Dan Woodward
Reflections - Responding to a Brief Part 1
It's wonderful to write a reflection post feeling the warm glow of inspiration and motivation again. I think I needed to have the...
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Dan Woodward
May 2, 20234 min read
Visual Exploration - Module Reflections
It's been some weeks now since I completed my Critical Review assignment. I'm in the early stages of my next module, and the different...
Dan Woodward
Dec 19, 20226 min read
Visual Exploration - Exercise 5.1: Reflection on Part Four
Usually, I do a separate reflection post after I have received formative feedback from my tutor. This, time - it's actually the first...
Dan Woodward
Sep 8, 20224 min read
Reflections - Visual Exploration Section Three
Section Three confuses me. When I first read the course book I was convinced I would finish in a matter of weeks. I'm now writing this...
Dan Woodward
Oct 19, 20215 min read
Graphic Fiction - Final Reflections
Coming to the end of this unit, I am pleased with how my confidence has grown with sequential storytelling. I have slowly but surely...
Dan Woodward
Sep 22, 20218 min read
Graphic Fiction - Assignment 5: Your Graphic Fiction
So, another stressful piece of work, which I will try my best to interrogate and unpack as part of this write-up. Having finished the...
Dan Woodward
Jul 19, 20214 min read
Graphic Fiction - Research 4.4: Comics Visionaries
In this research task I looked at four specific well-known comic artists. Wallace Wood Wood seemed to use the traditional approach of ink...
Dan Woodward
Mar 15, 20217 min read
Reflections - Graphic Fiction Pt 1 & 2
I realised when submitting the second assignment that I hadn't done my usual process of reflecting on my assignments. So I've waited for...
Dan Woodward
Dec 3, 20205 min read
Graphic Fiction - Exercise 0.4: Managing your Time
There is a certain irony of spending a day writing a blog post about managing your time because you have had so much to do that day and...
Dan Woodward
Sep 25, 20207 min read
Reflections - Illustration Sketchbooks Assignment 5 & Assessment
I extended the deadline for this assignment as I wanted to do it justice. Following my work from section four, I had really enjoyed...
Dan Woodward
May 4, 20203 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 5.3: Constructing a Visual Journal
From the point of reading through what I had to do through section five, this exercise was definitely the one I had the most problems...
Dan Woodward
Apr 29, 20204 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Research 5.0: Visual Language
"Trying to reflect and comprehend the world through what we see and not through what one has to say with words, engages the mind in a...
Dan Woodward
Apr 28, 20206 min read
Illustration Sketchbooks - Exercise 5.0: Taking Stock
The exercises for section five are actively reflective in nature. Going through the coursework it seems that they build on each other,...
Dan Woodward
Apr 20, 20207 min read
Reflections - Illustration Sketchbooks Assignment 4
I finish this section of the course feeling quite optimistic. This section was one that I was looking forward to. In fact, it was one of...
Dan Woodward
Mar 5, 20206 min read
Reflections - Illustration Sketchbooks Assignment 3
My notes for these reflections have sat mostly-finished for weeks, as I struggle again with frustration and how that then affects my...
Dan Woodward
Feb 13, 20207 min read
Reflection - Taste
At the time of writing, I have just finished Assignment Three and I am waiting for my tutor's feedback. I've had a whole weekend full of...
Dan Woodward
Jan 6, 20204 min read
Reflections - Illustration Sketchbooks Assignment 2
I'll be honest, I have really struggled with this section. I can't say that there has been one part that I have really enjoyed. My first...
Dan Woodward
Oct 15, 20191 min read
Reflections on Trees
I've noticed something of late: I seem to be preoccupied with trees. I needed to get out of the house the other day, and took a drive to...
Dan Woodward
Sep 30, 20194 min read
Reflections - Illustration Sketchbooks Assignment 1
In starting a new OCA module, it's hard to know what to expect. I knew from my last module that things would start quite sedately, but...
Dan Woodward
Sep 24, 20193 min read
Key Steps in Illustration - Module Reflections
I last did any meaningful art in 1996. I got a B in my GCSE Art & Design. My portfolio had many interesting and accomplished pieces, but...
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