I need to realize that I am not as incompetent as I think I am, especially when it’s 2am and I’m tired and frustrated and tempted to give it all up.

We had the critique for this project I’ve been bemoaning for the past few days. And it went well. The prof said he “really appreciated the care taken in the construction of the layers” and he thought my “use of media and techniques was successful” or some artspeak like that. I pointed out a few things that I would have done differently or reasons why certain aspects seemed wrong to me, but one girl was like, “No, I think that actually translates really well” and someone else said that the way they paper laid on the board “added another type of effect and made you curious as to how it was created”.

All in all it went very well. And I learned that a) I’m not completely inept and b) critiques are at least 85% BS and c) art school critique stereotypes are completely and shamelessly true.

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