Okay, I spent the last couple of months tying up some loose ends, and now I'm ready to focus again. Honestly, I haven't been making anything too artsy-fartsy, to my eternal regret. Now I'm a little rusty, but still as eager as ever to create.
The very first thing I did was over-commit. Don't look so surprised, you know I do this every single time.
I decided that for Christmas, I would make my dad a calendar full of hand-lettered quotes of all the things he's known for saying. Of course, I didn't make the Christmas deadline, but I'm on it now. I have six or seven drafts, and here's some work-in-progress shots of the first one.
I lettered it myself, so if you're a typography wizard and you see kerning outrages or issues with my descenders, don't bother pointing the finger at anybody else. It's all me.
When I finished the lettering, the brown and black just seemed to hang there. Boring. Alone. Unloved. So I added some warm colours to make the whole thing seem a little happier.
When I finished the lettering, the brown and black just seemed to hang there. Boring. Alone. Unloved. So I added some warm colours to make the whole thing seem a little happier.
It's hanging up in my parents' kitchen; now I just have to get hustling and finish the other 11 months. (gulp).
Guess I know what I'm doing for the next little while.
Love, Shelley!
OMG I uffin love it!! I think it looks A.W.E.S.O.M.E. and the saying cracked me up big time!! On another note, Happy New Year!! And on another, another note, I don't know who owes who a letter but I'm writing you one! I miss you lady!!
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