Module 5: Contextual Studies

For this Module we were assigned to create our own subject to write about as long as it was related to animation and illustration, I decided to write about the change in character design within the creative industry over the last 50 years as it always intrigued me how certain styles have progressed over the years and what their influences were whether it have been through society and its social issues or through economic and technological breakthroughs I wished to write about it and research it as it fascinated me as I can see the same type of flow through my own style and I wanted to look at that on a much larger scale within the industry with various styles being passed down to various people and the way that it morphs and changes to become what it is today.

I found this Module quite interesting as it was my own subject that I was researching and arguing about, I found this also quite difficult as it was rather hard to come up with the subject to begin with as it was a creatively free subject that we all could do. In truth I actually struggled with this subject as I found it was rather challenging for the compare and contrast as certain parties for my research some had no style change while some had clear social and economic impacts so I found it difficult to include all of this information.

If I were to go back and doing this module again My main targets would be that I would think harder and focus more on a clear subject that I can compare and contrast with better understanding of my conclusion and of My argument.