Week 11: Overall Reflection

Throughout the 11 weeks in this course, I learned how to improve my sketches and different new sketching methods such as rotated plan sketch, 2-point and 3-point perspective sketching etc. Thanks to this course, I was also able to experiment with new materials such as rattan cane, polymorph and plasticine, broadening my horizon in terms of the materials I can use for prototyping. I also learned from my formative assessment that it is useless if you have great drawings but cannot present them in an appealing manner, be it the cropping of images, editing out mistakes or the formatting of the presentation as a whole.

Aside from practical skills, I also learned some valuable life lessons through this course. When I first started this 11 week course, I initially struggled as I thought my work was not up to par with my other colleagues in the course. I slowly began to improve my work ethic along the way, feeling I slacked off a bit at the beginning. I also began to manage my time better, pushing myself to get work done not only on time but also to an acceptable degree. This helped me set higher standards for myself, pushing myself to improve my work, desiring to achieve better.