Label: Interview
Due Date: Friday, October 30th by 8AM
1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else? Are you shadowing? Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic? If so, what? Are there other people who are experts in the location? Etc...)
I have been spending time with my mentor at local coffee shops so far. This may sound like a bad idea, but believe it or not once we start discussing, everything around us becomes non existent! I feel as if we can meet at an amusement park and not be distracted? Graphic designer(s) can work anywhere! So in a sense, i'm not necessarily shadowing, but picking my mentor's brain about things I want to know more about. For example, "What text is good for what emotion"? Or "What is often the hardest part of a design for you?" This is a lot more helpful to me because I do enjoy comparing different opinions and morals from different designers. She has been helpful to me because she is helping me think and process ideas for my IC #1 (see blog for details) and so far, I feel like I will blow the classroom away with her help on my side.
I have been spending time with my mentor at local coffee shops so far. This may sound like a bad idea, but believe it or not once we start discussing, everything around us becomes non existent! I feel as if we can meet at an amusement park and not be distracted? Graphic designer(s) can work anywhere! So in a sense, i'm not necessarily shadowing, but picking my mentor's brain about things I want to know more about. For example, "What text is good for what emotion"? Or "What is often the hardest part of a design for you?" This is a lot more helpful to me because I do enjoy comparing different opinions and morals from different designers. She has been helpful to me because she is helping me think and process ideas for my IC #1 (see blog for details) and so far, I feel like I will blow the classroom away with her help on my side.
2. How did you find your mentor? How did you convince this person to help you?
I found this mentor from a friend who knew her, and she was already willing to help me out without a doubt! She said she would also benefit from this mentoring experience because she wished that she had someone to help her out when she was my age. Hopefully after this project she will continue mentoring different students!
3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship? How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person
At this point, I think I can say that we are comfortable. When we first met, we talked for 3 whole hours! It was a surprise to me, but knowing that she is open to answering to any of my questions I have for her helps me get to know a designers life.
4. What went well in this interview? Why do you think so? What do you still need to improve? How do you know? How will you go about it?
This interview helped me get to know her little more, and It allowed me to ask questions that popped up in my head right after. It also let me know how serious she was about her designer career, which then helped me understand that she does mean business! I do, however, need to improve on my transitions with questions. In my head I would imagine a different answer but when she answers, it was totally different from what I had excepted! So when I would ask a different question, it almost felt awkward to me. I will come up with an abundance of questions that can lead to one or more directions, so the transitions wont feel awkward and clumsy.
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