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Callivember 2024

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Callivember 2024

In November of last year, I participated in the Callivember challenge. In case you are not familiar with it, there is a set of 30 words, 1 for each day, to write during the month of November. Any style and technique is fair game. (Technically, the guy who runs the

The thin ice

Sometimes, I feel that books, movies, or even songs that were written years ago still resonate with the state of the world today. I was listening to The Wall by Pink Floyd, and for some reason this song really caught my attention this time around. So I decided to write

Ditch every idea

Ditch every idea

Back in January, I took a workshop called "Mix and Match: Calligraphy and Lettering as Design Tools" taught by Aline Kaori and Gui Menga. It was split into 4 sessions, 2 per week over 2 weeks. What appealed to me most was that instead of studying a particular

Callivember 2020

Callivember 2020

In November I participated in a calligraphy/lettering challenge. A list of 30 words was provided, one for each day. I did most of the prompts a day or two ahead of time, since there is not much daylight in November, and it is much harder to get a good

Built-up Capitals with Yves Leterme

Built-up Capitals with Yves Leterme

In the spring and early summer, I had signed up for a Built-up Capitals class. Based on my previous experience with Yves' online classes, I figured I would not be able to learn all of the material presented, but at least I would learn something new, and improve my

TypeCon and Blog Update

TypeCon and Blog Update

Last week I went to TypeCon (which is a typographic conference). It was conveniently held in Seattle, so I didn't have to travel far or pay an exorbitant amount for a hotel room. I first heard about this conference last year, when I signed up to take a

Cooking Temperatures, Part 1

Cooking Temperatures, Part 1

Phew, last two weeks have been quite busy! I had the CodeU summit in California, and then spent the weekend kayaking for 20 miles along the San Juan island coast. Not trying to make excuses here, but I didn't have the time to finish any exciting projects. My

We Can Always Eat More

We Can Always Eat More

You might think that this is a strange thing for me to say, "We can always eat more." That's because I didn't come up with the phrase. One day, several months ago, I was eating dinner with my friends. I don't remember

Bratwurst Poster

Bratwurst Poster

Today's blog is about a silly poster. Just like all silly things, it has a little back story. I work at this nice place that provides lunch to employees. Most of the time we get what you would consider "healthy". One day, it was announced that

Assignment #3: Expression poster (final version)

Assignment #3: Expression poster (final version)

Back in February, I was working on the expression poster for my class. I got some feedback about what I could improve, but since the improvements were not required, I kept putting them off, and off, and off. And then of course I realized that it's April already

Assignment #3: Expression poster (Part 2)

Assignment #3: Expression poster (Part 2)

Last week, I came up with two poster ideas that I brought to class with me. Based on the comments that I received, I made some changes and created the final version. One of the complaints about my initial ideas was that the type was not psychedelic enough. I did

On the direction of light

On the direction of light

One of the most fundamental principles of creating a three-dimensional scene is to establish the direction of light. In a complex composition, there may be multiple light sources, and some objects may be obscured by one another, but today I am going to present a much simpler case. Consider this