more innovative and well executed.
As I wish to pursue app development, it was integral that I include the work on my app Motivize. However, as this is an on-going project it was a difficult task presenting it in my portfolio. I was forced to fast track certain aspects of the design process, specifically the design templates for the app and the Motivize logo/ branding. Although this was stressful to do, it will prove to be beneficial as I completed the work much quicker than I normally would have.
Development of work
During the final year or university, I set out with the agenda of using all my 3rd year work in my portfolio site. In doing so, I found myself working to a higher standard than normal as every piece of work had to be perfect for my site.
However, unfortunately this actually seems to have effected my marks in a negative way. It is my view that sometimes mark schemes don't reward for 'good looking' work.
Not all my older work was bad. There were some graphic design pieces that could be used, I just had to make slight improvements.
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