interim evaluation

Put this on a bit late so some of it might not be relevant anymore...

Interim Evaluation.

I am focusing on illustration and it is process led because I wanted to practice and learn about different printing processes like screenprint and digital print. I haven't really investigated this area in much depth so I need to do more research
My research is mostly on my blog and there isn't very much of it. I'm having problems knowing what is relevant to research for my projects. There doesn't seem like I’ve done much work for either brief but I know how long it has taken to produce – especially the book - to draw, print then screen print, then bind the book and it was quite a long process. I think the processes I have used are worth developing further because I didn't really experiment with book binding or screenprinting very much – I just chose perfect binding which didn't really challenge me or allow me to learn something new. My audience seems to be people who like collecting things.
I feel like there isn't enough time to do everything I want to do because I've spent too long on the first briefs. I need to work quicker because I've got 4 weeks left to do 2 more briefs and finish off the first 2. Because I am doing a work placement from the 15th of Dec, I will have to submit a week earlier so I will have to plan my time extra mega good.
I need to re-look at my 3rd brief and clarify what it is about because I'm a bit confused about it. I'd like it to be a quick one because I don't want to sacrifice the competition brief.
I am using my blog to document the progression of projects – changes in briefs and decisions that I have made – I update it whenever we have a crit.
Problems I have identified are that I don't have a consistent message/audience/area of focus apart from print. My intention is to continue doing print work and image making but I want it to have a purpose: I have moved on from my initial starting point because I made both the briefs more commercial – imagining them in an appropriate context and how they would be sold etc.
I need to research printing processes/techniques more. I was thinking of using screen print again for the competition brief I'm doing but I think this will have to be a matter of how much time I have. I would like to develop my knowledge of digital print and colour and also editorial illustration (although this might be pointless because I don't think I want to be an illustrator as my main job – at least not straight out of uni).