Just added 2 new brushes to my Etsy and Creative Market stores.
The first is Shimmer, a brush that adds a cool shimmery effect to your lettering. Get it on Creative Market or Etsy.
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The second is Candy, a brush with a built-in glossy, candy-coated highlight. Get it on Creative Market or Etsy.
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I just recently reached my one-year calligraversary, and I can’t believe how much my lettering has improved. Here’s a quick before and after, if you need proof that practice pays off.
My first hand-lettered post on Instagram:
A recent hand-lettered post on Instagram:
So how did I go from the first one to the second one? Where did I start? What tips and advice can I give to people who are just beginning with lettering?
The number one thing you can do to improve your lettering: practice. I have done some kind of lettering almost every single day for a year. My Camera Roll is filled with photos of lettering I’ve done with Crayola markers, Tombows, and my personal fave, an iPad Pro and Procreate. Practice makes your hand steadier, it gets you used to pressure and speed with a marker or with an Apple Pencil, and it makes you feel more confident to try out something you might have seen online. For me, practice never feels like work. I love lettering, so it’s something I do to mellow out at the end of the day or to take my mind off work during my lunch break. If you really love it, practicing all the time is easy and fun.
Okay, you know you need to practice, but you want to take it a step further and learn some new techniques. My advice: start with YouTube. Almost everything I learned about using Procreate on iPad Pro came from watching YouTube tutorials. I have lots of favorites, but here are a few I found particularly helpful… Continue reading
I finally had some time this weekend to release this video about how I do paint streak lettering. If you try it out, tag me on Instagram so I can check out what you make.
On the heels of releasing Break Up Letter, I just released a brand new hand-lettered font. This one is unlike any I’ve made before. It’s tall and skinny with stylized letters, and I call it Sticks & Stones. It’s available on Creative Market and Etsy now.
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I’ve worked on several fonts since taking Teela’s amazing font making class. The very first one I released, Sweet Revenge, got its name from one of my favorite albums, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. You can pick it up on Creative Market in OTF, TTF and webfont versions or get the OTF version on Etsy.
When I finally finished my second font and realized the texture looked like moon rocks, I knew immediately what I wanted to call it. It’s no secret that I’m a gigantic Michael Jackson fan and keeping in line with the musically-inspired names, I present to you (drumroll please) Moonwalk.
You can download Moonwalk from Creative Market or Etsy right now. If you use it, I’d love to see your work so tag me on Instagram so I can check it out.