mis•adventures in typography

one girl's quest to not suck at hand lettering

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Obsessing over Jessica Hische’s book In Progress and getting my feet wet by recreating one of her designs.

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you’d set a fire in me / i’d rather be sad with you / than anywhere away from you

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10.17.15 - sketchbook

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first doodle with my new bamboo! so excited to keep experimenting.

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11.20.14 holiday type 1

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11.5.14 - doodle 1

i haven't posted in forever, but hoping to get back on track! here's just a little doodle of some hozier lyrics from class.

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9.22.14 - project 1 wip

the project continues! some interior text for the brochure.

(spacing is a bit wonky. oops.)

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9.19.14 - project 1 wip

first stabs at projecthood! pretty happy with the beginnings of this one.

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volunteered to design/letter a chalkboard-esque brochure at work.

here's to hoping i'm not completely useless and in over my head! hooray!

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9.18.14 - sketchbook 3

trying for more complete thoughts. i think a ruler is in order.

(there is definitely not a tomato because i messed up, panicked and turned my 'o' into a tomato before i realized it should be a grape. definitely not.)

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9.15.14 - sketchbook 2

playing around. simple block letters continue to elude me.

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9.14.14 - sketchbook 1

back to basics. turns out patience is a virtue (that i don't have much of)

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disclaimer:

there are lots of super talented artists who do amazing hand lettering. i am not one of them.

this is the blog of a total amateur with a shiny new sketchbook--equal parts progress report, shared adventure and kick in the ass to keep going.

here there be type. let's have some fun.