I find myself doubting my design abilities. All. The. Time.
As Katie mentioned in class one night, I sometimes have trouble considering
myself a designer. It still feels new. I just push through the discomfort. I’ve
felt really supported by classmates and faculty so I try to take advantage of
conversations we have in class to learn more. I’ve been able to build my
confidence by seeing myself improve. And I’ve learned a lot by making mistakes.
I think I’ve pushed myself out of my design comfort zone. I
try to be mindful of the topics I am selecting for projects and try to pick a
range. I pushed myself to illustrate my “how to” book in words and images. A
few tears and one emergency “personal day” at work and voila – it was done. And
it worked. I felt really good about that project. I’m also not sure that I
completely have a comfort zone quite yet J
Other design disciplines? Not really, haha. I like print and
web. But I think package design is really cool too. I saw a demonstration of
the laser etcher in the lab last Saturday. There is a lot of cool things you
can do with engraving and etching on many materials. You all should talk to
David Patschke and check it out if you haven’t already.
Push yourself!! We support you. Now is the time to learn.
They say you learn nothing by doing everything right. And Jen is my hero for
posting the Done is Better Than Perfect sign. I’ve been trying to learn that.
Any day now!
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