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This was a typographic exercise which also taught me the basics of Photoshop. It involved selecting letters and fonts and working with them in colour and with space within a given space.
Dumb Waiter lettering is a nice example of Brighton's artistic collaborations. There are lots of murals and graffitis in Brighton: Kemptown and the Lanes have really quirky humorous interventions of colour and typography.
After playing with 2mm wide calligraphic pen and ink for a while, I quickly sketched these letters in Illustrator with a preset calligraphy brush (30degrees) and then started copy and paste, cut and redraw.
This happened after reading the great essay titled Problems Relating to the Translation of a Drawn Letterform to a Digital Typeface written by Eduardo Berliner - you can download it from here too: www.typeculture.com/academic_resource/article s_essays/pdf...
I feel these glyphs have much more power and life than any previous one which was either merely constructed in Illustrator or based on drawings by pen.
Now i keep practicing with calligraphy and look forward even more improved letters - and I hope, a full set of characters
Annapolis, MD
This is clean and well spaced. This looks like classic hand lettering (it's not) but it's still beautiful. It fits the store that it was found in.
Editing file with the classroom computer, displayed on data projector screen - students went home hours ago. Normally, students edit their own work in front of the class.
”Custom vinyl lettering for my friends custom Freeman Transport bicycle. doyouknowclarence.com/wordpress/2009/10/black-dynamite-a-...
After spending my normal work day primarily on a computer, it is nice to step away from staring at a screen in the evenings. Hand lettering is just one of the analog based activities that I have been practicing that still allows me to fulfill my need for creative output.
Client — Self-Directed
Typeface — Hand Rendered
Production — Pencil Sketching, Inking
Size — Varies Depending on Application
Using my new "Tangle Starts Planner" by Alice Hendon. LINK: amzn.to/2GYQQOW
My blog: justaddwatersilly.com