S.W.O.T Analysis - End of year Review

One of my first posts was a S.W.O.T Analysis which I said I was going to re-do at the end of the year to see how I had developed and changed as a designer.


Strengths

1. Adobe Photoshop - Intermediate
2. Adobe Illustrator - Beginner/Intermediate
3. Adobe InDesign - Beginner/Intermediate
4. Development
5. Producing Ideas
6. Collaging
7. Researching

Weaknesses

1. Drawings
2. Accepting criticism

Opportunities

1. Local life drawing classes
2. Second year placement
3. Briefs found in a book I bought

Threats

1. Other Students
2. Marks

From this analysis, I can see that I now have a lot more strengths than I do weaknesses. I have also changed some of the weaknesses that I had at the beginning of the year into strengths which is what I should be doing. 

I still have one weakness that I need to work on over the summer which is drawing, I just need to practice and learn to love it again. I've also found a new weakness which is accepting criticism. I think that I will learn this in time but every designer has some sort of attachment to their design so it is a little bit heart breaking when they get criticised.

Opportunities that I am going to take in the next year are my placement and some classes that I am going to take in the summer. I will also work on some briefs from a book I bought a couple of months ago.

I am still threatened by other students, but maybe this is a good thing as it will keep me on my toes.