Hand Lettering

I practiced writing in a style I was not used to writing in, and practiced with markers. I wrote letters and multiple strokes. This seemed simple at first but was actually pretty challenging. I normally have messy handwriting when I write casually, and during these exercises, I used a brush marker and cursive font/lettering. There were many strokes and patterns I was unfamiliar with, but it was still nice to experiment.

This project was more simple and short compared to the last few projects. We did learn how to emphasize certain words that are important to the quote, whether it is done through a different size, color, font, etc. I emphasized the words "Follow your heart but take your brain with you", as they were the two important subjects of the quote, and they were connected to my print as well. Using two colors that matched the print, I cut out the letters of both words so they would resemble a heart and lightbulb. In my second piece, I emphasized "Time is Precious", placing them in the two parts of the hourglass and "is" being drawing similarly to falling sand in the hourglass. The colors of the hourglass was inspired by how light refracts in glass, sometimes showing different colors, but also the word "precious" seems like it should be more vibrant than dull, which is why I avoided from painting the glass in shades of grey.

Unfortunately, I was not very comfortable writing in the style of the exercises early in the project (writing cursive with a brush marker). I instead wanted the words to connect or react to the drawing in the piece, both resembling the print and resembling sand in an hourglass. However, I am proud with the outcome, especially the "Time is Precious" piece because of the mix of multiple colors in the hourglass, as well as the shading on top and bottom of the glass.