The holiday season is here again, and this year I have a lovely hand lettered holiday wrapping tutorial for you to follow along with by Mirjana Teuner from Apartment 406 Designs. Mirjana discovered my Hand Lettering Podcast around the time I first launched it. She began participating in lettering challenges I set in the podcast episodes and we have been in contact ever since. Over the past year or so Mirjana has grown from a beginner at lettering into a wonderfully talented lettering artist. … [Read more...]
Become an Ace at iPad Lettering
If you have an interest in hand lettering and you own an iPad or tablet, there's a good chance at some point you will have tried lettering on your device. You may have written the idea off quite quickly too if you tried to letter with your finger as this can be a bit awkward to do. In the past there also weren't many places to learn how to letter digitally on your iPad or tablet. Recently though within the lettering world iPad and tablet lettering has gained a lot more interest, and this is … [Read more...]
Book Club – The Joy of Lettering
An exciting book has just been introduced into the lettering world titled 'The Joy of Lettering: A creative exploration of contemporary hand lettering, typography & illustrated typeface'. The book is authored and illustrated by lettering artists Gabri Joy Kirkendall and Jaclyn Escalera. Gabri Joy also co-authored one of my favourite books 'Creative Lettering and Beyond'. Gabri Joy runs a successful business specialising in hand lettering and illustration. She has developed skills using a … [Read more...]
Can You Make a Successful Career from Lettering?
For some hand lettering is a hobby, but for others it's more than that. Lettering is a skill that some artists want to make a career from, but is this actually possible? If I had been asked this question two years ago when I was a complete beginner at lettering, I would have said no and that's what I genuinely thought at the time. I did not think it was possible to make a career out of being a lettering artist. I thought maybe an artist could do a bit of lettering commission work here and … [Read more...]
Lettering Legend – Jon Contino Interview
Jon Contino is a New York based lettering artist who has built up a body of work that has caught the eye of many. The style in which Jon creates is very unique and isn't confined to levels of perfectionism that are almost impossible to achieve by hand, and can stop some lettering artists from ever progressing. His skills don't just centre around lettering, he is a proficient illustrator too. Jon combines his lettering and illustrative skills to create original well executed pieces of work that … [Read more...]
