One of my favorite things to do is design murals, but it can also be fun to work with someone else’s design! The latter was the case recently, where I painted a 10 foot by 38 foot mural in an office space in Somerville using the design of one of the employees.
Yekaterina Kozlova from tech company SmartBear recently reached out, hoping it would be possible to realize her vision of turning her design into this large mural. The graphic, geometric design and combination of subtle grays with bold colors worked perfectly with the rest of the office space
The original design
With the design in hand, my job was to make it come to life on the very large wall!
The biggest challenge was hand-painting shapes that were digitally created, but after a few days of some very steady-handed painting, I was able to accomplish Yekaterina’s goal. It was fun hearing the overwhelmingly positive reactions from the SmartBear while I was painting the mural, but the most rewarding part was hearing the feedback from the designer herself. When it was done, Yekaterina shared that never imagined it would look as good as it did!
Below are some pictures of the final result — Enjoy!
-Jason
The full mural
Close-up of the left half
Close-up of the right half