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Handwritten note and brush pens on a wooden desk — photo by Vlada Karpovich on Pexels
Joelle Ambrose
Your turn next
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Calligraphy flat lay with ink and eucalyptus — photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels
Sena Okonkwo
Draft one, again
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Lettering practice with brush pens and inks — photo by Adventure Studio on Pexels
Rafael Duque
Serif experiments
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Calligraphy on paper with coloured ink and brushes — photo by Sedanur Kunuk on Pexels
Ines Vaz
Warm-up drills
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Keep the messy draft

I picked this phrase for my class project because it’s the note that’s been taped above my desk for three years — the first pass is supposed to look rough, and I keep needing the reminder.

I started with a page of thumbnail sketches, then scaled up the layout I liked best to 8×10:

Pencilled lettering layout on paper surrounded by pens and an eraser — photo by Adventure Studio on Pexels
Portrait of Priya Ramanathan — photo by Thanh Xuan Nguyen Ly on Pexels

Priya Ramanathan ·

Sign painter & muralist working out of Porto.

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Instructor demonstrating lettering in a studio workshop — photo by Adventure Studio on Pexels
Brush Lettering Foundations: Building Letterforms From the First Stroke

Priya Ramanathan

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Marguerite Alvey · 4 minutes ago

The spacing on the descenders is so clean — did you rule guides first, or eyeball it?

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