Review

PDP - there have been issues in keeping up with detail levels, style and what to include. this is initially due to the vague nature of the brief not including any overly detailed prompts for content or layout. Ease of posting and mood at the time have led to the changes and discrepancies in the rest. a regular check or assessment to establish whether this was appropriate would have been helpful to organise the whole thing. Because of this i have not been inclined to use the PDP as more than just basic recording, i now feel that i could use it as much more of an organisational tool as well.

Skills assessment (since last)-
most of this semester has focused on improving my computer based skills and therefore my skill have improved accordingly, however i have tried to maintain all other skills at a similar level.

Drawing
- Sketching has improved slightly, mainly in trying to quickly draw up interior perspectives from plans however more detailed sketches still lack a lot of depth
- technical drawings have improved slightly but not a great deal
- Handwriting has not seen improvement, i still haven't devoted sufficient time into doing exercises so that it might improve.
- Computer skill have greatly improved. CAD skill were renewed and improved beyond the standards of the CAD course, also improved in speed accuracy and cross program use.
3dsmax skills have greatly improved in creation and manipulation of geometry, creation and use of materials, lighting for scenes and setting up cameras for still frame images. The only area that has not been worked on was animation.
Photoshop photo manipulation has improved as well as use for cross program file use and manipulation.
-Reading has not really improved, generally maintained the same level through research for tech and design work, however there has been less indepth reading for uni, i have read a few other books that have no relevance to uni.
- Research have improved slightly with regards to tech work as well as the design and access statement required more site specific info from local authorities and similar organisations.
- Time management still an issue keeping to timetables and deadlines has been hard, firstly because i still have trouble sticking to these plans when theres a reasonable time to the deadlines however, this wasn't helped by the uni changing the deadlines and requirements.
- Modeling skill has been maintained but not greatly improved.