Overall I feel very happy with the way this project has been put together although I have had a few issues. In particular I feel that perhaps my predictions of how long each blog post would take in terms of time have been far wrong and almost tripled from my original estimation. Another quite judgmental factor was how I sort of immediately wanted to dismiss the people on my list of research who were not predominantly in my chosen field of illustration as I straight away felt that they would not lend themselves in being a positive influence on my work or way of thinking. However now I know this was a wrong thing to do as it turned out that quite a few of these once dismiss-able people/groups turned out to be some of the more interesting research projects on the whole blog, giving me insight into new ways of working such as techniques including photography and film (areas of which I had practically no knowledge of beforehand).
As a whole I have come out of this project with a positive outlook in terms of reference and information in order to progress my work for future projects as well as my own personal ideas. I now know that I have a catalogue of rich, clear and useful information to delve back into if ever I need to get some inspiration for a difficult brief or perhaps work on a subject area which is not within my specialist field of illustration and use it as a starting block. Also, my knowledge of different ways of working has grown significantly and I now can have a better idea of processes available in order to improve and develop work and transform it into something completely different to what I first imagined it to end up like.
In conclusion I am proud of the blog that I have put together from scratch with the layout design and customization to the chosen imagery and writing that I have produced for each designer(s) on the "Heroes & Heroines" research brief. Although I admit that not every person on the list filled me with inspiration or much interest it was still highly useful for me to delve into areas of design and gain information from these as if not forced to do so, I very much doubt that I would have done in any other circumstance.
The layout of the blog is clear and easy to navigate. The presentation is really nice, very simple and the fonts and way the posts are set out are really good. The blog entries are easy to read and interesting information. The links to the websites are easy to follow and work fine. Maybe next time talk a bit more about what you think of the artists you chose to elaborate on, they maybe aren't as in depth as they could be.
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