Getting a job in a creative field can feel stifling.
You have your own unique style, but employers have their own ideas.
However, you need your personal weirdness to keep those creative juices flowing.
Your ideas are part of what inspires you to do creative work in the first place.
The ‘problem’ is that they were good at the stuff I wasn’t wired to do.
Our boss started giving me the kind of projects that allowed me to draw monsters and make weird lettering.
It wasn’t slick branding, but it was exactly what made my work come alive.
We all excelled designing the way we were created to create.
That shift helped me celebrate their successes (and not see them as failures).
Creativity isn’t a mechanical process.
Don’t be afraid of your ideas.
Your boss may find the thing you were so worried about pitching to be the best thing ever.
Becky Murphy| 5 Questions For 100 Designers via99u
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