i’ll try: a mural
mural design, illustration
I’ve always wanted to try to paint a mural and so while staying at friend’s house recently while petsitting, I asked if I could paint a wall in her basement gym corner to drastically improve the space.
she gave me free reign (although she did see an initial drawing before I went to home depot) and the result does exactly what the intended purpose was—to improve a dark, cave-like corner to make home workouts a little more inviting.
before:
first, a very quick and rough mock up to start the process.
next, prime this crumbling brick wall that has seen better days
i painted the background first and then i went back to my iPad to do a more specific mock up of the black details and played with some quotes. i didn’t have access to a projector so i kept the details minimal.
the change from “you got this” to “f*ck it, i’ll try” was strategic. when we hear “you got this” and then we fail, it makes us feel, well, like we failed because we did, in fact, not have it.
when we say, “f*ck it…” it is more likely that we’ll be okay with whatever the end result happens to be. when we’re okay with failure we’re more willing to try again which is the key to success. (and yes this was a symbol for my general attitude while painting my first mural)
after the first layer of the plant was painted), i went back to the iPad to plan the quotes and placement more accurately before painting them.
final:
one of my favourite quotes relevant to weightlifting and life—you don’t need to make a ton of progress at once. just focus on a little bit at a time and eventually a little becomes a lot.
