"Make something bigger. Much bigger than feels comfortable. Now it's probably about right."

Do this now

Identify the most important element in your design. Make it at least twice as large as it currently is. Live with that for a moment before deciding it's too much.

Unpack

Students consistently underuse scale because large feels aggressive and unsafe. But scale is one of the clearest signals a design can send about importance. If everything is roughly the same size, the viewer has no guidance. Size is an opinion about what matters — make sure yours is visible.

Draw it.

Fast and messy is better than perfect.