There are a lot of cry babies in the creative industry.
I could probably stop right there but I won’t…
Although I believe that much (if not all) of our so-called “inspiration” is from God (or our ability to be creative perhaps), I’m not sure that all of it is very good.
And that’s ok. We’re not all gifted the same, just stop being so sensitive about it all, ok? Life is too short.
I would agree that as artists we need to learn to take criticism and actually improve our art and ourselves as designers. However, being told your work is not as good as you thought it was, can be crushing, especially if it is something you really like. Just remember beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the person most likely is not trying to be mean but has something in mind as well. True accomplishment is when everyone agrees on the design of a piece, whether it be immediately or after a couple of drafts.
not sure if that’s possible…
I had a mentor that claimed there was nothing new, only “creative adaptions” to previous concepts. It makes my head hurt to argue that, but if it does exist I think it is super rare. Thoughts?
//I have no idea why my head went there after reading this post. I probably should have just said, “Yes, designers are touchy.”
Honestly, that’s one gift that going to Art school gave me. Some of the prof’s were like Simon Cowell, before he was on the scene. I’ve seen a prof take stuff off the wall we posted our work on, rip it up, tell the student to do it over on top of a new project. It definitely gives you a thicker skin after a while. The only problem is once you leave that environment it’s tough to find people who are willing to offer constructive criticism (in love). You usually find people who would love to rip into you or people who are afraid to “judge”. Maybe you should start another 8-bit site for honest criticism
The peeps over at CreativeMYK (http://www.creativemyk.com/) are pretty good at that sort of stuff. You do have a few that can “lay” in ya if you really ask for it, but for the most part they give you the pros and cons of your design work.
Yea, Creative MYK is a great site for feedback. I haven’t used it in a while, but I do like the people on there and the content they are delivering as well. Good point Mike.
sweet! i know of them. they’re doing some neat stuff
True.
I think being creative, we in general are wired to be sensitive towards things that normal people won’t be, example lights, colours, natural beauty, surrounding enviroment… and hence having that “sensitivity” and being creative we are able to translate that to paintings, music, poetry…etc
Having that sensitivity also means that we could tend to read between the lines of conversation or body gestures of people even though it’s actually not there/not true !!…
We have to watch and guard ourselves when having people talking about what we’ve created. So that we won’t always overreact and blow up or becoming unnecessarily gloomy to the extend that people won’t want to be around us anymore. It’s like they are walking around eggs shells when they are around us
For me personally, it took a while to get use to peeps critiquing my work. Sometimes my pride, concerning design, flares up like allergies, but I try to quickly get outta that funk.
yeah. no one likes to hear it but it’s necessary….!
If a person can get over their fear of failure and learn to embrace constructive criticism, they will feel comfortable trying out new ideas. Great risks can lead to great rewards. Innovation involves making tons of mistakes and learning from them.
yes. ! embracing it is tough.