OUGD501 Study Task 8 - Practical - Final Crit Feedback

After finishing and finalising my prints, I asked for some further feedback to see what others though of my explorations. I asked 3 questions:

What do you like about my letterpress posters?

Answers: 

• Simple, Clear & bold.
• The imperfection marks show clearly it is a one off piece
• The gradients and raw marks
• The mixed use of fonts

Is there anything I could of done differently or experimented further with?

Answers:

• Try a wider range of stock
• Colour variation
• Bolder colours

And any other comments:

Something that targets an audience other than graphic designers.

In response to my feedback I am overall happy with the comments as many of the negative comments brought up have been improved upon since then I have explored more stock and colours. I personally believe the colours are bold already but if i were to do this to the next level I would need to invest in some more ink as the print studio doesn't supply all colours.

What were your initial aims?

To explore the letterpress as a tradition process of print and experiment with technique.

What processes / strategies have you used and why?

Letterpress, this is conclusively relevant to my essay. I have particualrly focused my practice on the application of ink this is just one small area I could tackled

Is the work effective (in terms of your aims)? In what ways? How do you know it is effective (testing)?

Yes, these experiments have allowed me to learn first hand about the application of letterpress as a traditional process, this is just one small area covered, there are many I could still explore in future.

Does it communicate what it should do (in what ways)?

Yes, my idea was based on my self written brief. Although solely for my use I used puns to create a connection for a possible audience if graphic design - specifically it is more about my learning than using the pieces to communicate but it has done both.

What areas could be improved or developed further and why?

I could possibly try new layouts, these were decided by the limitations of type available to me. Also different ink applications.