What would you have done?

This is a topic that will eventually help me alot if people develope it, im wondering if the designers on Artician moved back to their Teen years/ College Years, what would you have done differently concerning design?

Spent more time learning the ins and outs of Photoshop.

There was a time where I wasn't designing for a very long time so wished I hadn't done that though I am happy to have the knowledge I have now but that long break downgraded a few of my skills.

1) Portfolio Building.

2) Taking more pictures. I went on a trip to the Galapagos Islands and only took 30 pictures with a very sub-par camera, and knowing I will probably never get an opportunity like that again kills me

Well. I'm still that young so.... *whistles*

I suppose I wish I was always as hardworking as I am currently.. Being a disciplined worker is especially important, especially in fine arts.

Work ethic.

I shoulda' became a geek much younger.

Paid attention.

Drew more realistc/real life pictures instead of stylized/anime. e_e;

I'm still 15 well 16 next month but I'm movin pretty well at the moment..

Spent some of those free hours of the day doing more than playing computer games. Though I don't regret the fun.

But when you're young, you have tons of free time. Use it.

Actually attend a college. I was self-thought, and never attended college. You can say that I would like to have experienced it, if only to socialise and have that college life thing.

take way more referance photos and maybe take a course in art

i would have liked to attend college and to stay away from drugs

When I was first starting out as a kid I would have drawn a lot more from life. I would have opened up the sears catalog for help with anatomy instead of buying one of those 'how to' books.

As for my college years when I started to take it halfway seriously, I would have dropped photoshop completely and waited at least another year before buying a tablet so that I could focus on the basics instead of playing around with useless gimmicks that didn't help me in the long run.

Got into Photojournalism sooner, and built up my portfolio, maybe found an art teacher I could stand that way I could have painted much more than I did.

Actually applied for college instead of telling myself that I'd do that later.

Currently I'm living life as I've always wanted to live it, but looking back over the past few years I should've taken school more serious, and everything else less serious.

Still in secondary, so I can't really say much

id fly to brazil and get gisele to our agency before IMG did.