You might notice that I switched to a thinner style. It requires more actual control of my wrist and the pen. I think this new, thinner style forced me to focus on the fundamentals of good lettering. At times I just couldn’t get rid of those bumpy upstrokes but my downstrokes always felt a lot…
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As with most hobbies in my life I quite randomly stumbled upon hand lettering recently. I was browsing Instagram and got hooked on the modern calligraphy videos with the most satisfying loops and swirls. Naturally, I wanted to try it for myself. It’s been a messy start. My lines are crooked and wobbly. My lines…
I’ve seen bullet journaling around for years now. I’ve tried a plain planner before (just printed out pages from the web) and it was fun for awhile but I never stuck to it. I also know that I’m not going to have much to plan in 2021 (much like 2020) because I’m not going anywhere.…
I keep telling myself that in order to be a successful artist I have to become specific with what I make. That ends today. It isn’t true and it isn’t helpful. I am creative almost every day. However, I struggle to give myself any credit for the things that I think fall outside of my…
“Butterflies” Line Art A recent video on my YouTube channel started out as a simple line drawing so I thought I’d offer up the line art in case anyone wants to color it in. (The colored version of the image will be added soon, when the video goes live.) I have PDF version that should be…
