When I was a kid I loved to dream about and design things. At one point I drew concept cars and sent them to my favorite auto brands.
Then had a career in visual design with newspapers and magazines and eventually web design.
Now I’m returning to it as an adult again by learning hand drawn lettering.
I always struggled with drawing sketches of people or animals. And hand drawn lettering seemed like the ideal combination between what I’ve done in my career and my interest in art as expression.
Couple of notes from the Journey so far:
The way to start is by tracing – essentially copying others works until you find your own style and preferences. I figure this will take some time and consistent practice.
I gotta build my catalog so I’m picking font examples I like and emulating them. I started a list of things I want to catalog like styles, color palettes, icons and graphics, etc.
Being ok with the sloppy mess, mistakes, little frustrations. And trusting the process. Yuck. I sound like a college football coach.
The mess and slog are where the best learning, growth, creativity happens.
Learning with my kids is the best, my social component. We get to practice and make mistakes and messy art together. I get to model growth mindset and how sometimes it’s not the output but the process.
Analog is a gift. For the first time in 15+ years it feels like I don’t want to chase digital for this season but embrace analog.
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