Hopes, fears, and opportunities.
My strengths this year have shone brighter than last year. I became a lot more fearless, wanting to take the challenge of revealing a new medium to the world of Graphic Design. Although this was a stressful challenge, I had the support of friends and family to keep going regardless of the words being thrown out.
My weakness stemmed from the loss of my grandad. Throughout the years, my grandad has been a big inspiration. From You the Curator, to essays, to Initiate, my commercial designer relative kept me driven. During point five, as I discuss and praise his design work transformed into a whole new perspective with 3D printing, it was his birthday. The morning after, a phonecall changed it all. The words ‘Too late’ hit me hard. That’s where it fell. Support and comfort lost, stress from essay, illness, front-row funeral, then being thrown critiques that made me question my own purpose, let alone my work’s. The toughest challenge I’ve faced was the loss of a great man, and that’s where all my weaknesses arose. A heavy anxiety I highly doubt I’ll get rid of. This caused my work to be slow-moving to how I wanted it.
From what I said last year, I hope to show Art coming into Graphic Design in some form or way. Of course I’m still doing that today, only this way it’s through 3D printing instead of collaging. I still hope to achieve this challenge, it keeps me enthusiastic and going forward.
My improvements this year were to be confident with my work. To go “No you’re wrong, this is how it is”. Making sure my voice was heard both as a student and as a customer buying an education. I made sure my creativity shone throughout the rest. It was also the idea of managing time. I’m never the best with this, so this year I made sure I did everything in the beginning so the ending wasn’t as hair-pulling. Although this caused stress in the beginning, it let me just watch people around me do stuff at the last-minute while feeling relaxed that I already did it.