Ian Shipley - Feedback

I was quite nervous about the whole arrangement of Ian Shipley’s feedback afternoon because we had to show and present our cards in front of the whole class. I thought we would have had a one to one talk with Ian Shipley, but it didn’t work that way. I would have preferred it to be one to one as I would have felt more confident about talking about my work, as I’m not a very good speaker in front of a group of people. Because of this I don’t think I spoke about my work good enough as I could have. I think the feedback I received was more positive than I imagined, so I was generally quite happy with my work.

The only good thing about this format is getting a look in to see what everyone else had produced. There were quite a few people who also produced flower cards, but I found it interesting how we all did the layout and flowers differently. I kind of knew that they would be more than me who had done flowers because they are popular in the card industry.

Because I’m new to the college, it was also interesting to see the quality and ideas that the rest of my classmates have. I think in some ways presenting our images to everyone can help us all with ideas and the different ways people work. Over time, if this is how its done with every assignment, I will grow in confidence and hopefully it will become easier.