KajalLetters

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Sweet https://www.instagram.com/p/B1yi-gJn4FT/?igshid=19w4q83tam989

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Love Thought of vectoring my work in illustrator. What do you guys think? 😬 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1wOJnAH4ze/?igshid=1ip1qpdgeww0d

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Workshop 2 successfully completed! 🤩 Sooo proud of my students, they did an amazing job 🔥. Swipe for the student projects! 🤩🤩🤩 (at Coworq) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1TcTXrH38T/?igshid=ykgkzfgdqy15

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Happy Independence day and Rakshabandhan Indians 🇮🇳! Did some digital work after sooo long! The day of freedom is inspired by Indian truck type and tassels are made of the Indian flag color. (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1LHCUTHJa_/?igshid=nrtia6zlaz5t

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Happy left handers day to me and all other lefties! Tag a lefty and lets celebrate the Silver surfer syndrome 😂! This week's @goodtype prompt was about celebrating left handlers day and the challenge was to letter left hand problems. I was researching various problems and I found THIS! Yes! This problem even has a name 😂😂😂. Can't believe? Google it! 😂 I often compose my lettering work on tracing paper first, then transfer it on cardstocks. Tracing papers are really smooth and take up a lot of lead. After I'm done with the tracing paper, I always end up with lead on the back of my palm 🙄. I would like to give a shoutout to my favorite lefty Letterer, Tom (@thump_creatief_iemand). His profile is so colorful, you must check his work out 🌈. #lefty #lefthanders #lefthandersday #yesimlefthanded #goodtype #goodtypetuesday #goodtypeleftyday https://www.instagram.com/p/B1HDEW2nKdc/?igshid=1m04cda9n1m2a

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Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do. Oprah Winfrey https://www.instagram.com/p/B1BE48cnpAR/?igshid=1aw7epslqldje

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Own your style! This week's @goodtype prompt was to letter own your style in 'your style'. For now (because there's still a long long way to go!) I love incorporating brush script with flourishes going all around the piece, beveled letters, chunky or line drop shadows, and of course florals (still in the learning stage 🙃). . . @draplin, @fieldnotesbrand, @goodtype  #goodtypexfieldnotes #goodtypetuesday #goodtype #analog https://www.instagram.com/p/By5aKoLnR05/?igshid=qh48bbj233um

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Give more than you take. #LOVELEIGHINSPIRATIONCHALLENGE . I've been following @loveleighloops since last year, when I was trying to bring more uniformity and precision into my brush lettering. I first saw their video on YouTube which was about the basics of brush lettering, and that's when I understood the foundations of constructing letters 🤩. Ever since, I've been a fan of these two, because their teaching skills are just magnificent 😍! I'm very thankful to Jillian and Jordan, who have created such helpful videos. ☺ . Yes, I know this was supposed to be done with a pointed pen, but I currently don't have one 🤷🏻‍♀️. Instead, I chose hand lettering. To be honest, I was hesitating but anxious at the same time to use so many colors into one piece, because using such colors could be a hit or miss, but I'm glad I experimented with it, instead of just sticking to two colors. 😁 https://www.instagram.com/p/ByzvMfHn5IW/?igshid=1v54jnaeuloj

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Support your local artists 👩🏻‍🎨👨🏻‍🎨 . Submission for @secretwalls and @goodtype . The theme for this week was to letter "support your local artists" in black and white. TBH I'm not completely satisfied with the final result because I believe the lines should be kinda more crisp and clear (like vector) but I made on paper so 🤷🏻‍♀️. I really love this fluid swashy flourish-y kind of script (please someone tell me what is this exactly called😂) and I enjoyed doing it, but I'll be practicing more 😁 . I highly support local artists in my city, #Surat, #India and I'm familiar with @nilrokad and @letters_by_charu . I don't really know anyone in #Muscat, #Oman though. Do let me know more artists from Surat or Muscat! . #goodtype #GoodtypeTuesday #GoodtypeXsecretWalls (at Muscat, Oman) https://www.instagram.com/p/BySDv8xHFNn/?igshid=1j1gldfulzgxr

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One Million Strong 💪🏻 Congratulations @goodtype and @brookethesunsurfer for touching a million followers on Instagram! 🍻 . Took me some time to make this because #analog 🙃. I made this piece with mostly poster colors and gave final touches with @tombowusa Brush pens. Sometimes it feels so good to go back and mix the colors in traditional old school way, even when you already have pre-made colors (brush pens). ☺ . I admire @hazelkletters @superniceletters work a lot. ❤ . #GoodtypeTuesday #Goodtype #Goodtype1Million https://www.instagram.com/p/ByF3q1on37M/?igshid=1oh32fpv3b5ao

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Matrah Souq (formerly, Mutrah) is a very prominent place here in Oman, famous for all sorts of traditional Omani goods like clothing, perfumes, antiques, handicrafts, souvenirs, etc. Souq is an Arabic word, which means 'market/bazaar' and here's where all the Arab magic lies. ✨ . I love walking into the souq, check out what's new in the market, sniff and smell all varieties of ittar (perfume) and oud sticks, amidst the chaos, which literally makes me feel like I'm in the Arabian nights 🧞‍. . Omani men usually wear a kumma (Arabic word for cap) on their head (swipe for the photo), which exhibits piety. They have foliage and geometric design which is woven on it, and I tried putting that into the negative spaces of my work 😁 (swipe for the closer look!). I also tried incorporating the golden ambiance of the souq through bevel. . So many sources of inspiration here, taking a lot of notes 🧐🤓. You'll definitely be seeing more of it in my work. ☺ #oman #matrah #matrahsouq #souq (at Mutrah Souq) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByC0nMwH7d_/?igshid=1j9pp8wzayvc

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My first entry for @goodtype !! Sooo happy and excited to be a part of this amazing lettering community ☺ So this week's challenge was to rework one of of the first lettering pieces. I made this piece circa March 17' (swipe) and after 2 years, I've progressed and learnt so much! Yes, good things do actually take time, and practice too! This was an awesome prompt! @ianbarnard @goodtype #Goodtype #GoodtypeTuesday #GoodtypeFirstPost https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx5R4ggnAiY/?igshid=v42l4m19dq09

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At my hometown, Muscat :) I tried incorporating the colors that come into my mind the moment I think about Oman. Blue and green for the scenic ocean and date trees and orange for the extremity of summers here 🙄 (because yellow was just too light to be included 😂). This is supposed to be the peak time for intense heat here but luckily it rained heavily after I was done clicking. In love with the chilled weather, so pleasant and fresh fresh! 🌿😻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxsfu24HBKz/?igshid=1jrvqzskwuqla

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When you plant a seed of love, it is you who blossoms 🥀 Tried lettering on a completely different medium today, glass! So happy how good this turned out 😁 Lettering on a convex surface with completely new tools was quite a challenge! Swipe for the process video Tools used - Camlin paint marker pen and Faber Castell multimarker #wine #winelover #winestagram #winelovers #winebottlecrafts #winebottle https://www.instagram.com/p/BxPijijHMZG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ob32rotqkqb7

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I've been quite busy with exams currently and I wish I could create more and be active. 🙄 Using @karinmarkers brush pens in black and silver. Swipe for the video https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw8-jrwn0VF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s2y8ami89zrv

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Made a lettering piece for my home. I'm soon gonna frame it ☺ Tried out some hand lettering with brush pens (instead of brush lettering) because of so many color choices and possibilities. Swipe for the color palette & tools I used for this piece 😊 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwjPJHtn9Jx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=552motgcunw9

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#TUTORIAL - 30 WAYS TO FLOURISH ASCENDER AND DESCENDERS! I really love flourishing, doesn't matter if it's brush or hand lettering. It really makes your lettering look so elegant and unique, plus it's a really good way to cover up the negative spaces! So here I've grouped up 30 combinations (I'm sure there are sooo many more ways) of flourishing. I've started with descender because it's very easy to flourish as compared to ascender, but I came across this trick by @loveleighloops where they turn the paper around and it turns into ascenders! That's genius! 🤩🤯 I've also roughly made guides using pencil in a few complex flourishes in order to get its loops right! It's a great way if you're a beginner and you're in doubt about how you'll place such complicated curves! 🙂 Swipe for the process video. Hope you find this tutorial helpful! #flourish #flourishing https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv6OaL4nTC1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w8jc8wll2293