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...]
Five Easy Tips for Inking Smooth Letter Edges
Applying smooth, bump and wobble free edges to your lettering can sometimes be difficult. Smooth edges are not always a necessity as they can sometimes make lettering look a little less hand made, and that might not be the appearance you are going for. However on occasion you might want your lettering to look like it has been vectored, or maybe you want it to look like it's been brush lettered when you've actually drawn it. This is when being able to apply really smooth edges to your lettering … [Read more...]
The Primers Sign Painting Tutorial Series
If you're looking to get started with sign painting 'The Primers' film series might just be the thing for you. At present a trailer and the first episode have recently been released, and the next episode is coming soon. The series has been made possible through a collaboration between Mike Meyer, Better Letters, and A.S Handover. Mike Meyer is an American lettering artist who has been lettering for quite some time, and has developed a great depth of knowledge and a high level of skill within … [Read more...]
Hand Lettering Toolkit
Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn and Dustin Lee of the RetroSupply Co have collaborated to bring you an awesome hand lettering toolkit. The hand lettering toolkit comes in two different options. There's the 'Premium Pack' which includes a lot and I mean a lot of different digital brushes which you can use in an application like Adobe Photoshop, plus some other great bonuses. The second option is the 'Freebie Pack: Beginners Sketch & Ink Pack', which gives you the opportunity to try out a few of the … [Read more...]
