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- sequoia0
woh. take it easy man. your work isn't shit. you just had a bit interview.
take a deep breath and get back at it.
- Countryman0
if this guy can make it. I am sure youll be fine
- Douglas0
when i was in school and handed an assignment to redesign some local cleaning service or valet company, i ignored it, because i knew no matter how sweet it ended up, that i would never want it in my portfolio. my advice is to keep designing the things you love if you're going to bulk up your portfolio with spec work.
- ukit0
- PIZZA0
he is right that you do need more and better work, but it sounds like he said it like a cock
- noneck0
Go back and burn the building down.
- ETM0
"maybe i just need a new fucking career "
To be frank, you have no formal design or technical education in your resume. Its not really a career unless you are willing to invest in that, really learn the fundamentals and both invest in and evaluate yourself.
- I mean you're just out of high school. If you really love it, don't give up.ETM
- whoa just out of highschool? i was no where close to this so don't give up!hellojeehae
- im 24. and my work is seen as high school work... go mepockets
- sorry i mean with no educational background its really goodhellojeehae
- hellojeehae0
i would throw eggs
- prophet0
when i attempted to get into the an arts program at eciad, i was interviewed by the head of the dept. she said what i had wasn't great and told me to return next term with additional work that showed her more scope, more thought. i felt kinda kicked in the nuts, but i took her advice, worked at it, and they let my ass in the next term.
- JSK0
awesome
they called you in for an interview to tell you that your work sucks.
this is a good thing. your rant seems like you are high flying on your ego based on some award winning stuff that you did.
- JSK0
none of these were considered to be "good work""
By you or by them? If by them, I have to agree with them
- Rand0
In my opinion you're all wrong
Why? Because I'm an asshole.
- d_rek0
Hey now, we all get slammed at various times throughout our career - whether it's an interview, reviewing work with colleagues or clients, or just sharing with members of the general public.
Really it will only serve to make you better. Tear something down to build it up again and all that jazz...
- Rand0
I wouldn't do anything... chances are he's wrong, or as wrong as anybody else
- PIZZA0
Yeah those are shit (apart from the bee, but they're not hiring a stock photographer), don't show any of that next time
- pockets0
i just love hearing my work is shit...it makes me feel so warm inside
- You just graduated not too long ago.brother
- do you want us to lie to you? stop feeling bad for yourself and try to get better.iCanHasQBN
- If you're meant to be in the industry, you'll use negative crits as motivation to prove those wrong.ETM
- If you take it to heart, get out while you still have a soul.ETM
- orrinward0
Just because some work has won an award doesn't mean negative opinions on it aren't valid. I don't see his point as I really like those cartography pieces (significantly higher standard than the rest of your work) but that is his opinion, and unless they're producing stuff in that area that is ridiculously better than yours it is their loss.
Some interviews go bad. You just take it on the chin and try and take a lesson from it. Perhaps some of your mannerisms or the way you presented your work brushed him up the wrong way. Judging by the way you defended of the work is 'It's not shit it won awards', you could be out of your league slightly with regard to professionalism.
The way to turn an opinion to being a positive one on your work is not by saying 'Yeh but other people like it', you justify the works quality through explaining the techniques used and reasoning behind the piece itself. You need to be able to both accept critique and negative feedback to work, but also be able to argue your case in an intelligent and informed manner.
I'm no cartographer so I don't know the contextual side of what you've done there, I just like the way it is illustrated, but there is a lot more meaning and reasoning behind the design choices. That is probably what the guy was trying to provoke, albeit in a discomforting way.
- _niko0
Cartography is a precise, detail oriented field. Boring technical work, you seem like more of an artist, you need something that encourages your free flowing esthetic.