Styling the Alphabet / Letter Archive / Hand Lettered ABCs / 16 Types of One Letter

I’ve been participating in the #StylingTheAlphabet challenge which is a more loose online challenge with no real deadlines, its just multiple iterations of the same letter til’ you get through all 26! Plan to do 16 of each letter… That’s a good basis from which to start.

Its always fun and profitable to do these drills because it FORCES you to think about letter construction BEYOND your normal “go tos.” We all have things that we normally do when its time to construct a certain letter.

Styling the alphabet not only makes you think outside the box, but if you DO come up with something interesting, you can take the next step of deriving an entire alphabet based on that solution. These drills help you to be creative and unique. Its all about making sure your work is standing out… Give it a try…

Hashtags to use: #stylingthealphabet #handletteredabcs #letterarchive #letterarchive_a #letterarchive_b #letterarchive_c #letterarchive_d #letterarchive_e #letterarchive_f #letterarchive_g #letterarchive_h #letterarchive_i #letterarchive_j #letterarchive_k #letterarchive_l #letterarchive_m #letterarchive_n #letterarchive_o #letterarchive_p #letterarchive_q #letterarchive_r #letterarchive_s #letterarchive_t #letterarchive_u #letterarchive_v #letterarchive_w #letterarchive_x #letterarchive_y #letterarchive_z

Some of what I did (I still need to finish!):

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Benefits of Joining a Pencil Lettering Challenge

I recently joined the pencil lettering challenge by Threeologie on Instagram. I LOVE lettering in pencil so this challenge was right up my alley! Using fine line ink pens for me sometimes ruins what I’ve done in pencil. I’m sure that will change with more practice, but definitely don’t want to stop honing my graphite skills in the meantime.

A lot of accomplished letterers use mechanical leads that you can place in holders or even just Blackwing or Ticonderoga pencils but I like the graphite pencils that go from a hard grade (H) to a softer grade (B).

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Here are some of the things I created from the challenge so far!

Benefits of pencil lettering:

  • Depending on what kind of pencil you use, you can recognize dark and light values and influence what you are doing by simply applying pressure

  • Pencil lettering will teach you a lot about values (lights, darks and contrast)

  • SO much detail can be achieved by ONLY using a pencil…

  • Lettering on iPads is amazing however you will realize that there is no greater feeling of control than actually putting a pencil to paper

Hashtags to use: #pencillettering #letteringinpencil #analoglettering #pencilletteringpractice #pencilletters #pencilletteringart #pencilletteringchallenge

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