Virgin Media Box Brief

I spent a large proportion of last week sketching out ideas for an exciting brief to create design to be painted onto selected Virgin Media electrical boxes in Headingley, which I anticipated would be a quick turnaround and potentially rewarding and fun brief to partake in.

I researched the major road names in Headingley, and 'Cardigan Road' made me want to draw a load of wooly cardies! So that was the main direction of my development work, which I was really enjoying getting stuck into. I even made a Pinterest board called 'public art'.

BUT I DIDN'T SUBMIT IT!!!!!!!!! 😔

Why not?! Because I always get to a certain point in a project, then all of a sudden I just get completely side tracked by a load of irrational worries that prevent me from going any further. It sounds so stupid, but I just can't bear the thought of people making negative comments about the quality of my work (even though they probably don't?) which is something that IS NOT IDEAL IN MY LAST AND MOST IMPORTANT YEAR AT UNI.

So that is the sad story of the cardies, as well as my ridiculous level of anxiety getting in the way of my work as usual. BUT, every cloud has a silver lining. These drawings could be used elsewhere, and there is nothing to say that they have to hide away in my sketchbook. Thank goodness for the applied illustration module last year giving me an insight into the many ways in which images can be used. Hooray! 

So, now is the time to think of how I can recycle my cardies, look at other briefs to fill the blank of this one, and gain some bloody confidence.