Week 6 Blog
Well...Week 6 certainly got off to an interesting start. It's hard to describe how I feel about this week overall as it was quite a mixed bag of positive and negative aspects. Along with my usual mental thoughts its been rather odd to assess this week overall.
To start off with the positives we've definitely got Rikki on the positive now with the projects current direction. Compared to previous weeks we've definitely been on the rise with him and needless to say his latest feedback was very useful. It helped to nail down exactly what he wanted aesthetic wise for certain elements which made the week easier to tackle in terms of how to tackle the tasks. Given the team's rather nervous position on certain elements it was surprisingly nice to hear him praising them and giving us the thunbs up on them.
On the other hand it seemed like the possible fears of losing a life weren't too far fetched as we did end up losing one due to failure to confirm ship designs to show to Rikki. When the lecturer showed his designs to Rikki over the stuff we did I did feel quite off about that and with the life taken away it confirmed my suspicions. It was a shame we couldn't prevent that from happening, but at the same time with the positive reception we got from Rikki, I couldn't help but feel the loss of that life as a challenge to do better. Instead of focusing on the negative, dragging us down further, we needed to look at the positives in front of us and use that to push forward to the next phase of the project. I have to admit with the communication issues that were had on the weekend I was a bit nervous about the meeting, it certainly was one aspect that we needed to improve on as moments of waiting for feedback from others turned into a days worth of being stalled on progress as I had no idea which design to hone in on.
In fact, that was one of the biggest issues I've had at the moment. If I need feedback on any tasks I've done to see which direction to go in I've only had 2 members actively give me feedback, everyone else has been absent the whole time. I cant deny that it has been rather frustrating having to deal with this issue and at this point I've started to lose my patience, particularly with the constant tweeking i've had to do to find the style that we need. When I think surely this time I've got something that should do the job, it doesn't seem to meet the futuristic specifics we need and I jsut don't know how to get around this issue. I try to follow what Rikki has liked, the style guide and the references I can find relevent to the look and yet I just can't get a design that the team can give the thumbs up to and there's only so many times I can redo these designs before I end up going in circles. This has most likely contributed to the motivational issues I've still had here and there as I can't really put the time into something that has hit a dead end.
The struggle for motivation definitely hit me hard in the remote study as trying to tackle the head tutorial reminded me of the motivational issue I have when trying to learn new things like this. I watch videos relevant to it and give it a shot, the results aren't impressive and the urge to do something else increases. It's been absolutely frustrating dealing with this and today in particular it bit me hard. This issue has really got me wondering about the possibility that i might suffer from some form of ADHD (something my lecturer told me about when I talked to him about my struggles here) and having gotten a referral from my GP to see a psyciatrist I've been thinking about when I could see them to do the test to solve this mystery and given the struggles from today I can't deny I've been tempted to resolve this mystery to see if maybe I've had a mental blockage for a while now and never noticed it. Although it's hard to say and whether I have it or not I know in the end it's gonna come down to self motivation and disipline to get through this mental blockage.
After talking with Georgie last week about my current state I've been wondering if I should get into the habit of writing down my thoughts in a journal/diary, whether it would be benefitial for me or not? It could help me put my thoughts into perspective and could contribute to problem solving if I just can't figure out which direction to go on a situation.
While some tasks have been a bit hard to get into I have had success in other areas. The UVing process for the props was pretty straightforward, especially since many pieces were smal enough that I could get away with an automatic UV there. The only hiccup I had with that was the jarring UI change in 2018 Maya compared to 2017, which I find awkward to use as the toolbar that use to be above the map area is now gone and now i have to work with a clunky toolbox which isn't as intuitive as the previous design. I got through in the end but I would rather go back to what worked before.
I will have to continue to reinforce positive mindsets as week 7 comes around and witht the KPI meeting coming up I will have the chance to do some self assessment and the one on one with the lecturer will no doubt be important for this process. Hopefully I can continue to get through the tasks given and we can prevent anymore lives from being taken off.
To start off with the positives we've definitely got Rikki on the positive now with the projects current direction. Compared to previous weeks we've definitely been on the rise with him and needless to say his latest feedback was very useful. It helped to nail down exactly what he wanted aesthetic wise for certain elements which made the week easier to tackle in terms of how to tackle the tasks. Given the team's rather nervous position on certain elements it was surprisingly nice to hear him praising them and giving us the thunbs up on them.
On the other hand it seemed like the possible fears of losing a life weren't too far fetched as we did end up losing one due to failure to confirm ship designs to show to Rikki. When the lecturer showed his designs to Rikki over the stuff we did I did feel quite off about that and with the life taken away it confirmed my suspicions. It was a shame we couldn't prevent that from happening, but at the same time with the positive reception we got from Rikki, I couldn't help but feel the loss of that life as a challenge to do better. Instead of focusing on the negative, dragging us down further, we needed to look at the positives in front of us and use that to push forward to the next phase of the project. I have to admit with the communication issues that were had on the weekend I was a bit nervous about the meeting, it certainly was one aspect that we needed to improve on as moments of waiting for feedback from others turned into a days worth of being stalled on progress as I had no idea which design to hone in on.
In fact, that was one of the biggest issues I've had at the moment. If I need feedback on any tasks I've done to see which direction to go in I've only had 2 members actively give me feedback, everyone else has been absent the whole time. I cant deny that it has been rather frustrating having to deal with this issue and at this point I've started to lose my patience, particularly with the constant tweeking i've had to do to find the style that we need. When I think surely this time I've got something that should do the job, it doesn't seem to meet the futuristic specifics we need and I jsut don't know how to get around this issue. I try to follow what Rikki has liked, the style guide and the references I can find relevent to the look and yet I just can't get a design that the team can give the thumbs up to and there's only so many times I can redo these designs before I end up going in circles. This has most likely contributed to the motivational issues I've still had here and there as I can't really put the time into something that has hit a dead end.
The struggle for motivation definitely hit me hard in the remote study as trying to tackle the head tutorial reminded me of the motivational issue I have when trying to learn new things like this. I watch videos relevant to it and give it a shot, the results aren't impressive and the urge to do something else increases. It's been absolutely frustrating dealing with this and today in particular it bit me hard. This issue has really got me wondering about the possibility that i might suffer from some form of ADHD (something my lecturer told me about when I talked to him about my struggles here) and having gotten a referral from my GP to see a psyciatrist I've been thinking about when I could see them to do the test to solve this mystery and given the struggles from today I can't deny I've been tempted to resolve this mystery to see if maybe I've had a mental blockage for a while now and never noticed it. Although it's hard to say and whether I have it or not I know in the end it's gonna come down to self motivation and disipline to get through this mental blockage.
After talking with Georgie last week about my current state I've been wondering if I should get into the habit of writing down my thoughts in a journal/diary, whether it would be benefitial for me or not? It could help me put my thoughts into perspective and could contribute to problem solving if I just can't figure out which direction to go on a situation.
While some tasks have been a bit hard to get into I have had success in other areas. The UVing process for the props was pretty straightforward, especially since many pieces were smal enough that I could get away with an automatic UV there. The only hiccup I had with that was the jarring UI change in 2018 Maya compared to 2017, which I find awkward to use as the toolbar that use to be above the map area is now gone and now i have to work with a clunky toolbox which isn't as intuitive as the previous design. I got through in the end but I would rather go back to what worked before.
I will have to continue to reinforce positive mindsets as week 7 comes around and witht the KPI meeting coming up I will have the chance to do some self assessment and the one on one with the lecturer will no doubt be important for this process. Hopefully I can continue to get through the tasks given and we can prevent anymore lives from being taken off.
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