What issues does it raise? Do you have friends, family, colleagues or a group who will critique your work for you?
How do you approach being self-critical?
As a lateral thinker whenever I am tasked with an exercise or assignment I always begin to think outside of the box. Naturally I always want to find an exciting solution to the brief because this is what motivates me. However, sometimes I end up creating a design and when I look back on the brief I feel like my connection to the brief is very vague. Fortunately I always critique my work and make sure that the outcome is clearly met.
What issues does it raise?
The only drawback is that I end up trimming down and deleting designs off my work which I invested a lot of time on. However, this isn’t a major issue because this is just part of my design process. As long as the brief is met the client will be happy.
Do you have friends, family, colleagues or a group who will critique your work for you?
When I’m looking for a quick opinion on my work I usually just snap a picture of my design to my family group chat on WhatsApp. The problem I face with this is that the feedback I receive from them is just focused on how good my design looks and not on the brief. However, when I struggle to connect my work to the brief I use the OCA’s OCASA page where there are other active students who are willing to give feedback and some are also happy to share their own work and blogs to show how they met the outcome of a task.
This is a good mixture of balanced support that I get because I receive a lot of information that I can take in, not just from everyday people but also from other students who share the same goal as me.
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