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I'm a 24 year old Scottish freelance designer (UX-heavy), developer(HTML/CSS/jQuery) and programmer(Ruby on Rails) from London, United Kingdom.
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How To Get Great Opinion on Designs

Posted 1 year ago
What with the recent dribbble drama¹, I wanted to tell people how I appreciate criticism on my design work.

When I am asking people for opinion on my design work, I want full honesty. While I appreciate niceties, I want to know everything that is wrong with it, no matter how trivial it is. The moment someone can not tell me what’s wrong with my design, it’s perfect.

Another point to note though is that everyone’s tastes will differ and you will never be able to please everyone. One person may love a flourish, while another critic may hate it. Ultimately, you have to work out who your demographic is and what you believe.

Appreciate the time people take to give you criticism. Most importantly, take everything on board but follow your gut. You’re the designer. Do what you think is right and don’t be apologetic for it.
1. I won’t link to it. I do not want to encourage hits to the offender.