Expression for a situation where you are too used to your work that you don't see its beauty/potential
I am working on my first production mobile app (Android). The UI is okay (to me), but when I show my friends they are amazed by it and tell me how beautiful it is. Since I'm the one creating it and I see it every other minute, it is understandable that I have gotten used it that it's just, ordinary. What do you call this? I know it is also something people in arts experience.Is there a name for it?
How about Blasé.
Also according to Macmillan dictionary:
Blasé : Adjective
not excited, worried, or enthusiastic about something that most people think is exciting, worrying, or impressive, because you have done it many times before
You are getting blasé about your creation.
Perhaps you would describe this situation as you can't see the forest for the trees. (dictionary.com)
An expression used of someone who is too involved in the details of a problem to look at the situation as a whole
This expression does have a bit of a negative connotation, but I think in this case it's not too negative for what you've described.
I couldn't readily find a reference for it, but what you're looking for may be too close to see it and variants. You need other sets of eyes to help you see what you have lost the ability to see by virtue of being too invested in something or having been over the same ground too many times. I have used and heard this term often in connection with the development of documents, which are analogous to your UIs. Getting external feedback early and often, long before you lose the ability to see whatever it is you're producing, is key to success.
You've plainly become insensible to the beauty and uniqueness of your creation (sense 3):
- unaware; unconscious; inappreciative: We are not insensible of your kindness.