A client asked me to help with the design. He wanted a picture that would go on his daughter’s bedroom wall. I usually just locking myself up in a room and brainstorm on my own. But his fourteen-year-old daughter would not have it. The first thing I did was some research before sketching out a few different ways I could draw out her name. Surrounded myself with different images, I felt would inspire me. When I went over to talk to her father and discuss a different direction, I could go with the design, and I show him some of the pictures I had gathered for references. His daughter was continually asking questions. I asked her to make me a list of some of her favorite things in her room. She came up with unicorns, rubber duckies, the giant stars hanging from her ceiling. I also asked what her favorite colors were yellow and black. She was going through a goth stage. Taking everything she had listed for me I ran it through the mill in my mind and came up with several sketches and designs.
Although I am used to working alone, I do have quite good people skills. I enjoy getting input from people, and I work well with others. I just have to remind myself of it sometimes. I did not get aggravated with his daughter wanting to feel involved. The design will be something she is going to be looking at every day. Instead of getting a worked up about her interrupting my process, I invited her input. In my research, I found a rubber ducky unicorn that she loved. I integrated into the design. If I had not asked her for a list of her favorite thing may have totally bypassed the rubber ducky unicorn.
