image © Kevin Cornell 2011
Let’s face it – you will be your own worst enemy, your worst critic and it is important to take on board the input you get from your peers. There’s nothing like a fresh pair of eyes to look over your work – an objective view of what you’ve been thinking about, working on and battling with for many hours.
Before you present your portfolio ideas, concepts and designs today – let’s take a few minutes to consider what makes you, as the audience, a good reviewer, a constructive commenter and a supportive colleague.
useful reading
- Under The Loupe #3: Critiquing, Jason Santa Maria
- Web Design Criticism: A How-To, D.Keith Robinson for Smashing Magazine
- The Delicate Art of (Web) Design Critique, Makiko Itoh for Digital Web
And lastly, here’s a little booklet from ustwo, found via creativeBloq – lots of useful reminders, especially on the first 70 odd pages :) The rest is full of Photoshop tips, useful though not sure about all of these ~ check it out yourself and see.