Unit X summary

For me Unit X has been a roller coaster of an experience! At first it was pretty slow but it then picked up once my creative juices started to flow, as we got further into the project there were so many ups and downs that I began to confuse myself due to having mixed messages from tutors and not having a clue about what was okay to do and what wasn't okay. I started to feel like my work wasn't going in the right direction and changed paths a few times which just added to the confusion, after various tutorials I began to have a more clear understanding of what I was doing which made me start to think positive about this unit. I was then told to change parts of my project for certain reasons, I was then told by another tutor that I didn't need to change anything (again adding to the confusion). Once I had finalised a direction I felt much better about the project but I wasn't necessarily enjoying it, I wish I had a clearer idea in the beginning as I probably would have enjoyed it much more! 

In the beginning I don't feel that we collaborated very well as a group as we didn't put an equal amount of effort in to meeting up and actually doing things together, this is not to single out anyone in particular as at some point each group member has had this problem. I believe that this was purely down to the fact that we all had no idea what we wanted to do or what direction we wanted to go in, Once we all had our projects going at a good pace we seemed to collaborate more effectively, it is however a shame that this wasn't the case from day 1. 

As an experience I feel that I have learnt a lot about myself as a person and an artist. I do not work well digitally! and I don't work well when I dislike the project/theme, I also don't seem to have worked well as a group initially but I think if I was put in a group again I would make sure that I gave myself clearer ideas and expectations. Overall I think this unit was not very well organised or thought out as it never seemed to have much structure to it. 

If I was to do Unit X again I would follow my initial ideas and back up my progression in such a way that would not enable me to be lead astray. I would also be more involved with my group and be sure to collaborate in more ways than what we did this time.