#trajansonline

[lindseyhook]

I’ve been working on serifs and the transition into the serif on the horizontal strokes. I think it’s starting to show a little at least? These are definitely better than they were the first day picking up a brush again. I had to teach myself the horizontal transition again from scratch. There was definitely no muscle memory left of any of that compression/rotation/pressure/release manipulation left. I struggled with that same stroke a LOT the first time I started learning brush Trajans too. Really wish I’d kept up my practice better 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[lindseyhook]

Some pics from playing with penned Trajan variants this weekend. I still need a lot of practice, but these were a lot of fun 😛

[lindseyhook]

More Trajan practice from last night. I think it’s been at least a year (+?) since I’ve picked up a flat brush, so I’m definitely rusty. There are a lot of wobbles here and missed rotations/proportions. I also slightly mismeasured my brush width before drawing my line height guides, so everything is a little slim 🤦‍♀️

I was working with a Raphael Kaerell no.4. I think the line height is a bit under 3”

It felt really good to pick up the brush again. I’m hoping to make more time for practice in the evenings this week 🤞

[lindseyhook]

I’m waaaaaay behind on my trajans practice and homework 😬 I’ve been lost in Italic land for the last two weeks, but this weekend I finally was able to clear out that job and get some study time in.

These are my first shots at built up penned trajans.

I definitely haven’t found my rhythm with them yet, they feel labored over and fussy (I suppose because they are), and my spacing needs work. But I’m having fun!