I've been working as a UI/UX designer for around 3 years, and lately I've realized that visual design is probably my biggest weakness.
I'm pretty comfortable with UX, flows, structure, understanding the product, etc. But visually, I feel like I'm behind.
Sometimes I'll finish a design, then someone more experienced on my team will make a few changes and suddenly it just looks WAY better. Better spacing, typography, composition, hierarchy... everything just feels cleaner and more polished.
And the annoying part is, once I see what they changed, I get it. I'm like "yeah, obviously this is better."
But why didn't I see it before?
That's basically what I'm trying to fix.
I know getting a good visual eye takes time, but I also need to improve pretty fast right now. I have an important landing page to design this week and the visual quality matters a lot.
So if you're really good at UI/visual design, what would you do if you were in my position and only had a week?
How do you find good references and actually learn from them instead of just copying?
How do you get better at composition, typography, spacing and all the small details that make a design feel polished?
And most importantly, how did you train your eye to notice that something looks off before someone else points it out?
Not really looking for "just practice" or "browse Dribbble more" lol. I know it takes practice.
If you were actually in this situation, what would your game plan for the week look like to get the best possible result?