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How do I approach being self-critical?
When I start a brief I tend to start critiquing myself immediately, it keeps me from going over the top (unless the brief gives me free reign) I normally start with what ideas popped into my head while reading the brief (they normally the more over the top ideas) and then I simplify them taking out what I think the client will like the most then I put it all together. I also tend to change my whole idea right at the end, I go on what I am feeling at the moment, my best ideas pop into my head while I am critiquing my first work. I have brainstormed ideas with clients before so I have a good understanding of what they expect when they give you a brief and sometimes that will work against me because I don’t allow my ideas to flow.
What Issues does it raise?
I can be extremely hard on myself so I tend to pull apart my ideas and doubt them, this always leads to a mind block and then wastes time, but once I have spent a day or two away from the idea I am able to come back to it and finish it off.
Do I have friends, family, colleagues or a group who will critique your work for you?
I have a very opinionated husband that critiques my work and my father is good at seeing things from a clients point of view. I need to start sharing my work on the OCA groups to get opinions from a larger group of people, I think it will keep me on my toes and allow me to approach briefs in different ways.
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