Finding Your Style (The Honest Version)
Finding your style is messy.
Slow.
Frustrating.
And if you haven’t landed on yours yet, join the club.
It took me years to figure out what felt right.
And even now? It still shifts. Still changes.
That’s just how it goes.
People talk about “finding your voice” like it’s a one time thing.
Like you’ll wake up one day and boom there it is. (now I have that song in my head)
But it doesn’t work like that.
It’s not a moment.
It’s something that builds as you keep making things, breaking things and starting again.
Mine Started with Sketching
Pen to paper.
Nothing fancy.
Just shapes and scraps and whatever came out.
But it was never just about drawing.
It was about how I wanted things to feel.
In my work.
In my writing.
In the stuff I share.
The stuff I care about.
Losing It in the Client Work
And when you work with clients? That can get blurry fast.
You’re following guidelines, hitting deadlines, delivering what’s needed.
And suddenly, you realise:
You’ve stopped sounding like you.
I’ve looked at my own work and thought,
“Did I even make this?”
It was like I’d built a box around myself and couldn’t see out of it anymore.
That Box Broke Open
I watched a Skillshare session by Andy J Pizza one day.
He said things I needed to hear,
That your style doesn’t have to be fixed.
That you’re allowed to explore.
To shift.
To change.
And that was it.
I realised I’d been playing it safe.
Keeping things tidy and contained for nearly a decade.
Because it made sense.
Because it was easy.
But it stopped feeling like mine.
So I let myself mess about again.
Not for anyone else.
Just to see what else was in me.
Some of it was awful.
Some of it was brilliant.
Some of it led somewhere I didn’t expect.
Inspiration Now Comes From All Over
Old record sleeves.
Weird signage.
Rainy walks around forest.
Graffiti on bins.
Conversations I half-hear out the car window.
Even stuff that goes wrong.
And when I get stuck, I come back to a few things:
- I look at work I actually love and ask why it hits
- I make stuff just for me
- I blend all the random bits I like even if they don’t match
Style Isn’t a Look. It’s a Feeling.
There’s no one version.
No right way.
No single colour palette that locks it in.
It’s that moment where something ju like you.
Still Figuring It Out? Good.
That means you’re still in it.
Still curious.
Still making.
And that’s where the real work is.
Want to Make Something That Feels Like You?
If you’re looking to build something that’s honest, a bit bold, a bit messy but completely yours I’d love to help.
Let’s create something that feels like you.