Module 6 - Contextual Essay Evaluation

For my contextual studies essay i based the theme of my essay on something very relevant and important to me and my work. i done this because not only can i write about it on a personal and professional level but also research into the context of this essay will help with my own knowledge and understanding of the subject area. for the topic of my essay i decided to choose the development and progression of digital painting. the main focus and point of this was to compare it to traditional painting and how they both influence one another and how it impacts the artist world today.

i feel like this was a very important subject for me to write about as all of this impacts on my own work and progression through animation and as a personal work artist. whilst writing my essay i realized how much digital painting had impacted the artist industry and how we see digital art now. i felt that a lot of controversial points came up throughout this essay and i had to see both sides of the arguments even if i felt as if i supported one more.

an interesting point that came up in my essay was the skill level of digital artists and future technological advances.technology in development may allow those who cant draw use their minds and imaginations to influence digital painting mediums to create artwork from eye and nerve responders. if this was the case then would the artist world collapse with a huge influx of new artists using these devices. so i feel that this module has defiantly made me think about the industry i aspire to work in more and has opened my eyes to both sides of an on going argument.

writing is not my strongest attribute so throughout the essay i did feel slight frustration when trying to create the balanced argument without putting too much of my own feelings about the subject. to combat this i kept the content of the essay mostly based on the comparison of artists and techniques. i feel that this module has improved my abilities in writing and keeping a non bias argument, also having a mix of factual arguments and opinionated argument. i enjoyed writing about some of my favorite digital painters and i felt that this helped a lot when writing about techniques used by this artist because i was so enthusiastic about how they worked as an artist. 

overall im happy with my essay and i believe that i pointed out all of the relevant points that i wanted to make and argued all of the appropriate issues that i wanted to address.