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MEASURINGMY WORK
W hen m easur ing m y wor k m y m ain point of r efer ence is m y pr evious wor k . M y m ain
goal is ensur ing that I?m im pr oving m y sk ills and getting better with ever y char acter I
m ak e, r ather than com par ing m yself to industr y pr ofessionals who have been wor k ing in
the industr y for year s to im pr ove their sk ills.
Som etim es I wor r y that I?m stagnating or not im pr oving at a fast enough r ate, but when I
com par e m y cur r ent wor k to wor k that I did 2-3 year s ago I can see huge pr ogr ess. Even if
m y wor k doesn?t show significant im pr ovem ent fr om pr oject to pr oject, I still think m y
k nowledge of the industr y and wor k flows is developing constantly.
I also r elied a lot on feedback fr om peer s, tutor s and industr y contacts. I found that
posting pictur es of m y wor k in pr ogr ess online and getting feedback helped to m otivate
m e and k eep m e on the r ight tr ack .
I found that thr oughout the pr ocess of the year som e of the m ost helpful feedback on m y
por tfolio was fr om inter views with Fr ontier Developm ents, Sum o Digital and nDr eam s. I
discover ed that som e pieces that I wasn?t sur e I wanted to show in m y por tfolio wer e
actually favour ed by the inter viewer s. This showed m e that char acter ar t is always
objective, and even if I don?t feel confident in a piece of wor k it?s still wor th putting it out
ther e to r eceive feedback as it m ay show a sk ill that a par ticular em ployer is look ing for.
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