The Wonderful World of KB: Week 1: Hand Lettering & Caligraphy

Week 1 of hand-lettering and calligraphy turned into 2 weeks. I got really excited about all of it!

Beckie's t-shirt design for her Nepal fundraising.

To preface, I have realized that I am totally addicted to social media. But who isn't in our generation? I deleted snapchat and within 36 hours re-downladed it. In the morning, I spend my time between snoozes mindlessly scrolling through Instagram. 7/8th of the posts on their aren't even from people I actually know. How silly. And just like Beckie in her (much larger) experiment, I realized the urge to look at social media in every empty moment of the day.

I started off really strong by learning how to draw new fonts, sketching mountains in my journal, and reading articles on how to improve my hand-lettering skills. It was fairly easy to turn to drawing rather than Facebook when it was fresh on my mind.

And then I discovered Adobe Illustrator. WHAT A COOL PROGRAM. I read an article about how to refine your drawings on the computer. I was so naive to think that people just had such steady hands to produce beautiful hand-lettering without the use of a computer. Come on , KB. It started with wanting to be able to put my drawings into Illustrator to clean them up and make them perfect. I downloaded the free 30-day-trail version because God knows I can't afford any version of Adobe Anything.
With the help of my dad and youtube tutorial videos, I have become a pro at Illustrator. NOT. I would say I am a little baby beginner; just on the cusp of learning to maneuver this thing. I struggle moving the mouse around without accidentally drawing lines everywhere. But! I have made some really cool things that I am proud of!

Random sketches and Illustrator things below.