Spread Kindness.

Got a box of watercolor postcards for Cmas and decided to do some lettering on them.

Ferris Wheel Press ink with a lovely shimmer. Pilot Parallel pen

Up close!

 

American Idiot

Lately, been re-discovering my love of Green Day (thanks SB LX '26 pre-game show!) so here's one version of American Idiot:

Close up of upside down O with the I.

K Caps with Pilot Parallel and script with Posca.

Wish i had done "Don't Wanna Be An" in red

And my test piece:

Silence is the Enemy.

After hearing Green Day was going to be performing at the Super Bowl preshow, i knew I had to letter one of their songs, as I've always been a fan. Not a HUGE, but still a fan. And now, and even BIGGER fan!

Although "Warning" is my fave song, I decided to letter "Know Your Enemy" as I love the lyric: Silence is the Enemy, esp. right now.

Used one of my Pilot pens and green India ink.

then used pp and metallic ink for the rest of the lyric

For the chorus, I used a grey Posca and lettered around the words in the opp. way.

Close ups:

 

Love, not hate.

At little late creating the Bad Bunny quote but also in time for Vday!!

Wrote the first part in Spanish and ended with inglesa!

pointed pen and Horizon nib with white India ink. (What??? THREE different cultures???)  ;)  😉😊

And then, I did this for a pen pal.

Alternated the quote in inglesa and Spanish with 3d heart on top.

"The only thing more powerful than hate is love."

- Bad Bunny  💖

Before adding heart.

History Repeats (hiStOry repeatS)

SOS

Original Poem:

Helpless
Feeling so helpless
Disbelief
The outrage is still there
But subdued
As depression sets in
Fear is present
As it should be
In every one of us
But still...
There is silence
So much silence
Too much silence
THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING.
Those who should speak out
But do not
Are letting this happen
Contributing the madness
The sadness
The chaos
Confusion steps in
Trying to understand
Trying to comprehend
Trying to figure out
Why so much hate
Why do they hate
THEY HATE THEMSELVES
For that I now know
But are they soulless too?
How can they watch
How can they ignore
How can they not care
How can they let this happen
Yet again
Here we are
Reliving, Repeating
And yet
They still sit back
And watch
Letting it happen
All over
Yet again...

Favorite ME (1)

Saw a quote last year that said to NOT ask, "What is my higher / best self?" but rather, "What is My FAVORITE self?" -- LOVE that.

SO (you guessed it!) I wrote a poem.

(I actually wrote 2, so this is the first one, in free verse.)

I am

going to be 

my FAVORITE self.

Do what I want

Be who I am

Others may shame

Let them try

they can F*CK OFF

I'll still be

ME

fun, loud, boisterous

ME

Tryin to make sense 

and find harmony.

Find harmony.

This part is L Doctor layout inspo.

The square sections say "harmony" using a grease pencil then FWP ink overlay

And under that (or next to) is "i am going to be me."

*the middle column says the same in K Caps

Other close ups of metallic ink gestural lettering, again, "i will be me"

 

Finding Some Joy... (more markers)

Amidst all the sh*t happening in the US right now, I'm Finding Joy in my art room creating and playing. Going through my markers yet again!

(*Stay Strong MN! and other cities where it's also happening.😔)

my own alpha version of Brody's funky letters. (but this was on some sketch paper that's not the best)

original Favorite Self poem (gestural akim lettering)

K Caps

varied alpha letters with 3 diff. markers (want to redo as a few letters are a bit skewed)

And again, my fave self! (and again, I want to redo!)

and another alpha