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Sharing My Hand Lettering Process
At the beginning of April I started the 100 day project. This is a personal challenge where you create something every day for 100 days then share it online. I’ve been working on improving my hand lettering skills for two years now. Practice is an essential element of this particular skill and the 100 day project sounded like the perfect motivation to practice more. Today I wanted to share my hand lettering process when creating a piece of calligraphy. MY HAND LETTERING PROCESS To learn the basic letterforms I bought Modern Calligraphy Workshop by Imogen Owen. I traced the letters till I had a good grasp on how they flow…
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5 Must-Watch Art and Design Documentaries
I love watching documentaries. The most obscure the topic the better in my opinion. Today I am going to share some of my favourite art and design documentaries. I’ve chosen these ones specifically because I think they can be enjoyed by everyone. Not just designers or creative types. 5 Must-Watch Art and Design Documentaries Teaching To See (2012) This is a short documentary I have mentioned on the blog before as it is one of my particular favourites. Teaching To See is about graphic design and the teachings of Inge Druckrey. The film covers the principles of seeing, analysing and executing. Which forms the basis of graphic design. Its about…
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Alan Kitching | A Life In Letterpress
Back at the end of 2016 I went to the Lighthouse in Glasgow to see an exhibit of Alan Kitching’s work. Alan Kitching is a typographic designer, he creates artwork by using a type of relief printing called letterpress. This is where you have a block of type (or in this particular case specific letterforms) and print them onto paper using ink. It’s actually really interesting to see his work up close because there are imperfections in it. LETTERPRESS PRINTING Printing as a whole is not an exact science and doesn’t always work the way you expect. I really like his work but I think part of that comes from it…
