Module/Week 1 Review :Introduction to Imagemaking (Graphic Design Specialization) Answers 2026

1. Question 1

Prompts useful for offering feedback on images:

✅ Analyzing color use
✅ Having an understanding and awareness of historical context and social and cultural references
✅ Observing an image’s materiality and technique
❌ Focusing solely on technique

2. Question 2

Values and benefits of constructive critique and feedback:

❌ Point out what’s lacking or voice personal preferences
✅ Feedback can offer relatable insight and perspective
✅ Feedback can help you recognize strengths and potential in your work
✅ Feedback may reveal fresh directions or new ways of thinking
✅ Offering and receiving critique helps develop creative “muscle”

3. Question 3

Contexts or influences that contribute to understanding an image:

✅ Historical or current events
✅ Literary references (myths, fairytales, etc.)
✅ A person’s life experiences and specific knowledge
❌ An image’s color, size, line quality
✅ Text

4. Question 4

How a mood board supports image research:

✅ Mood boards include a wide range of research materials
❌ Mood boards are best when edited down to only 2 images
✅ Mood boards are a visual tool
✅ Mood boards suggest an array of creative possibilities

5. Question 5

Approaches to gathering and presenting visual research:

✅ Create a mood board
✅ Searching multiple sources
❌ Locate and save 10–15 perfect photos only
✅ Sketching ideas

6. Question 6

Benefits of having a regular practice:

✅ Develops familiarity and internal sensitivity
✅ Inspires inventive and creative making
✅ Expands skill set

7. Question 7

Spontaneous, responsive, unplanned creative activity is called:

❌ Explanation
✅ Improvisation

8. Question 8 – Check-In

Activities completed in this module:

✅ Committing to a form of practice
✅ Looking closely at an artwork
✅ Spending time with other imagemakers
✅ Making a mood board
✅ Trying something new and unfamiliar
❌ I didn’t complete any of the above activities