Showing posts with label Pro Practice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pro Practice. Show all posts
Friday, February 19, 2016
Article Response
Creative Confidence by Julie Zhuo
I found this article to be very useful for graphic designers, especially in the structure of the article. The way Zhuo broke down the different components of Creative Confidence and the steps to master it, helps young designers see each digestible step of the process. Each point Zhuo makes should be kept in mind with every project that may come our way until the procedural method is internalized.
One of the bigger take aways from the article is admitting to not having the answer. Too often we are not willing to admit this in fear of not appearing confident, but in reality it has the opposite effect. Someone who knows his shortcomings or lack of a solution for a specific problem, shows exactly how self aware they are, a key component in confidence.
Along with admitting to not having a specific solutions for a given tasks, I think it is important to recognize past failures. Analyzing past projects, especially the ones we wouldn't want to show in our portfolios, is a great learning opportunity. So I believe that admitting to not having the answers, along with admission of past failures and what we learned from them, should be the 4th point of Zhuo's break down of Creative Confidence.
I found this article to be very useful for graphic designers, especially in the structure of the article. The way Zhuo broke down the different components of Creative Confidence and the steps to master it, helps young designers see each digestible step of the process. Each point Zhuo makes should be kept in mind with every project that may come our way until the procedural method is internalized.
One of the bigger take aways from the article is admitting to not having the answer. Too often we are not willing to admit this in fear of not appearing confident, but in reality it has the opposite effect. Someone who knows his shortcomings or lack of a solution for a specific problem, shows exactly how self aware they are, a key component in confidence.
Along with admitting to not having a specific solutions for a given tasks, I think it is important to recognize past failures. Analyzing past projects, especially the ones we wouldn't want to show in our portfolios, is a great learning opportunity. So I believe that admitting to not having the answers, along with admission of past failures and what we learned from them, should be the 4th point of Zhuo's break down of Creative Confidence.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Article Response
Salary and Hiring Trends by The Creative Group
In this article there is a list of things hiring managers are looking for and oddly enough none of them are being taught in school or there is little emphasis on them. You could say that KCAI encourages and pushes students to take on internship while still in school, effectively beginning the process of gaining experience, but we still won't have the 2-3 full years of employment that most managers would like to see.
Hopefully social media skills will be talked about more in the Pro Practice course and in the remaining two semesters. I understand how to partake in social media, but have not yet figured out the most effective ways to get myself out there to more people in a shorter amount of time.
Our formal training pushes for refinement of our skills in Adobe, but not nearly enough in CSS3 and HTML5. Perhaps these are skills I'll have to acquire on my own in between semesters.
In this article there is a list of things hiring managers are looking for and oddly enough none of them are being taught in school or there is little emphasis on them. You could say that KCAI encourages and pushes students to take on internship while still in school, effectively beginning the process of gaining experience, but we still won't have the 2-3 full years of employment that most managers would like to see.
Hopefully social media skills will be talked about more in the Pro Practice course and in the remaining two semesters. I understand how to partake in social media, but have not yet figured out the most effective ways to get myself out there to more people in a shorter amount of time.
Our formal training pushes for refinement of our skills in Adobe, but not nearly enough in CSS3 and HTML5. Perhaps these are skills I'll have to acquire on my own in between semesters.
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