#homsweethom

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Kicking off today’s #GoodtypeTuesday is @just.drawing.words! Words below by Sonia: ・・・ Here’s my entry to #goodtypetuesday! The challenge this week is to letter one of your favorite 2019 Crop keynote speakers 🙌🖤. . When I saw the prompt, hands down I had to letter one and only the sweetest badass Lauren Hom @homsweethom 💕. . She’s super badass when it comes to lettering and business but has the sweetest voice and personality when she talks, am I right? 🙋🏻‍♀️🖤. . Absolutely love her work and she’s the main reason I got into lettering. My very first lettering piece was by doing the very first #homwork assignment. Plus, thanks to her @passiontopaid class, I got to launch my very first passion project (@universe_buddy ) 💫✨. . Here’s Lauren rocking the flour crown and summary of what I think above her work: creative, quirky, and smart. . 👈Swipe left for the close up of her 👀🖤. . Oh, and TBH as a mommy of 2 young kids, sadly, I won’t be able to attend Crop con *but* if you ever select me as a winner to this challenge, I will gift to the artist who needs this the most 🙌🙌🙌. . . . #goodtype @goodtype #goodtypetuesday #goodtypecropgiveaway @cropcons @homsweethom #homwork #lettering #letteringcommunity #letteringchallenge #fanart #crop #cropcons #creativeconference #art #type #typography #typostrate #bftype #homsweethom #illustation #createdtoday #practicemakesprogress #soniaydesigns #justdrawingwords #cropcons #letteringartist https://www.instagram.com/p/BtyJXpbnkBW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cmjkf27z6hw8

[mickeemariee]

🌿 Where my “passion” resides

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This week’s #HOMwork was to create a piece including, what I would consider, a few of your favorite things.

[flourcrownqueen]

Flour Crown No. 19: EMO EDITION! Black charcoal croissants and macarons from Monsieur Spook in Canggu, Bali.

dress: American Apparel

[homsweethom]

One Year of Traveling and Drawing Captured in One Magazine

I spent the last 18 months traveling around the world, and tomorrow marks the last day of my journey. After a whirlwind year and a half of adventuring, I’ll fly home to Los Angeles with endless stories to share, but no travel photos to accompany those stories. No snaps of colorful sunsets, bustling street markets or exotic meals. Not even a single selfie. Why? Because before I left for my trip, I decided to challenge myself with a project called No Photos Please. In a world of smart phones, selfie sticks and sharing anything and everything that we do, I assigned myself this creative (and personal) challenge: I would forgo taking travel photos for one entire year, instead choosing to document my journey through my sketchbook.

While the constant drawing practice improved my technical skills, the most important lesson I learned was this: the less you have to work with, the more creative you have to get. Since I couldn’t take conventional photos of my travels, I had to use my creative skills to capture my sketchbook drawings in an interesting way. I learned to get inventive with backgrounds, textures, and props, and I always looked forward to sharing my travels with my friends & followers in a unique way. Some wondered why I’d put a restriction on myself like that while on the trip of a lifetime. I guess I’ve always liked challenging myself, as most creatives do, and it seemed like a unique opportunity to test my creative boundaries. I knew that traveling itself would test my physical and emotional boundaries, so why not push myself creatively too?

To commemorate the end of this project, I partnered with Blurb again (remember that beautiful hardcover book I made last year?) to create a printed collection of all the images from my sketchbook - this time in the form of a lovely magazine! Since I’ve only ever posted the drawings online, it was really special to see everything come together in one beautiful, printed piece. I couldn’t believe how easy it was to create; all I had to do was download the handy Blurb plug-in for Adobe InDesign, choose my book size, and drop my files into a template. When I finished, I was able to upload the file to the Blurb website directly from InDesign (woohoo!). I clicked a few buttons to check-out, and my magazine was on its way to me in Australia in a matter of days. One of my favorite things about Blurb is that once your files are ready for print, you can easily list your book for sale online. How cool is that? I listed my No Photos Please magazine on the Blurb store, so a copy of my adventures can be on its way to you too!

Now my trip is coming to an end, I’ve finally had some time to reflect on the year. I spent an afternoon sitting at a cafe, flipping through the drawings, and re-living all of those wonderful memories in my head. I can’t wait to fly back home with this printed book of my trip already in my luggage, ready to share with my friends and family as soon as I land. Thank you so much for following along with my global adventures! It’s been such a delight to share my story in a creative way, and I’m already looking forward to sharing the next chapter with you.

And a special thanks to Blurb for sponsoring this post and helping me bring No Photos Please to life. Have you ever thought of creating a book or magazine of your work? What kind of book would you create? I hope this post has inspired you to create one of your own. Can’t wait to see what you make!

x Lauren

[goodtype]

Up next is a fabulous composition of Crop speakers and workshop leaders by @kelleydillonart for today’s #GoodtypeTuesday! • This Goodtype Tuesday we are teaming up with @Cropcons! Remember last year when we hosted the epic Live Lettering Challenge at the Crop wrap party and we gave away a full weekend pass? Well, we're doing it again this year! Crop is an annual 2-day Creative Conference celebrating community, inspiration, learning, creativity & more. It's in its 4th year and will be taking place on April 18th & 19th in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with an amazing lineup of keynote speakers & workshop leaders from across the world. In addition to inspiring talks and knowledge dropping workshops, Crop will also have vendors, live events, live music and after parties. Keynote Speakers: @homsweethom @joncontino @weargrits @snaskshtlm @adamvicarel @jamesvictore @el_dick Workshop Leaders: @industryprintshop @FrenchPaperCo @lisa_quine @fugstrator @prettyuseful Your challenge this week is to letter the name of one or more of your favorite 2019 Crop keynote speakers or workshop leaders. And in the caption tell us what you love about them and why we should give you the 2-day pass to this year's Crop! Tag your entry @goodtype @cropcons and hashtag your entry #GoodtypeTuesday #GoodtypeCropGiveaway. • As always, we will repost some of our favorites. Remember, this is all for the encouragement and practice of lettering. Only positive comments and constructive feedback welcome. Multiple entries welcome. All skill levels welcome. Please only enter YOUR work. Entering your work does not make it ours. We give credit where credit is due. Above all, HAVE FUN! • This is a 24 hour activity that happens once a week! Join the Goodtype Newsletter to get a head start on the weekly #GoodtypeTuesday prompt. • Know someone who should participate? Tag 'em! #lettering #handlettering #type #typography #typedesign #art #design #illustration #goodtype #batonrouge #crop #cropcons #homsweethom #creativeconference #creative https://www.instagram.com/p/BtyXsU-ngyu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e2c73xp9yebn

[goodtype]

This Goodtype Tuesday we are teaming up with @Cropcons! Remember last year when we hosted the epic Live Lettering Challenge at the Crop wrap party and we gave away a full weekend pass? Well, we're doing it again this year! Crop is an annual 2-day Creative Conference celebrating community, inspiration, learning, creativity & more. It's in its 4th year and will be taking place on April 18th & 19th in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with an amazing lineup of keynote speakers & workshop leaders from across the world. In addition to inspiring talks and knowledge dropping workshops, Crop will also have vendors, live events, live music and after parties. Keynote Speakers: @homsweethom @joncontino @weargrits @snaskshtlm @adamvicarel @jamesvictore @el_dick Workshop Leaders: @industryprintshop @FrenchPaperCo @lisa_quine @fugstrator @prettyuseful Your challenge this week is to letter the name of one or more of your favorite 2019 Crop keynote speakers or workshop leaders. And in the caption tell us what you love about them and why we should give you the 2-day pass to this year's Crop! Tag your entry @goodtype @cropcons and hashtag your entry #GoodtypeTuesday #GoodtypeCropGiveaway. • As always, we will repost some of our favorites. Remember, this is all for the encouragement and practice of lettering. Only positive comments and constructive feedback welcome. Multiple entries welcome. All skill levels welcome. Please only enter YOUR work. Entering your work does not make it ours. We give credit where credit is due. Above all, HAVE FUN! • This is a 24 hour activity that happens once a week! Join the Goodtype Newsletter to get a head start on the weekly #GoodtypeTuesday prompt. • Know someone who should participate? Tag 'em! #lettering #handlettering #type #typography #typedesign #art #design #illustration #goodtype #batonrouge #crop #cropcons #homsweethom #creativeconference #creative (at Baton Rouge, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtwXZd7H1ct/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4066kdsp9ss1

[flourcrownqueen]

Flour Crown No. 17: Bali Edition! Watermelon bread from Livingstone Bakery, ginger cookies, and chocolate candies.

dress: Reformation