PPP has been a very useful module, as I have been able to focus on the professional side of my practice. By developing my brand and researching into the industry, I feel a lot more informed and ready for the outside world. I used to feel very reluctant to enter the industry and scared about gaining opportunities, but I have discovered in Level 05 that I now have more confidence in my work and myself as a designer.
By creating a Behance profile and LinkedIn account, I feel more in touch with the outside world and have learnt a lot about how to present myself and put myself out there and make contacts. However, I feel that I haven't networked enough - I haven't sent any emails to people just to ask questions. This is something that doesn't come naturally to me, and no questions have popped in to my mind. Of course, I want to email companies looking for placements, but that is something I haven't done just yet. Saying this, I have interacted with people on my Behance feed, by checking out their work and commenting what I think of it. This has lead to people finding my work etc.
Photographing my work professionally is something that I am working on - before this year I hadn't done it and it is harder and more time consuming than I first thought. It has really done my work justice, however I want to improve my photography skills more to benefit myself further.
The brief 'Taking Care of Business' was something that taught me a lot about how businesses work, and how studios run. We worked well together as a group, however it was hard work as I felt that 5 people was too big of a group and we often disagreed on things.
I'm quite happy with my self branding, however I found it a really difficult task, as its hard to sum yourself up so minimally. I also haven't had any outside input from anybody. I know that I will want to change it in a couple of months, but I have definitely improved it from Level 04. I think that it represents my style well.
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