MY SKILLS and GAPS
To kick off this week’s task, we had to put together a list of the skills that we have and the skills we would like to achieve. As one can see above I got a bit carried away with the illustrative side of the “list”, and I only added the most important ones as I was running out of room on the page. I even used fancy paper for this one.
My Skills
From my time in school as well as the workplace, I can say that I have acquired the following skills:
- Good at sketching
- Researching
- Proficient in design software
- Finding/creating ‘hacks’ that makes repetitive tasks automated
- Logo design
- Logical thinking
- Problem solving
- Background in technical subjects: Maths, Physics, Technical drawing
- Experimenting
- Empathising
- Mingling and getting to know people
- BONUS: I am good at barbecuing steaks
My Gaps
As with skills, I also still have a lot to learn and improve. I think I should work on:
- Learning animation techniques and software
- Improve web design skills
- Generate ideas quicker
- Public speaking
- Panic less
- Manage time better
- Prioritising
- Learn to let go
- Promote my work better
- Accept that it is ok to take some time off of things
Just like any other career, creative careers are a life-long learning curve that if nurtured, the results are fruitful. Learning is part of life, otherwise we will be stuck in a rut. This reminds me of a particular point mentioned by Brian Eno, creator of Oblique Strategies card deck – that of working alone may be less overwhelming, however you will be stuck in a loop, whereas in a group, although there is a lot more to process, you will be constantly receiving information, hence your mindset is changing focus.
It was a very insightful exercise, for it helped in putting things into a perspective, especially the listing of the gaps. The next step should probably be putting that list by order of importance and “usefulness”…
