It’s that time of the year again, the Christmas season. In my book that usually means avoiding the cold by snuggling up inside with all my pens and paper and somehow throw together Christmas presents that fit their recipients. If you’ve landed here you hopefully get to shop for a lettering nerd or Calligraphy enthusiast. Or maybe you are just looking for inspiration? Well anyways, we’re talking about my favorite topic once again, supplies! But this time someone else is paying!
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Tag: lettering
A Guest Blogpost @ifolor
I had the awesome opportunity to create a series of blog posts all about Calligraphy, Brushlettering and how to incorporate it into your life with some great photography products. This series was written for the photo printing service ifolor, which is where I do order all photography products, so collaborating with them was a lot of fun!
Also they kindly provide a Coupon Code for you guys. 30% off using the Code HALFAPX018
Original Post in German Read Here
Also available in translated version, in English, French and Italian
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This is the sixth installment of my name lettering series.This was sped up 3x times, written with the Azim Pen Grid was made using my Grid Brush.
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The Letter Vector Smackdown
I like vectorizing, even though I haven’t done it in a while. I really fell in love with the Pen tool, when I made my font almost two years ago (aka, when I hadn’t actually learned how to letter yet) but I haven’t really done a lot of vector work since then because I very rarely feel the need to vectorize. The thing is, if I want to create work for print I create my piece at a very high resolution in the first place thus I don’t have to save any piece from being pixelated. And since I’ll usually create production work on the iPad anyways which comes with an “embedded cleanup” I feel like I’m good. I’ll do vectorizing for my wax seal designs, but these are usually done very quickly since they are being etched so small. So bear in mind that I am rusty. However, I asked if you guys wanted a post on this on Instagram and you voted yes. So here it is. The vectorizing tool smackdown! Continue reading “Vectorizing Workflow Battle”
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I got around 100 requests on Instagram yesterday and decided to go and letter them all.
Brush used is Soft Shade:
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Device: iPad Pro, 9.7”
Stylus: Apple Pencil
Brushes used: More V & Mono Smooth – both available for free on my website. & Soft Airbrush, a default brush.
A quick video of my shadow process, if you would like a tutorial with instructions, let me know.