Painting in Letters

6.13.17 // self taught and always looking to improve

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okay calligraphy with watercolor is the absolute best, I really wanna try something like this out, hopefully I can pick up supplies this weekend

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my sketch pages go from less to...less rough. currently drafting the final of this lol

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from midsummer’s night dream, Shakespeare. he obviously didn’t realize he was being feminist, but this is my favorite quote about the movement haha

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Song lyrics I'd love to letter

“she played the fiddle in an Irish band but she fell in love with an English man” -galway girl, ed sheeran

“but I was late for this, late for that, late for the love of my life. and when I die alone, when I die alone, die I will be on time” - Cleopatra, the Lumineers

“in the end it boils down to credibility” - submarines, the lumineers

“people in the churches started singing above their hands, they said “my god is a good god and he cares” - atlas hands, Benjamin Francis leftwich 

“I'd rather be working for a paycheck than waiting to win the lottery” - first day of my life, bright eyes

suggestions??

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one of the first hand lettering pictures i took inspiration from. I especially loved the fonts for “adventure” and “kill.” I'm trying to incorporate the “kill” font in my next piece, but the serif things in the middle are kinda hard for me, so we shall see. 

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I love how this uses mixed fonts, taking inspiration from this work for my next piece!

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this just comes alive on the page!

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HANDS DOWN MY FAVORITE FONT INSPIRATION SHEET (also, BRUSH looks hella good in pencil!) 

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my first EVER attempt at hand lettering! I remember going to this website off Pinterest and was like “wow this looks super hard but it’s sooooo pretty.” so, I gave it a go and I'm SO happy I did because it’s my favorite pastime now! okay so the fonts in the above aren’t the greatest and I still have trouble with coming up with fonts and combining them, but I’m getting better. I'd love to hear tips from fellow letterers!

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I'm pretty proud of my profile picture :) first time attempting color and doodles in my lettering and i kinnnndddaaaaaa love it 

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here’s a little piece I did during my last math class of the year. my friend suggested this quote, I think its by Gerard Way? not too happy about the font I wrote “shit” in, but super happy with the way the cursive letters came out. I'd love to hear thoughts!