PART 2

Now you may think I forgot to finish my point yesterday but in reality I thought that was enough boring you with my problems.

Today I’m going to quickly share with you what in my opinion is the most horrifying part of judging your own work.

"Bias: a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation.”

We are biased when it comes to our own work. Now this can be a good or bad thing, just as one can be overly positive or overly negative in life. For me well, I enjoy my work when I’m creating it and for a short time thereafter. My portfolio is currently made up in my opinion of 2 or 3 great pieces and the rest are okay or garbage. The longer it has been since I worked on a piece the more I find wrong with it when I look at it again.

Take my design work or even this website as an example. I’ve redesigned this site 3 times in a year. It’s impossible for me to be finished with anything it always needs something more or less. I can’t seem to look at my work and see an artist’s work all I see is my work. Is this a normal problem for other artists out there or am I the only one who thinks this way. Tell me what you do to get around this, if it’s indeed a problem. I’d love to hear your suggestions.

Cris