And in the spirit of keeping it all looking informal and homemade, I did no measuring to plan the space, and allowed a little natural wonkiness to happen. Which is often the way I work. The trick is trying to keep on the right side of the balance between hand-drawn and just plain messy!
Then came a lot of trial and error through a lot of drafts, getting the size and placement for the right emphasis of the words. I needed to save enough room for the figures, so 'band' had to steal some space from 'moonshine', for example, but without making the latter small. To have the 'JC' as large as possible in the space, I let it gently overlap onto the word below, which stayed legible because of the different colouring in the top and bottom of the letters. I'd really wanted to use an ampersand - &- in the top line, because I like them and it seemed most appropriate, but it simply wouldn't fit well, being squashed up against the 'the' and leaving a big awkward gap after the 'JC'. So spelling it out was a last-minute decision but I was happy with how it curved over the 'S' below - which itself is a representation of an f-hole from a fiddle, which my friend plays in the band.
And in the spirit of keeping it all looking informal and homemade, I did no measuring to plan the space, and allowed a little natural wonkiness to happen. Which is often the way I work. The trick is trying to keep on the right side of the balance between hand-drawn and just plain messy!
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10/12/2015 10:48:05
Gorgeous lettering Michi! Love the F-hole S and the explanation of how you drew this. And its 'natural wonkiness' sets it apart from computer-generated blandness.
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Michi
10/12/2015 11:06:00
Thank you so much! There's loads to learn but it's fun and I've love to do a lot more.
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