GD5 - 1.4. Lesson task - The creative process: step 5

The task

Thinking back on the course assignments you’ve completed in your studies, how has your journey been regarding feedback on your work from the outside world? When showing your design to someone and they give their opinion and suggestions:

• Do you feel they are undermining your artistic abilities?

• Do you try to see reason in the feedback and see how you can interpret it your way?

• Do you feel overwhelmed and lost and unsure which direction you should go in?

  
  

These feelings are valid and experienced by most graphic designers - even seasoned ones working in the industry for years. You have to learn to cope with feedback in a way that will contribute to your growth as a graphic designer but also keep your unique voice as an artist.

Write a short paragraph on your experience with feedback and how you’ve uncovered parts of yourself you did not even know existed. Do you think you have grown? Are you ready for the outside world and its opinions, and do you feel you have enough confidence to stand your ground if needed?

Answer

The most valuable feedback I have received on my projects has come from the Noroff teachers on the forum. I have shown my work to people around me, and the feedback from them is overall positive, but not professional. I am yet to work with real clients and projects, when I feel confident enough in my skills as a graphic designer, and of course, I am open to receiving any feedback I can, positive or negative.

I like to improve my work with the feedback given and listen to new ideas, but I stay firm with my design choices if I think they work well enough and they are the best I could do.