Grade yourself on assignments faithfully

Graphic design can actually be seen as one big piece of problem-solving: You’re given a brief by a client, which you can think of as a problem, which you then have to solve using the skills you’ve developed through your graphic design training.

Problem solving actually...

1. Sit in a calm, relaxed place.

2. Think about the first problem you want to solve in your life.

3. Once you can clearly identify the problem, imagine that the problem is happening to a friend of yours, not to you.

4. Take detailed notes on the advice you would give your friend...

People say mean things. People can be dumb. It’s only human to make a mistake and say something critical or insulting, but if it happens again and again, it’s not a mistake anymore, it’s a pattern.

To paraphrase, critique me once, that’s on you. Critique me twice, that’s on me. But if you’r...