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Hand lettering styles: block lettering tutorial
The beauty of a block hand lettering style is that you don't have to outline your letters perfectly from scratch. If you're using a pencil, you can start with the overall structure of the letters and then later go around and ink or darken the outermost edges.
The Perfect Gift for the Kid Who Has it All
The perfect custom gift for the child or adult illustrator, cartoonist, or artist in your life who has it all.
Illustrator and hand lettering tutorial: brush calligraphy using a Wacom tablet
Here's how to set up your Wacom Tablet for Illustrator to be able to have fun with brush pen lettering.
When do you draw? Unplug and make it happen
Dive in. Pretty soon the unplugged-creation-zone habit will be in place, and I guarantee you'll feel more balanced and accomplished.
12 Inspiring hand lettering works in progress
While it's always cool to see finished pieces, it's also equally as cool to see the work in progress. Seeing how people progress on hand lettering projects can help guide you in your own endeavors and can be extremely motivating.
Hand lettering starter kit
While the tools don't make the artist, the right tools can be more fun to use. You can definitely get by with a number two pencil, a sharpie marker, and copy paper. However, here are the supplies I recommend for a beginning hand letterer. These things will help you achieve finer and more precise results, and you may enjoy the experience that much more that you do it more often.
11 Female hand letterers to follow on Twitter
As a follow up to my posts on letterers to follow on Instagram, I wanted to share a list of amazingly talented female letterers to follow on Twitter. While you can follow these ladies via other networks, the binding ingredient a findable Twitter account, so there you have it. Plus, Twitter is my favorite.
How to create a hand lettered chalkboard drawing in Photoshop
It’s so fun and easy to create a faux chalkboard effect in Photoshop. Learn how to put your hand lettering on a chalkboard, digitally.
How to start drawing and creating again
An old hobby or past time may feel clunky at first. But by taking it one step at a time and not expecting immediate stellar results, you can rekindle your love affair with your old favorite hobby or skill.
What's in my pen case: favorite pens and markers
I'm going to Paris soon. I am starting to mentally pack for my trip and I need to bring my Biggest Bang For My Buck pens so I can doodle to my heart's content. So I wanted to share!
My first hand lettering project
One newfound love, which understandably builds off of my love for typography, is hand lettering. Admittedly, I'm jumping on the bandwagon a little late. It's the work of Jessica Hische that really tipped the scale.