So I had a experience as of late where I did say yes to a job I wasn’t, or didn’t feel as ready to take on. But it was a opportunity that doesn’t come by often. I have a friend that works in the music industry, more on the side of merchandising and online store fulfillment. His shop designs merch and limited pop up shops for some of the biggest names in music right now. And he hit me up out of the blue to see if I would be interested in helping out his design team come up with a fresh merchline for Lana Del Rey’s seminal album “Born to Die”‘s 10th anniversary, which was coming up at the time.
I immediately said yes for up until this point all my clientele as far as music has been in the realm of more independent artists ranging in metal, punk, and other related sub genres.
Half the time through the project I was learning on the fly. I think towards the end the other designers realized I was a little green behind the ears as far as some foundational stuff, and just general culture and language you come to possess over working in the professional field. I got my work done, met my deadlines, learned a crap ton on how to navigate through certain processes, and more importantly I made life long friendships with those designers from that team. Should have I said yes at the time? Maybe not. I struggled the first couple weeks on that project, stressed myself out to no end. But I don’t regret it. It was a good learning experience for me. It was a opportunity I would say yes to a million times over cause those pieces I made garnered me more business shortly after.