Day 3: Nutcracker

Oh did I have fun with this! Started out SO great (I love my N,U, T, C) and then it slowly went downhill (and not b/c i ran out of room on my paper).

Near perfect.

Needs work.

 

Final Day, Callivember! -- Devotion

I had skipped about a week on IG but thought I'd try to post my final creation (which didn't entirely fit on ig -- grrrrr.)

This is ok except for my O, which looks like a C and my n. :/ 😒

And my sketch

 

Day 2: Frosted

Harder to do with metallic ink (or i need a tinier nib).

 

Killian Caps (Winter)

This fall I took an online class for K Caps but then I found Yukimi Annand's version and I prefer those. Although they're challenging, I still find them fun to do! (AND I'm hoping she'll have a class soon as I'd love to take from her.)

Here is one of my first attempts (and I'm also going to use them for an upcoming Dec. lettering challenge!)

Was so pleased with how this turned out. Did this spread for a mini book I sent to a pen pal. Seems fitting to post now as we got hit with about 10 inches of snow this past weekend!

View from my art room.

These letters are definitely making me slow down!

Day 1: Holly. (K Caps; IG Ltrg Chall.)

I'm going to try and partake in yet another IG lettering challenge but this time, I'm going to do the altered Killian Caps (a la Yukimi Annand).

Mine are even MORE altered, as I'm using a broad edged pen for some!

Day 1:  Holly

Pilot Parallel with pp touch-ups

(not sure why it was started on 11/28 vs. 12/1 -- ??)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sent this to a pen pall earlier in the month.

Tried to emulate a pp pumpkin sent to me by another pen pal

Not bad!  ;)

Happy Turkey Day!

(We stayed home this year but went out to dinner downtown at one of the few restaurants that was opened -- in a hotel.) The food was ok, the atmosphere good and the server was nice...and we had good weather! (before the storm hit!) 

The best part was not having to clean up at home after! (but no leftovers) 

Avatar, Day 27

Another one where I was having fun but it wasn't turning out quite right.

I like all the ideas but my lettering is off.

 

Day 24: Soul

ok, this one's not bad.

I like my sketch too!

I wonder how I would have fared with this challenge had I used other tools.

 

Day 23: Essence

My sketches were better.

 

Day 21: Atman

Struggled with this one!

I posted the top 2 on IG and the bottom was a last minute sketch. Something about it I like.

I love this idea but it wasn't turning out (too much work measuring to make sure each letter was the same height and then the middle "stem" wasn't working out either. But i LOVE my M!

Day 20: Lotus

Decided to try to and make a demo vid for this. (Lots of fun entries on IG!)

close up of my skewed o

this is my original sketch which I love 

Still struggling with this challenge. I wonder if it's b/c I have other things going on.

 

Day 19: Write Now

Tried to duplicate this as I wanted the NOW to be a bit different. BUT not bad!

SO close.

 

Day 18: Sattva

NGL... am getting a bit bored/ frustrated with this challenge. Not as fun as I'd hoped (partially b/c of my markers -- either not as crisp or too dried out.) BUT that's why I'm doing the challenge:  to use them and filter out!

 

Day 17: Lettering

Was struggling with this one.

Metallic on black (i think I like this best, except fo rmy G.)

tried cutting and pasting, but not liking this either.

 

Day 15: Dharma

Had trouble with this one, as my versals (ala Julien Chasel) weren't turning out with my marker.

So this is what I posted late for Day 15 on IG.

first attempt, but spelled wrong

sketch

What I had planned to submit, but I didn't like.

original sketch.

Day 16: I'm Calligraphy

Had fun with this one (although I messed up "i'm"). Oh well!

filtered.

 

Day 14: Dream

Gold metallic marker on black

i hate how my a/m ligature looks like a/n.  :(

Here is what I posted on IG (filtered! -- cool!)

 

Day 13: Stay Curious

Had a lot of ideas for this one, but decided on this:

and other layouts:

Other sketches:

 

Day 12: GTA VI

I have no idea what this means/stands for but I like how mine turned out!

(i tried looking it up, as there are a lot of words on the list I'm unfamiliar with but all I found was Grand Theft Auto VI -- ???) 

And with a little help for the dot!

*UPDATE (11/16):

I got featured!!! (#11 -- that's me!!)