Personally, I found it very difficult to think of my own strengths and opportunities at first, as I'm not used to focusing on what I'm good at but rather things I need to improve on. However, once I wrote a few things down I feel that I managed to get some accurate strengths and weaknesses down, some of which were also pointed out by my peers.
Based on my personal analysis and my peer's analyses of me, I have found that my personal strengths consist of; being good with time management, being very motivated, I'm a hard worker and I'm passionate about my work. My interpersonal strengths include; being a charming and very friendly person, I'm easy to talk to and easy to discuss work with, I'm open to new ideas and concepts, I'm approachable and I'm a good listener, I put my work up on a variety of social platforms. My technical strengths consist of; being good at Maya, I'm good at Photoshop and I'm quick to learn new technologies/ software. Finally, my artistic strengths include; digital drawing/ painting, 2D work, design and illustration, life drawing and versatility.
In terms of weaknesses I have found that, personally, I lack confidence in myself as a practitioner, I don't voice my opinions or thoughts enough and my passion for my work doesn't always show. in terms of interpersonal weaknesses I'm seen as being quite shy, I lack confidence in presentation based tasks and although I have a range of social networks set up, I don't have many connections. Technically, my weaknesses revolve around me losing motivation very quickly if I don't understand a piece of software or if the task is too tedious or long. I also use software I am familiar with and don't experiment enough with new/ different software. Artistically, I lack confidence in my own work and my abilities as a practitioner, I'm not very good at character design and I don't have my own style.
Thinking on opportunities and and threats I found that there are many opportunities for me such as PPP, festivals, association with Leeds College of Art, critiques, and networking. In terms of threats there are quite a few that I need to focus upon including my lack of confidence, financial constraints, not knowing how to build connections and competitors.
Overall, I'm really pleased with the feedback I have received from my peers, as it has given me a huge insight into how people view me as a person and as a practitioner. It has also given me a huge confidence boost to learn that people think I am good at what I do, but it has also boosted my confidence learning which areas I'm not so good at because I now have the opportunity to work on those areas to develop myself further.
At the end of the session, we were asked to re-do the task and create a more visual representation of the sheet we were given and this is what I have.
