I've been designing since 2011 and the very best advice I can give you is to just keep designing. When I first started designing, every month I'd look back on the things I designed the month prior and say "Whoa, what was I thinking? That was terrible!" I still have those moments today; I look back on work I've done in the past year and can point out many areas that I could improve upon.
My greatest increase in knowledge and experience, though, came when I dropped my freelancing gig for a full-time position at a consulting agency.
I've been designing since 2011 and the very best advice I can give you is to just keep designing. When I first started designing, every month I'd look back on the things I designed the month prior and say "Whoa, what was I thinking? That was terrible!" I still have those moments today; I look back on work I've done in the past year and can point out many areas that I could improve upon.
My greatest increase in knowledge and experience, though, came when I dropped my freelancing gig for a full-time position at a consulting agency.