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My manager's feedback on our digital art portfolio was just a series of animal emojis
We put a lot of time into a digital art showcase for a big client. During the review, our manager just scrolled through and replied with nothing but emojis of different animals. No words, just a panda, a monkey, and a llama. We had to figure out which pieces he liked based on the animal's mood. It was like a weird game of charades for art critique.
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wells.zara7mo ago
That sounds so confusing to figure out.
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the_thomas7mo ago
You're right about the single sentence fix. But that only works if the person giving feedback can actually put their gut feeling into words, which isn't always easy. Sometimes a weird animal is the best they can do.
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emery_knight7mo ago
Actually that kind of feedback can be pretty useful in a visual field. Getting a gut reaction through a symbol can sometimes tell you more than a paragraph of notes that overthink it. The hard part is when there's no key to what the animals mean, which puts the team in a tough spot. A quick follow up to ask for a single sentence of context would fix the whole thing. It turns a confusing game into clear direction.
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