I was very amazed at how well my classmates took such a creativity-limited project and made it their own.  Overall, I thought everyone did a great job on project one, and being next to the last I almost didn’t want mine to be shown with the other beautiful works.  I think everyone was constructive during the critique session, and gave useful advice as well as honest admiration.  I think having seen what everyone can do on a creative and artistic level made me want to work that much harder on my projects just to up the ante.  I’m not as graphic design and art oriented so this class presents a major challenge for me.  I know what not to do next time and what my classmates encouraged me to do on future projects through the class critiques.  I’m always weary of the word “critique” because you never know what place a person’s comment comes from.  I’ve always wondered if people say they like or don’t like your work is it based on whether they like you or don’t like you.  But I have to say based on Tuesday’s class, I don’t think this was the case for any student.  It seemed like everyone had a sincere respect for each other’s pieces.  The other positive thing that came out of the critique was getting to know some of my classmates personalities through art.  I learned a lot about people without even talking to them, just by viewing their project.  Overall, I thought the critique was a useful learning tool and I welcome all the others both for our work as well as the professional artists that have designed or created typefaces.