Evaluation

I think the whole process went pretty well for me. I used my time pretty well, as I came to lessons on time and went pretty much straight to work once I was in class. In class I didn’t really talk much or stuff around with things that I didn’t need to, so I was fairly productive with the time I had and used.

I managed my blog alright. At the start of the project I kept it up to date really well, but near the end all I wanted to do was keep working on my avatars on Photoshop, instead of blogging. This meant that I also did not do much blogging for homework as I worked on my avatar at home on my trial version of Photoshop that I downloaded. I kept telling myself that I still had ages until my assignment was due and that I had already done most of it, which was clearly not the case as I still had to do my personality profile, reflection and evaluation. I was however, quite good at keeping my drafts and posting them.

I think I had a good saving method. I saved each draft for each image as a JPEG under the name of ‘draft 1’, ‘draft 2’, etc. I also saved a copy of my Photoshop file for each image to my USB and created a backup copy of this at least once a week.

I am quite pleased with my final result. This is because I think that my avatar’s look pretty similar, which is good because they are the same person. Also, the colour scheme is quite good, and the picture looks sort of normal and like it could be real – not like some cartoon image. Furthermore, I think that the backgrounds go well with the expression on my avatar’s face and that the images relate to the personality profile that I created. The only thing is that the eyebrows are a little bit dodgy and needed a bit more time put into them, but this can only really be seen when looked at up close.

If I had my time over, I would make sure that the strap from my top does not show. I would make the hair or something cover it. I would probably use two different people to start with instead of the same person. This is because the changes you make don’t have to be exactly the same, for example, the hair style, skin and eye colour, etc. I would also save separate Photoshop files for each draft, like I did for the JPEG images, and would ensure that I backup my USB after every lesson. This is because sometimes I would have two or three lesson’s work on just my USB - and I got a lot of work done in two or three lessons – so if I had lost my USB or if it had broken, I would have had no backups and would have been ‘stuffed’. If I had my time over again, I would use a slightly smaller image to start with (one around 6 – 8 megapixels instead of 12) as they will save a lot quicker than the 12 megapixel images in Photoshop, giving me more time to work on my avatar and blog. I also would work on my blog more and not give in to the temptation of working on my avatar instead. I also would not leave my personality profile, reflection and evaluation until the day before the assignment is due!